Chords for Polk Salad Annie (Remastered Version)
Tempo:
131.8 bpm
Chords used:
E
A
G
Em
F#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[E]
[A] [E]
I'm going to tell you a little bit about this so that you understand what I'm talking about.
Down there we have a plant that grows out in the woods in the fields.
Everybody calls [Em] it folk salad.
Oh, my God.
[E]
There used to be a girl down there who used to go out in the evenings and pick her mess of it.
[A] [E]
I'm going to tell you a little bit about this so that you understand what I'm talking about.
Down there we have a plant that grows out in the woods in the fields.
Everybody calls [Em] it folk salad.
Oh, my God.
[E]
There used to be a girl down there who used to go out in the evenings and pick her mess of it.
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_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ I'm going to tell you a little bit about this so that you understand what I'm talking about. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Down there we have a plant that grows out in the woods in the fields.
It looks something like a turnip green.
_ Everybody calls [Em] it folk salad.
[E] _ _
Oh, my God.
_ [B] _ _ Salad.
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
There used to be a girl down there who used to go out in the evenings and pick her mess of it.
_ Carry it home and cook it for supper. _ _
Because that's about all they had to eat. _ _ _
They did all right. _ _ _ _
Down in Louisiana _ _ where the alligators grow for me _ _
There lived a girl that sweared to the world
Made the [G#m] alligators look tame
[A] Folk salad, Annie
_ _ _ _ Folk [E] salad, Annie
_ _ [A] _ [E] _ _
[G] Everybody said it was [A] a shame
_ _ [G]
Because her mama was working [A] on a chain game
[E] _ _ A mean piece of [A] smoke _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Every day for supper time
She'd go down and buy the truck patch
And pick her mess of folk salad
Carry _ _ _ [C#] it home [E] in a tow [F#m] sack
Folk [A] salad, Annie
_ _ _ The gators [E] got your granny _ _ _ _ _
[G] Everybody said it was [A] a shame _
[G] Because her mama was working [A] on a chain game
[E] _
_ _ A wretched, _ _ spiteful, straight razor-toed [A] woman
_ _ [E] _
Lord, I must have picked my mess up _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[Em] Her [E] _ _ _ daddy was lazy and no count
_ _ _ Claimed he had a bad _ back
_ All her brothers were fit for
Stealing watermelons out of my truck [F#m] patch
Folk [A] salad, Annie _ _
_ The gators [E] got your granny _ _
_ _ _ [G] Everybody said it was [A] a shame
_ [G] Because her mama [Bm] was working [A] on a chain game
[E] A _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ [E] _ _ soggy little folk salad too
_ _ No one needed me or Miss Annie
She'd go, _ ooooh, [Em] _ good dog
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ ooooh, good dog _ _
_ _ _ Got to have me _
_ _ Later on _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ I'm going to tell you a little bit about this so that you understand what I'm talking about. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Down there we have a plant that grows out in the woods in the fields.
It looks something like a turnip green.
_ Everybody calls [Em] it folk salad.
[E] _ _
Oh, my God.
_ [B] _ _ Salad.
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
There used to be a girl down there who used to go out in the evenings and pick her mess of it.
_ Carry it home and cook it for supper. _ _
Because that's about all they had to eat. _ _ _
They did all right. _ _ _ _
Down in Louisiana _ _ where the alligators grow for me _ _
There lived a girl that sweared to the world
Made the [G#m] alligators look tame
[A] Folk salad, Annie
_ _ _ _ Folk [E] salad, Annie
_ _ [A] _ [E] _ _
[G] Everybody said it was [A] a shame
_ _ [G]
Because her mama was working [A] on a chain game
[E] _ _ A mean piece of [A] smoke _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Every day for supper time
She'd go down and buy the truck patch
And pick her mess of folk salad
Carry _ _ _ [C#] it home [E] in a tow [F#m] sack
Folk [A] salad, Annie
_ _ _ The gators [E] got your granny _ _ _ _ _
[G] Everybody said it was [A] a shame _
[G] Because her mama was working [A] on a chain game
[E] _
_ _ A wretched, _ _ spiteful, straight razor-toed [A] woman
_ _ [E] _
Lord, I must have picked my mess up _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[Em] Her [E] _ _ _ daddy was lazy and no count
_ _ _ Claimed he had a bad _ back
_ All her brothers were fit for
Stealing watermelons out of my truck [F#m] patch
Folk [A] salad, Annie _ _
_ The gators [E] got your granny _ _
_ _ _ [G] Everybody said it was [A] a shame
_ [G] Because her mama [Bm] was working [A] on a chain game
[E] A _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ [E] _ _ soggy little folk salad too
_ _ No one needed me or Miss Annie
She'd go, _ ooooh, [Em] _ good dog
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ ooooh, good dog _ _
_ _ _ Got to have me _
_ _ Later on _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _