Chords for George Jones - Who Shot Sam (1959)
Tempo:
75.8 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[A] Well, I met Sammy Samson down in New Orleans He had a lot of money and a big [D] limousine
He took us honky-tonking on a Saturday [A] night We met Silly Nilly, everything was all [E] right
Her eyes started rolling, we should have won a [A] bowl of bam-bam
Who's y'all saying?
Mama
Well, Sammy Silly Nilly, by the quarter to four Was romping and a-stopping on the hardwood [D] floor
Long came Flirty Murty, parching in on the [A] bum Silly Nilly got jealous and she pulled out a [E] gun
Tables started [D] crashing, forty floors a [A]-flashing, bam-bam
Who's y'all saying?
Mama
[D] Well, the police fired two highway [A] patrols Knocking down the front door with a big long coat
[D] Sammy was a lion on the coat, oh [A]-oh Shot through the middle with a [E] .44
Nilly was a crying [D] Sam, I surely [A] died, bam-bam
Who's y'all saying?
Mama
[D] [A]
[E] [A]
Well, they took Silly Nilly to the jail downtown Silly Nilly for a shooting gold [D] fam
The judge, he gave her twenty, Nilly said, that's a lot [A] You shouldn't give me nothing, he's already half-shot
[E] A-drinking white, lively, [D] started all the fighting, [A] bam-bam
Who's y'all saying?
Mama
[D] Well, the police fired two highway [A] patrols Knocking down the front door with a big long coat
[D] Sammy was a lion on the coat, oh-oh [A] Shot through the middle with a .44
[E] Nilly was a crying [D] Sam, I surely [A] died, bam-bam
Who's y'all saying?
Mama
He took us honky-tonking on a Saturday [A] night We met Silly Nilly, everything was all [E] right
Her eyes started rolling, we should have won a [A] bowl of bam-bam
Who's y'all saying?
Mama
Well, Sammy Silly Nilly, by the quarter to four Was romping and a-stopping on the hardwood [D] floor
Long came Flirty Murty, parching in on the [A] bum Silly Nilly got jealous and she pulled out a [E] gun
Tables started [D] crashing, forty floors a [A]-flashing, bam-bam
Who's y'all saying?
Mama
[D] Well, the police fired two highway [A] patrols Knocking down the front door with a big long coat
[D] Sammy was a lion on the coat, oh [A]-oh Shot through the middle with a [E] .44
Nilly was a crying [D] Sam, I surely [A] died, bam-bam
Who's y'all saying?
Mama
[D] [A]
[E] [A]
Well, they took Silly Nilly to the jail downtown Silly Nilly for a shooting gold [D] fam
The judge, he gave her twenty, Nilly said, that's a lot [A] You shouldn't give me nothing, he's already half-shot
[E] A-drinking white, lively, [D] started all the fighting, [A] bam-bam
Who's y'all saying?
Mama
[D] Well, the police fired two highway [A] patrols Knocking down the front door with a big long coat
[D] Sammy was a lion on the coat, oh-oh [A] Shot through the middle with a .44
[E] Nilly was a crying [D] Sam, I surely [A] died, bam-bam
Who's y'all saying?
Mama
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[A] Well, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I met Sammy Samson down in New Orleans He had a lot of money and a big [D] limousine
He took us honky-tonking on a Saturday [A] night We met Silly Nilly, everything was all [E] right
Her eyes started rolling, we should have won a [A] bowl of bam-bam
Who's y'all saying?
Mama
_ _ Well, Sammy Silly Nilly, by the quarter to four Was romping and a-stopping on the hardwood [D] floor
Long came Flirty Murty, parching in on the [A] bum Silly Nilly got jealous and she pulled out a [E] gun
Tables started [D] crashing, forty floors a [A]-flashing, bam-bam
Who's y'all saying?
Mama _ _
[D] Well, the police fired two highway [A] patrols Knocking down the front door with a big long coat
[D] Sammy was a lion on the coat, oh [A]-oh Shot through the middle with a [E] .44
Nilly was a crying [D] Sam, I surely [A] died, bam-bam
Who's y'all saying?
Mama _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
Well, they took Silly Nilly to the jail downtown Silly Nilly for a shooting gold [D] fam
The judge, he gave her twenty, Nilly said, that's a lot [A] You shouldn't give me nothing, he's already half-shot
[E] A-drinking white, lively, [D] started all the fighting, [A] bam-bam
Who's y'all saying?
Mama
_ _ _ [D] Well, the police fired two highway [A] patrols Knocking down the front door with a big long coat
[D] Sammy was a lion on the coat, oh-oh [A] Shot through the middle with a .44
[E] Nilly was a crying [D] Sam, I surely [A] died, bam-bam
Who's y'all saying?
Mama _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
He took us honky-tonking on a Saturday [A] night We met Silly Nilly, everything was all [E] right
Her eyes started rolling, we should have won a [A] bowl of bam-bam
Who's y'all saying?
Mama
_ _ Well, Sammy Silly Nilly, by the quarter to four Was romping and a-stopping on the hardwood [D] floor
Long came Flirty Murty, parching in on the [A] bum Silly Nilly got jealous and she pulled out a [E] gun
Tables started [D] crashing, forty floors a [A]-flashing, bam-bam
Who's y'all saying?
Mama _ _
[D] Well, the police fired two highway [A] patrols Knocking down the front door with a big long coat
[D] Sammy was a lion on the coat, oh [A]-oh Shot through the middle with a [E] .44
Nilly was a crying [D] Sam, I surely [A] died, bam-bam
Who's y'all saying?
Mama _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
Well, they took Silly Nilly to the jail downtown Silly Nilly for a shooting gold [D] fam
The judge, he gave her twenty, Nilly said, that's a lot [A] You shouldn't give me nothing, he's already half-shot
[E] A-drinking white, lively, [D] started all the fighting, [A] bam-bam
Who's y'all saying?
Mama
_ _ _ [D] Well, the police fired two highway [A] patrols Knocking down the front door with a big long coat
[D] Sammy was a lion on the coat, oh-oh [A] Shot through the middle with a .44
[E] Nilly was a crying [D] Sam, I surely [A] died, bam-bam
Who's y'all saying?
Mama _ _ _
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