Yellow Dog Blues chords by Eartha Kitt, Shorty Rogers

  • G

  • Gdim

    5
  • A

  • Am

  • D

  • C

  • Bbdim

  • Bb

  • Ebdim

  • Em

  • Ddim

  • Bm

    2
  • Bbaug

Verse 1
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Gdim
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Am
D
I know the
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D
G
yellow dog district like a book
D
G
Indeed,
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G
I know the route that rider took
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G
Every cross, Tybee, Euburgh, and Bog
Bbdim
Bb
C
D
Way down where the
Ebdim
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C
G
southern cross the Dog
Well, money don't sadly grow on trees
On cotton stalks it grows with ease
C
No racehorse, racetrack, no brand studies
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C
G
Like old Beckley and Buckshotland
D
Way down where the Southern
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C
G
crossed the Dole
Em
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Every kitchen there
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G
is a cavalry
C
Down there the boll weevil works
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while the farmers play
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G
C
A
This yellow, dark bruise,
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D
Ddim
the live long day
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G
C
Dear Sue, your easy rider
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A
G
Struck this bird today
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on a southbound rattler
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C
G
Side door pullman car
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Bm
C
I've seen him here,
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G
and he was on the hog
Bm
D
The smoke was broke, no joke,
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C
not a jitney on an easy rider
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G
C
Gotta stay away, so he had to vamp it
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C
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C
G
But the hike ain't far
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He's gone where the southern
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C
G
crossed the yellow dog
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Am
Yes, he's gone where
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the southern
Bbaug
Bbdim
C
G
crossed the yellow dog
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Ddim
Oh, he's gone where the southern
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Am
G
crossed the yellow dog you
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