Chords for Gid Tanner & The Skillet Lickers - Prosperity & Politics

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Hello Ted just thought I'd drop around the store today and see how everything's going along as a grocery business getting any better with you
Oh, yeah, Tom says Roosevelt got an office and then I you know, we're having a good time
I just saw one man 25 all those coffin children.
Yes
We just used to get one cup during the present for little children.
That is we had sugar pudding it
Yeah, that's right You know
The old gang is gonna meet here today at the store kind of a reunion for the skillet [Bb] liquor
You remember how we used to make that good music around here for all those dances you haven't seen any of them yet
Have you know, you know, I'd like to see some little boy and play a [N] few tunes on my old man
And you know, we used to give that old hell broke loose and George's fit boy.
We sure did.
Hold on.
Here comes somebody now
Well, I'll bet don't go and get that.
How you getting along?
I ain't seen you since the last fiddlers convention in Atlanta when you took home all that bacon with that fiddler
I'm doing fine.
I reckon, you know, we had another down until the night
I made it was $6.00 a little more than that down to the night time [Gb] getting better now
You know the health at the latest [N] the bad feel the convention of hands on a long time
I got home.
I nearly passed it.
If you're feeding me eating cornbread buttermilk
So, wait a minute fellas here comes Riley Puckett me sure looks natural to that guitar.
How you getting along Riley?
Oh, I'm feeling pretty good Tom seemed like I've been a missing the skillet
Look at a lot showed you love to get together and play with him again
Well, I tell you what to do let's tune up here and tear down [E] on good old breakdown tune up those instruments over again
[G] Okay, that sounds all right.
I tell you let's [Db] play black [Bb]-eyed peas and cornbread
[G]
[D] [G]
[C] [G]
[Gb] Well Riley, how's your [Bb] cotton this year you're gonna get a good crop?
[Gb] Yeah, I guess I will Tom
I plowed it all up you plowed it [F] up.
Oh boy.
That don't sound good to me
That looks crazy.
You lost all the time you use and plan that [N] the money you spent for the seeds time and money
I didn't lose anything the government payment for planet up.
That's the help they're giving to the farmers now
Well, that's what I call helping things along, you know, we used to get a lot of promises
But we never did get much help
Let me tell you, you know that a man over our close to me
He plowed up all this cotton and part of it called when to plow up his feline
You know, I had to go along stopping picking kids mules
Thought all this farm is done over with trying to get all the money
You know get some fellas ain't got no sense
No matter how much they get they just want to be a whole get all of it
Well, let's play a little more music supposed to play this Blue [D] Eagle rag.
All right, let's head out
[G] [D]
[Bb] Gang, we sure are [N] getting action in Washington nowadays, you know, I was about to lose my place of that mortgage
I had on him.
I was worried to death, but I heard my through the bell sale on the radio
We didn't have to worry if anybody tried to take our home away why he'd give us some help
So I called him up on telephone about he didn't come down to you
No, he didn't come down himself
But he said one of the men over to see me and he figured out a way and I still got my farm, too
Yeah, he's a mighty great man himself everything picking up better.
They won't have plants much cotton this time.
That's right
Let's play that new tune yours get the prosperity [G] breakdown
Thanks, you know, I got a letter here for you.
It's been here about a week here it is
What does it say get is anything about a job for the skillet liquor?
I said yes
Sorry, the victim people wanted to charge them all graph on record.
I believe you wanted to say a good dude
That's shows you boys business of taking up the victory wants to record some more records
Read why we haven't recorded sooner is because the people didn't have the money to spend for him and I showed you the business of
Picking up considerably.
Yes, sir.
E.
I know it is.
I tell you what, let's do let's play another tune
So [Bb] we'll be in good shape for making these records.
Let's play gonna [G] raise a Rufus tonight
Come on
[D]
[C] [G]
[Em]
[G] You know, I [Eb] tell you what I do if I was a fan of white [Db] outside run it
I just take all the money to buy deeply with everyone.
Well, you couldn't do that Ted
You don't have three dollars and sixty cents.
And what did you do when you spent that?
Oh, I just take that and the fight again
I
[Bb]
Well, I'm glad that Roosevelt in the White House instead of Ted Hawkins because I imagine time to show me bad day
They sure would they be in a minute?
Yeah, we've got a fine president up there and he's one man
It's gonna get my vote anytime he wants
Yeah, he's a real man fellas, you know, he don't always think of his self like most politicians
He's got time to thank other folks.
I think of the smiles and the good health
He's bringing all those sick folks down in Warm Springs, Georgia
If that was all he'd done I'd be for him lock stock and barrel, but that's just some of the good he's doing
What do you say?
Let's play that new tune of Riley's old man depression [G] get on your way
You know since [Eb] election
Republicans been awful scarce down south the other day a fella drove up to old man Johnson's cabin down on goose Creek
You know old man Johnson, don't you? Yeah
Yeah, you know he don't beat the devil around the stump tall
He just tells you what he thinks fellas says [N] can I find a Republican around here anywhere?
Oh man
Johnson said I've been living these mountains about all my life and I've done a right smarter hunting and trapping got lots of hide
Packed up on the side of barn, but if I ever kill one of them animals, I don't know nothing about it
But you're sure welcome go out there and see if you can find one
[G]
I
[Bb]
Tell you let's play [G] another tune gang then we got to be going let's play going down the road feeling glad
[C]
[G] [D]
[E] [G]
So [Eb] long Ted see you later about there.
Goodbye boy
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_ Hello Ted just thought I'd drop around the store today and see how everything's going along as a grocery business getting any better with you
Oh, yeah, Tom says Roosevelt got an office and then I you know, we're having a good time
I just saw one man 25 all those coffin children.
Yes
We just used to get one cup during the present for little children.
That is we had sugar pudding it
Yeah, that's right You know
The old gang is gonna meet here today at the store kind of a reunion for the skillet [Bb] liquor
You remember how we used to make that good music around here for all those dances you haven't seen any of them yet
Have you know, you know, I'd like to see some little boy and play a [N] few tunes on my old man
And you know, we used to give that old hell broke loose and George's fit boy.
We sure did.
Hold on.
Here comes somebody now
Well, I'll bet don't go and get that.
How you getting along?
I ain't seen you since the last fiddlers convention in Atlanta when you took home all that bacon with that fiddler
I'm doing fine.
I reckon, you know, we had another down until the night
I made it was $6.00 a little more than that down to the night time [Gb] getting better now
You know the health at the latest [N] the bad feel the convention of hands on a long time
I got home.
I nearly passed it.
If you're feeding me eating cornbread buttermilk
_ So, wait a minute fellas here comes Riley Puckett me sure looks natural to that guitar.
How you getting along Riley?
Oh, I'm feeling pretty good Tom seemed like I've been a missing the skillet
Look at a lot showed you love to get together and play with him again
Well, I tell you what to do let's tune up here and tear down [E] on good old breakdown tune up those instruments over again
[G] Okay, _ that sounds all right.
I tell you let's [Db] play black [Bb]-eyed peas and cornbread
_ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _
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_ _ _ [C] _ [G] _ _
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_ _ [Gb] Well Riley, how's your [Bb] cotton this year you're gonna get a good crop?
[Gb] Yeah, I guess I will Tom
I plowed it all up you plowed it [F] up.
Oh boy.
That don't sound good to me
That looks crazy.
You lost all the time you use and plan that [N] the money you spent for the seeds time and money
I didn't lose anything the government payment for planet up.
That's the help they're giving to the farmers now
Well, that's what I call helping things along, you know, we used to get a lot of promises
But we never did get much help
Let me tell you, you know that a man over our close to me
He plowed up all this cotton and part of it called when to plow up his feline
You know, I had to go along stopping picking kids mules
Thought all this farm is done over with trying to get all the money
You _ know get some fellas ain't got no sense
No matter how much they get they just want to be a whole get all of it
Well, let's play a little more music supposed to play this Blue [D] Eagle rag.
All right, let's head out
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] Gang, we sure are [N] getting action in Washington nowadays, you know, I was about to lose my place of that mortgage
I had on him.
I was worried to death, but I heard my through the bell sale on the radio
We didn't have to worry if anybody tried to take our home away why he'd give us some help
So I called him up on telephone about he didn't come down to you
No, he didn't come down himself
But he said one of the men over to see me and he figured out a way and I still got my farm, too
Yeah, he's a mighty great man himself everything picking up better.
They won't have plants much cotton this time.
That's right
Let's play that new tune yours get the prosperity [G] breakdown _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Thanks, you know, I got a letter here for you.
It's been here about a week here it is
What does it say get is anything about a job for the skillet liquor?
I said yes
Sorry, the victim people wanted to charge them all graph on record.
I believe you wanted to say a good dude
That's shows you boys business of taking up the victory wants to record some more records
Read why we haven't recorded sooner is because the people didn't have the money to spend for him and I showed you the business of
Picking up considerably.
Yes, sir.
E.
I know it is.
I tell you what, let's do let's play another tune
So [Bb] we'll be in good shape for making these records.
Let's play gonna [G] raise a Rufus tonight _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _
Come on _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
[G] _ _ You know, I [Eb] tell you what I do if I was a fan of white [Db] outside run it
I just take all the money to buy deeply with everyone.
Well, you couldn't do that Ted
You don't have three dollars and sixty cents.
And what did you do when you spent that?
Oh, I just take that and the fight again _ _ _
I
_ _ _ [Bb]
Well, I'm glad that Roosevelt in the White House instead of Ted Hawkins because I imagine time to show me bad day
They sure would they be in a minute?
Yeah, we've got a fine president up there and he's one man
It's gonna get my vote anytime he wants _ _
_ _ Yeah, he's a real man fellas, you know, he don't always think of his self like most politicians
He's got time to thank other folks.
I think of the smiles and the good health
He's bringing all those sick folks down in Warm Springs, Georgia
If that was all he'd done I'd be for him lock stock and barrel, but that's just some of the good he's doing
What do you say?
Let's play that new tune of Riley's old man depression [G] get on your way _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _
You know since [Eb] election
Republicans been awful scarce down south the other day a fella drove up to old man Johnson's cabin down on goose Creek
You know old man Johnson, don't you? Yeah
_ Yeah, you know he don't beat the devil around the stump tall
He just tells you what he thinks fellas says [N] can I find a Republican around here anywhere?
Oh man
Johnson said I've been living these mountains about all my life and I've done a right smarter hunting and trapping got lots of hide
Packed up on the side of barn, but if I ever kill one of them animals, I don't know nothing about it
But you're sure welcome go out there and see if you can find one
[G] _
I
_ _ [Bb] _
Tell you let's play [G] another tune gang then we got to be going let's play going down the road feeling glad _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _
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[G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [E] _ _ [G] _ _ _
So [Eb] long Ted see you later about there.
Goodbye _ boy _ _