Polk Salad Annie Chords by Sleepy Labeef

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_ _ I know some of y'all ain't never been to our side too much.
_ We're gonna tell you a little bit what it's like down there so you know what we're talking about. _
They got a plant that grows wild back in the woods in the field.
_ Looks a little bit like a turnip tree.
Tastes a whole lot like spinach.
And they call it Pope's salad. _
_ _ Pope's salad.
_ _ I used to know a poor gal that lived down there.
Every evening before supper time she'd go back in the woods and pick up her supper.
Bring it back to the house and cook up her supper.
_ Might only have to eat sometimes, but they done all right.
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[E] _ _ _ _ _ Louisiana, where the alligator grows the meat.
_ Sweat's the world to live to girl.
Where the [C] alligator seem [A] tame. Pope's salad.
[Am] _ Ain't you [E] got your grain?
_ _ [G] Everybody said it was [A] shame.
[G] Your mama had [A] to work it on the chain game.
[E] _ _ Baby, this is my bread.
_ Straight really good boy. _ _ _
_ Sip a little Pope's salad every now and then.
I need me a mess of it. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ Every day before supper time she'd go down to the front bench.
Pick up a mess of Pope's salad.
_ Share it home in her tow [A] sack.
Pope's salad in it.
Ain't you [E] got your grain? _
_ [G] Everybody said it was [A] shame.
[G] Your mama had to work it on [A] the chain game.
[E] _ Have mercy. _
Her daddy was a lazy and old cow.
_ Claimed to have a bad back.
All the brothers was good for.
Stealing watermelons out of my truck.
[A] Paid for Pope's salad in it.
_ Ain't you [E] got your grain?
_ Everybody [G] [A] said it was shame.
[G] Your mama had [A] to work it on the chain game.
[E] _ Bitch, you a spiteful wretch.
_ Straight real good.
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