Roosevelt And Ira Lee Chords by Tony Joe White

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_ _ I was just about to catch.
_ They're sitting down by a river in the swamps.
They're sitting down along.
One of them is kind of a big fella, another one is a little bit smaller.
He's got a long, big cap.
And they're sitting there pondering on what they're going to do for the night.
And anything the big guy says, the little guy's fired because he digs.
And he's cool.
_ So it's called _ Roosevelt and the Ivy [E] League. _ _
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_ The river was dark and muddy, _ and the moon was on the rise.
_ [A] And [E] all of the creatures in the swamp knew me.
And woke up to feed for the night.
_ [A] _ [E] Roosevelt and Ivy League, _ _ [F#m] [E] sitting there on a log. _
[A] _ [E] Ivy League turned to Roosevelt [A] and [E] said,
I'd like to have a mess of your farm.
He said, yeah, _ _ [G] yeah. _
_ [A] _ Long, _ _ _ short [E] days ago. _
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So they slipped on the river. _
_ [A] _ [E] And walked down through the [Em] [E] water's edge.
_ And right away they knew that the night would be a [A] bummer.
[E] So they stepped on [Bm] a water mosque.
And they [E] said, uh-oh, _ _ [G] uh-oh.
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Long, _ _ short [E] days ago. _ _ _ _
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_ [A] _ [E] Ivy _ _ _ League _ [Em] _ _
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turned to Roosevelt _ when he quit his screaming and kicking. _ _
And he said, let's forget about the hoof of the blade.
_ Go out and steal the soup chickens.
Roosevelt said, I like it.
Yeah, _ _ [G] yeah. _
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Yeah.
Long, short [E] days ago.
There's a hoof.
_ _ [Am] [E] I love my chickens.
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[A] Oh, the [E] river was dark and muddy.
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_ _ Yeah. _ _
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