Chords for Gid Tanner & The Skillet Lickers - Watermelon On The Vine
Tempo:
112.9 bpm
Chords used:
B
F#
E
C#m
C#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[B] [E] [B]
[F#]
[B]
[F#]
[B] See that water [E] miller driving [B] through the fields, by the rate of oil he's got water [F#] on his mind.
[B] But the white folks, them two legs, [E] well, they've got a lot [B] of things, they wouldn't [F#] leave it hanging on [B] that vine.
[E] But they have bones of sweet [B] chicken and goose, that they eat so very, [F#] very fine.
[B] But Jimmy, oh Jimmy, [E] oh [B] how I wish you'd said, water [F#] miller, hang it on [B] that vine.
[E] [B]
[F#] [B]
[E] [B] [F#]
[B] Talk about you [C#m] apple and your peach [B] and your pear, them on the corn [F#] on the tree.
[B] But they sure have more [C#m] honey, you and the [B] cow from me, oh they wouldn't leave [F#] it hanging on [B] that vine.
[E] But they have bones of [B] sweet chicken and goose, that they eat so very, [F#] very fine.
[B] But Jimmy, oh Jimmy, oh how I wish you'd said, water miller, hang it on that vine.
[E] [B]
[F#] [B]
[E] [B] [F#]
[B] I went to get that miller, [E] but I was [B] not behind, stars they had just begun [F#] to shine.
[B] But when I left that old man's field, [E] I left tired [C#] and I cried, but I never left that miller nor [B] that vine.
[E] But they have bones of sweet [B] chicken and goose, that they eat so [F#] very, very fine.
[B] But Jimmy, oh Jimmy, [E] oh how I wish [B] you'd said, water miller, hang it on that vine.
[F#]
[B]
[F#]
[B]
[F#]
[B] See that water [E] miller driving [B] through the fields, by the rate of oil he's got water [F#] on his mind.
[B] But the white folks, them two legs, [E] well, they've got a lot [B] of things, they wouldn't [F#] leave it hanging on [B] that vine.
[E] But they have bones of sweet [B] chicken and goose, that they eat so very, [F#] very fine.
[B] But Jimmy, oh Jimmy, [E] oh [B] how I wish you'd said, water [F#] miller, hang it on [B] that vine.
[E] [B]
[F#] [B]
[E] [B] [F#]
[B] Talk about you [C#m] apple and your peach [B] and your pear, them on the corn [F#] on the tree.
[B] But they sure have more [C#m] honey, you and the [B] cow from me, oh they wouldn't leave [F#] it hanging on [B] that vine.
[E] But they have bones of [B] sweet chicken and goose, that they eat so very, [F#] very fine.
[B] But Jimmy, oh Jimmy, oh how I wish you'd said, water miller, hang it on that vine.
[E] [B]
[F#] [B]
[E] [B] [F#]
[B] I went to get that miller, [E] but I was [B] not behind, stars they had just begun [F#] to shine.
[B] But when I left that old man's field, [E] I left tired [C#] and I cried, but I never left that miller nor [B] that vine.
[E] But they have bones of sweet [B] chicken and goose, that they eat so [F#] very, very fine.
[B] But Jimmy, oh Jimmy, [E] oh how I wish [B] you'd said, water miller, hang it on that vine.
[F#]
[B]
Key:
B
F#
E
C#m
C#
B
F#
E
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
[B] _ _ See that water [E] miller driving [B] through the fields, by the rate of oil he's got water [F#] on his mind.
_ [B] But the white folks, them two legs, [E] well, they've got a lot [B] of things, they wouldn't [F#] leave it hanging on [B] that vine.
[E] But they have bones of sweet [B] chicken and goose, that they eat so very, [F#] very fine.
_ [B] But Jimmy, oh Jimmy, [E] oh [B] how I wish you'd said, water [F#] miller, hang it on [B] that vine. _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ Talk about you [C#m] apple and your peach [B] and your pear, them on the corn [F#] on the tree.
_ [B] But they sure have more [C#m] honey, you and the [B] cow from me, oh they wouldn't leave [F#] it hanging on [B] that vine.
_ [E] But they have bones of [B] sweet chicken and goose, that they eat so very, [F#] very fine.
_ [B] But Jimmy, oh Jimmy, oh how I wish you'd said, water miller, hang it on that vine. _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
[B] _ _ _ I went to get that miller, [E] but I was [B] not behind, stars they had just begun [F#] to shine.
_ [B] But when I left that old man's field, [E] I left tired [C#] and I cried, but I never left that miller nor [B] that vine.
_ [E] But they have bones of sweet [B] chicken and goose, that they eat so [F#] very, very fine.
_ _ [B] But Jimmy, oh Jimmy, [E] oh how I wish [B] you'd said, water miller, hang it on that vine. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
[B] _ _ See that water [E] miller driving [B] through the fields, by the rate of oil he's got water [F#] on his mind.
_ [B] But the white folks, them two legs, [E] well, they've got a lot [B] of things, they wouldn't [F#] leave it hanging on [B] that vine.
[E] But they have bones of sweet [B] chicken and goose, that they eat so very, [F#] very fine.
_ [B] But Jimmy, oh Jimmy, [E] oh [B] how I wish you'd said, water [F#] miller, hang it on [B] that vine. _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ Talk about you [C#m] apple and your peach [B] and your pear, them on the corn [F#] on the tree.
_ [B] But they sure have more [C#m] honey, you and the [B] cow from me, oh they wouldn't leave [F#] it hanging on [B] that vine.
_ [E] But they have bones of [B] sweet chicken and goose, that they eat so very, [F#] very fine.
_ [B] But Jimmy, oh Jimmy, oh how I wish you'd said, water miller, hang it on that vine. _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
[B] _ _ _ I went to get that miller, [E] but I was [B] not behind, stars they had just begun [F#] to shine.
_ [B] But when I left that old man's field, [E] I left tired [C#] and I cried, but I never left that miller nor [B] that vine.
_ [E] But they have bones of sweet [B] chicken and goose, that they eat so [F#] very, very fine.
_ _ [B] But Jimmy, oh Jimmy, [E] oh how I wish [B] you'd said, water miller, hang it on that vine. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
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