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INTRO
DO
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*use variants on this strum pattern throughout
VERSE 1:
DO REm
He'd always whistle "Jolie Blonde"
FAmaj7 DO
On his way out the back door on a Friday night
DO REm
So many times he just stayed gone
FAmaj7 DO DO/SI
And rarely did he try to treat your Mama right
LAm MIm
Shut off the tractor with the field half mowed
FA/DO DO
Set the brake and headed down the road
LAm MIm
Came home for Christmas, never said where he'd been
FA/DO
With no presents for the children
LAm
Only stories for the men
CHORUS 1
Am G(see riff at end)
Still your Mama called him Daddy
DO DO/SI
She never told him no
LAm SOL
Said she couldn't help but love him
FA/DO LAm
You wondered how it could be so
VERSE 2:
He'd work two weeks out on a river barge
She worked in the factory, never missed a day
He'd spend his week off holding up the bar
Never took him long to drink a deck hand's pay
Wind off the river cut the lines on his face
And left him dreaming of some other place
Maybe Memphis town or Baton Rouge
When it's cold in Cape Girardeau
There's nothing much to do
CHORUS 2 (same as before)
SOLO:
LAm SOL FA/DO LAm
LAm SOL FA/DO LAm
LAm SOL FA/DO LAm
VERSE 3:
LAm MIm
And if his suitcase wasn't standing in the hall
FA/DO DO
He might not be coming home at all
LAm MIm
All the sides of him you never knew before
FA/DO
Would be drifting down the river
LAm
To another back door
CHORUS 3: (chords as before)
Still your Mama called him Daddy
She couldn't tell him no
Said she couldn't help but love a man like that
You wondered how it could be so
OUTRO:
LAm DO/SI DO
CHORUS RIFF
SOL
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CHORDS: (bracketed notes indicate alternating bass notes)
DO (3)32010
REm x(0)0231
FAmaj7 x(3)3210
DO/SI x22010
LAm (0)02210
MIm 0(2)2000
FA/DO x3(3)21x
SOL 320003
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