Yodeling Radio Joe chords by Red Foley

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Verse 1
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I was born in a mountain
shack many years ago.
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Soon as I could play a snack,
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I joined the radio.
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As soon as I could play a snack,
I joined the radio.
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Long about last
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Christmas, I thought that I'd be wise.
I'd sneak back home to see the folks and
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take them by surprise.
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Oodle -dee, yodel -oodle -dee -dee -dee,
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yodel -oodle -dee -dee -dee -yo.
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I'd sneak back home to see the
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folks and yodel -ay -dee -yo.
The station agent looked at
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me and got there just at dawn.
He said, some radio guy's been
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here and all your folks are gone.
Oodle -dee, yodel -oodle -dee -dee -dee,
yodel -oodle -dee -dee -dee -yo.
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He signed the whole
Blaine family up to join the radio.
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Now let this be a lesson from home,
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don't ever go.
Just what your folks are gonna
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do, you never really know.
They're apt to turn hillbilly,
run off and join a show.
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And soon you'll hear them singing,
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Ole, ole, dee -oh.
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Oodle -dee, oodle -dee, oodle -dee, oodle -dee, -dee,
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oodle -dee, oodle -oh.
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And soon you'd hear them singing,
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ole ole dee oh,
There ain't another single soul
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left in them there hills,
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They all joined the radio so they could pay their bills,
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Oh -de -dee, oh -de -do -de -dee -dee -dee, oh
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-de -dee -dee -dee -dee -dee -oh,
Your
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Grandma,
Pap, and all the kids have joined the radio,
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Just what they're all a gonna do, don't ask me,
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I don't know,
Some of them can play and sing,
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the rest won't have to crow.
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Oh -dee -dee -oh -dee -dee -dee -dee -dee -dee
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-dee -dee -dee -dee -dee -oh.
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But all of them can yodel,
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oh -dee -oh -dee -dee -dee -dee -oh.
Now let this be a lesson from
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home, don't ever go.
Just what your folks are gonna
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do, you never really know.
They're apt to turn hillbilly,
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run off and join a show.
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And soon you'll hear them singing,
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Ole, ole, dee -oh.
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Ole, ole, ole, ole, ole, ole,
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ole, ole, ole, ole, ole.
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And soon you'll hear them singing,
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Ole, ole, dee -oh.
Yes, sirree.
Now let this be a lesson from
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home, don't ever go.
Just what your folks are gonna
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do, you never really know.
They're apt to turn hillbilly,
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run off and join a show.
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Soon you'll hear them singing,
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Ole ole dee -oh,
Oh -de -lay, oh -de -lay,
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oh -de -lay, -de -lay.
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Soon you'll hear them singing,
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Oh -de -lay, oh -de -lay, oh -de -lay.