Chords for CEDRIC BURNSIDE • Joke • Briggs Farm Blues Festival 2019
Tempo:
93.05 bpm
Chords used:
E
B
C#
D
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
This man and woman had one kid.
He was a boy, about 22 years old.
His parents never saw him out, so they asked him,
Son, you don't want to get out the [E] house, find you a [B] girl, get married, you 22 [Em] years old.
So he found him a girl and he come back.
[N]
Mama, where daddy at?
She said, he out [Dm] there in the garden.
[E] He went to the garden.
Daddy, I found me a girl.
He said, where she at, son?
[C#] So he sitting [E] there on the couch.
He [G#] went in there.
He looked at the girl.
[E] He turned around and told the boy, [F#] no, no, son, you [D] can't marry that girl,
cause that's your sister.
[C#] [E] But your mama don't know it.
So he found him another girl.
He come back.
Mama, where daddy at?
She said, he back there in the kitchen.
He went in the kitchen.
Daddy, I found me another girl.
He said, where she at, son?
So she sitting there on the couch.
He went [B] in there.
He looked at that girl.
He turned around and told the boy, no, no, [D] son, you can't marry [E] now one of them girls, cause both of them girls is your [C#] sisters.
But your mama don't know it.
[E] So about a week later, his mama asked him, [B] son, you didn't like now one of them girls well enough to [E] move out, get married?
He said, yes, ma'am, mama.
I liked both of them.
But daddy said I couldn't marry them, cause they was my sisters.
But you didn't know it.
She said, what?
[C#] She said, well, I'll tell you what, boy.
You can marry any one of them girls [E] you want to, cause [D] he ain't your daddy.
But he don't know it.
I like to tell that [C#m] joke unless I'm too shocked.
[B] [G]
He was a boy, about 22 years old.
His parents never saw him out, so they asked him,
Son, you don't want to get out the [E] house, find you a [B] girl, get married, you 22 [Em] years old.
So he found him a girl and he come back.
[N]
Mama, where daddy at?
She said, he out [Dm] there in the garden.
[E] He went to the garden.
Daddy, I found me a girl.
He said, where she at, son?
[C#] So he sitting [E] there on the couch.
He [G#] went in there.
He looked at the girl.
[E] He turned around and told the boy, [F#] no, no, son, you [D] can't marry that girl,
cause that's your sister.
[C#] [E] But your mama don't know it.
So he found him another girl.
He come back.
Mama, where daddy at?
She said, he back there in the kitchen.
He went in the kitchen.
Daddy, I found me another girl.
He said, where she at, son?
So she sitting there on the couch.
He went [B] in there.
He looked at that girl.
He turned around and told the boy, no, no, [D] son, you can't marry [E] now one of them girls, cause both of them girls is your [C#] sisters.
But your mama don't know it.
[E] So about a week later, his mama asked him, [B] son, you didn't like now one of them girls well enough to [E] move out, get married?
He said, yes, ma'am, mama.
I liked both of them.
But daddy said I couldn't marry them, cause they was my sisters.
But you didn't know it.
She said, what?
[C#] She said, well, I'll tell you what, boy.
You can marry any one of them girls [E] you want to, cause [D] he ain't your daddy.
But he don't know it.
I like to tell that [C#m] joke unless I'm too shocked.
[B] [G]
Key:
E
B
C#
D
Em
E
B
C#
_ _ This man and woman had one kid.
He was a boy, _ about 22 years old.
His parents never saw him out, so they asked him,
Son, you don't want to get out the [E] house, find you a [B] girl, get married, you 22 [Em] years old.
_ So he found him a girl and he come back.
[N]
Mama, where daddy at?
She said, he out [Dm] there in the garden.
[E] He went to the garden.
Daddy, I found me a girl. _
He said, where she at, son?
[C#] So he sitting [E] there on the couch.
He [G#] went in there.
He looked at the girl.
[E] He turned around and told the boy, [F#] no, no, son, you [D] can't marry that girl,
cause that's your sister.
[C#] _ [E] But your mama don't know it. _ _
_ _ _ So he found him another girl.
He come back.
Mama, where daddy at?
She said, he back there in the kitchen.
He went in the kitchen.
Daddy, I found me another girl.
_ He said, where she at, son?
So she sitting there on the couch.
He went [B] in there.
He looked at that girl.
He turned around and told the boy, no, no, [D] son, you can't marry [E] now one of them girls, cause both of them girls is your [C#] sisters.
But your mama don't know it.
_ [E] So about a week later, his mama asked him, [B] son, you didn't like now one of them girls well enough to [E] move out, get married?
He said, yes, ma'am, mama.
I liked both of them.
But daddy said I couldn't marry them, cause they was my sisters.
But you didn't know it. _
She said, what?
_ [C#] She said, well, I'll tell you what, boy.
You can marry any one of them girls [E] you want to, cause [D] he ain't your daddy.
But he don't know it.
_ I like to tell that [C#m] joke unless I'm too shocked. _
_ [B] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
He was a boy, _ about 22 years old.
His parents never saw him out, so they asked him,
Son, you don't want to get out the [E] house, find you a [B] girl, get married, you 22 [Em] years old.
_ So he found him a girl and he come back.
[N]
Mama, where daddy at?
She said, he out [Dm] there in the garden.
[E] He went to the garden.
Daddy, I found me a girl. _
He said, where she at, son?
[C#] So he sitting [E] there on the couch.
He [G#] went in there.
He looked at the girl.
[E] He turned around and told the boy, [F#] no, no, son, you [D] can't marry that girl,
cause that's your sister.
[C#] _ [E] But your mama don't know it. _ _
_ _ _ So he found him another girl.
He come back.
Mama, where daddy at?
She said, he back there in the kitchen.
He went in the kitchen.
Daddy, I found me another girl.
_ He said, where she at, son?
So she sitting there on the couch.
He went [B] in there.
He looked at that girl.
He turned around and told the boy, no, no, [D] son, you can't marry [E] now one of them girls, cause both of them girls is your [C#] sisters.
But your mama don't know it.
_ [E] So about a week later, his mama asked him, [B] son, you didn't like now one of them girls well enough to [E] move out, get married?
He said, yes, ma'am, mama.
I liked both of them.
But daddy said I couldn't marry them, cause they was my sisters.
But you didn't know it. _
She said, what?
_ [C#] She said, well, I'll tell you what, boy.
You can marry any one of them girls [E] you want to, cause [D] he ain't your daddy.
But he don't know it.
_ I like to tell that [C#m] joke unless I'm too shocked. _
_ [B] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _