Chords for Tony Joe White - Polk Salad Annie (Live)

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_ I [C] said, y'all helpin' [E] down south too much.
_ _ _ _ _ I'm gonna tell you a little bit about it so that you understand what I'm talkin' about.
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_ _ _ _ _ Now down there we got a plant that grows out in the woods and in the fields. _ _
Looks somethin' like a turnip green.
[Em] _ _ [A] _ [E] Except it ain't.
_ Cause everybody call it Pope Sally.
_ _ _ Pope [A] _ [E] _ _
_ Sally. _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ Now there used to be an old girl that lived down there.
_ _ _ _ She'd go out in the evenings and pick her mess up.
_ _ Carry it home and cook it for supper.
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Cause that's about all they had to eat.
_ But they did alright.
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ [E] Lord, look at _ _ _ that. _
Where the alligators were so mean. _ _
Shipped the girl down to Swatton to the world.
[Em] Made the alligators look [E] tame.
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Pope Sally, Danny. _ _ _ _
Pope [E] Sally, Danny. _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] Everybody said it [A] was a shame.
_ [G] Cause her mama was a [A] wicked old chain gang.
[E] _ _ _ A mean, vicious woman.
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_ [E] Yeah. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Now every day for supper time.
She'd go down and buy a patch.
_ And pick her mess up, Pope Sally.
_ And carry [C#m] it home in a tow [A] sack.
Pope Sally, Danny. _
_ _ The gators [E] got your granny.
Chomp, chomp, _ chomp.
Chomp.
_ [G] Everybody said it was [A] a shame.
_ [G] Cause her mama was a wicked [A] old chain gang.
[E] _ _ _ A wretched, _ _ [A] survival, [E] _ _ straight razor-toed woman.
_ Lord, I'm a_ _ _
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_ _ [Em] _ Oh [E] yeah. _ _
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_ _ _ _ Oh. _ _
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_ _ Her daddy was a laser in no count.
_ The man claimed he had a bad back.
_ _ _ All her brothers were fit for.
_ Stealing [A] watermelons out of [E] my truck [A] patch.
Pope Sally, Danny. _ _
All the gators got [E] your good granny.
_ Chomp, _ _ [G] chomp, _
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_ [A] chomp.
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_ [A] _ [E] _ _ Suck a little, Pope Sally.
You _ know I need me a mess of it.
_ Lord, I'm a god. _ _ _ _ _ _
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