Chords for Polk Salad Annie , Tony Joe White , 1969 Vinyl
Tempo:
132.05 bpm
Chords used:
E
A
G
Em
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Jam Along & Learn...
Boy,
[A] [E]
[A] [E]
[A] I assume y'all never been down [E] south too much.
I'm gonna 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.
something like a turnip green.
[E] Poke [A#] salad.
[A] [E]
[A] [E]
[A] I assume y'all never been down [E] south too much.
I'm gonna 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.
something like a turnip green.
[E] Poke [A#] salad.
100% ➙ 132BPM
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_ _ _ _ _ Boy, _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] I assume y'all never been down [E] south too much.
I'm gonna 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.
Looks something like a turnip green.
_ _ [Em] Everybody call it the poke salad.
[E] _ _ Poke _ [A#] salad.
[B] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Used to know a girl that lived down there and she'd go out in the evenings and take her a mess of it.
Carry it home and cook it for supper.
_ _ Cause that's about all they had to eat. _
_ _ They did alright. _ _
_ Now down in Louisiana where the alligators grew so mean. _
_ There lived a girl that sweared to the world made the [G#m] alligators look tame.
[F#m] Poke [A] salad Annie. _ _ _ _
Poke [E] salad Annie. _ _ _ _
_ [G] Everybody said it was [A] a shame _ [G] cause her mama wasn't working [A] on a chain.
_ _ [E] _ _ I mean, this is [A] small.
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Now every day for supper time she'd go down by the truck patch and pick her a mess of poke salad.
_ _ Carry [C#m] it home in a tote [F#m] sack.
Poke [A] salad Annie. _ _ _
Poke salad [E] Annie.
Everybody _ _
_ _ [G] _ said it [A] was a shame _ [G] cause her mama wasn't working [A] on a chain.
[E] _ _ _ _ A wretched _ spiteful _ straight razor [A] toed woman. _
_ _ [E] Lord I'm gonna pick my pants up.
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
Her _ _ _ _ daddy was lazy and no count.
_ _ Claimed he had a bad back.
_ _ _ All her brothers were pitiful.
_ Stealing [C#m]
watermelons out of [G#m] my truck patch.
[A] Poke salad Annie.
_ _ _ _ Alligators got [E] you grabbed.
_ _ _ _ _ [G] Everybody said it was [A] a shame _ [G] cause her mama [Bm] wasn't working [A] on a chain.
_ [E] _ _ _
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ Suck a little poke salad Annie.
_ _ No one needed me or [B] miss her.
Go hoo [E] hoo hoo hoo hoo. _
Good [Em] girl.
[E] _ _ _ Hoo hoo _ _ _ _ _ hoo hoo hoo.
_ _ _ _ Got the hair on me.
_ _ _ Ate her up. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] I assume y'all never been down [E] south too much.
I'm gonna 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.
Looks something like a turnip green.
_ _ [Em] Everybody call it the poke salad.
[E] _ _ Poke _ [A#] salad.
[B] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Used to know a girl that lived down there and she'd go out in the evenings and take her a mess of it.
Carry it home and cook it for supper.
_ _ Cause that's about all they had to eat. _
_ _ They did alright. _ _
_ Now down in Louisiana where the alligators grew so mean. _
_ There lived a girl that sweared to the world made the [G#m] alligators look tame.
[F#m] Poke [A] salad Annie. _ _ _ _
Poke [E] salad Annie. _ _ _ _
_ [G] Everybody said it was [A] a shame _ [G] cause her mama wasn't working [A] on a chain.
_ _ [E] _ _ I mean, this is [A] small.
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Now every day for supper time she'd go down by the truck patch and pick her a mess of poke salad.
_ _ Carry [C#m] it home in a tote [F#m] sack.
Poke [A] salad Annie. _ _ _
Poke salad [E] Annie.
Everybody _ _
_ _ [G] _ said it [A] was a shame _ [G] cause her mama wasn't working [A] on a chain.
[E] _ _ _ _ A wretched _ spiteful _ straight razor [A] toed woman. _
_ _ [E] Lord I'm gonna pick my pants up.
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
Her _ _ _ _ daddy was lazy and no count.
_ _ Claimed he had a bad back.
_ _ _ All her brothers were pitiful.
_ Stealing [C#m]
watermelons out of [G#m] my truck patch.
[A] Poke salad Annie.
_ _ _ _ Alligators got [E] you grabbed.
_ _ _ _ _ [G] Everybody said it was [A] a shame _ [G] cause her mama [Bm] wasn't working [A] on a chain.
_ [E] _ _ _
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ Suck a little poke salad Annie.
_ _ No one needed me or [B] miss her.
Go hoo [E] hoo hoo hoo hoo. _
Good [Em] girl.
[E] _ _ _ Hoo hoo _ _ _ _ _ hoo hoo hoo.
_ _ _ _ Got the hair on me.
_ _ _ Ate her up. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _