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Chords in this song8
Intro
e|-----------------|-----------------| B|---------------1-|---------------1-| G|-------0---------|-----0-----------| D|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---| A|-3---------------|-3---------------| E|---------3-------|---------3-------|
Verse 1
He'd always whistle "Jolie Blonde"
On his way out the back door on a Friday night
So many times he just stayed gone
And rarely did he try to treat your Mama right
Shut off the tractor with the field half mowed
Set the brake and headed down the road
Came home for Christmas, never said where he'd been
With no presents for the children
Only stories for the men
Chorus 1
Am G (see riff at end)
Still your Mama called him Daddy
She never told him no
Said she couldn't help but love him
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
Still your Mama called him Daddy
She never told him no
Said she couldn't help but love him
You wondered how it could be so
Solo
Verse 3
And if his suitcase wasn't standing in the hall
He might not be coming home at all
All the sides of him you never knew before
Would be drifting down the river
To another back door
Chorus 3
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
Chorus Riff
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| B|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---| G|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---| D|-----0-------0---|-0h2-0---2p0-0---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---| A|---------0h2-----|-----------------|-0h2-------------|-0-------2-------| E|-3---------------|-----------------|---------3-------|-----------------|
CHORDS: (bracketed notes indicate alternating bass notes)
C (3)32010
Dm x(0)0231
Fmaj7 x(3)3210
C/B x22010
Am (0)02210
Em 0(2)2000
F/C x3(3)21x
G 320003
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| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
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