Chords for Jim Kweskin & Geoff Muldaur - Papa's On The Housetop

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_ [G] _ _ _ [Am] Mama told Papa, be quiet as a mouse, so Papa climbed up on top of the house.
[F] Made a lot of whooping, made a lot of noise, [G] stood up and cheered with the rest of the boys.
[C] _ Babies in the cradle, [Am] brother's gone to town, _ sisters in the poorhood trying on [E] a gown.
_ [F] Mama's in the kitchen, messing all around, [D] _ Papa's on the house top, [A] won't come down.
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_ _ _ [C] Well, the blues [Am] they come, yes the blues they come, _ nobody [C] knows where [Am] the blues come [Cm] from.
The [F] blues they go, yeah the blues they [D] go, _ _ everybody's happy when the old [C] blues [Gm] go.
[C] Babies in the cradle, _ brother's gone to town, _ sisters in the poorhood trying on a gown.
_ [F] Mama's in the kitchen, messing all around, [D] _ Papa's on the house [A] top, won't come down.
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_ _ [C] _ _ Papa saw a chicken [Am] out in the yard, _ picked up a rock and hit him [E] hard, hit [F] him hard, killed him dead.
[G] Now the chicken's in the gravy [A]
and the gravy's on the ground.
[C] Babies in the cradle, brother's gone to [Am] town, _ sisters in the poorhood trying [D] on a gown.
_ [C] Mama's in the [Cm] kitchen, messing [F] all around, [D] _ Papa's on the house top, [G] won't [C] come down. _ _ _
_ [E] Well, _ _ _ [F] _ _
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_ _ [C] _ _ [Am] Mama told Papa, be quiet as a mouse, [C] so Papa climbed up on top of the [E] house, [F] made a lot of whooping, made a lot of [D] noise.
Stood up and [A] gave a quick praise to the boy.
_ [Am] Babies in the cradle, brother's gone to town, _ sisters in the poorhood trying [D] on a gown. _
[F] Mama's in the kitchen, messing all around, _ [D] _ Papa's on the house [A] top, won't come down.
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[N] Thank you, boys.
_ Thank you very much. _
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