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Polk Salad Annie by Tony Joe White
Polk Salad Annie
E
Down in Louisiana
E
Where the alligators grow so mean
E
Lived a girl that I swear to the world
E
Made the alligators look tame
NC A A7
Polk salad Annie
E
Gators got your granny
G A
Everybody said it was a shame
G A E
For the mama was working on the chain-gang
E
What a mean, vicious woman
E
Everyday before suppertime
E E7
She'd go down by the truck patch
E
And pick her a mess of Polk salad
E
And carry it home in a tote sack
nc A
Polk salad Annie
E
Gators got you granny
G A
Everybody said it was a shame
G A E
' Cause the mama was working on the chain-gang
E
Whoo, how wretched, dispiteful, straight-razor totin' woman,
E E7
Sock a little Polk salad to him
E
Yeah, you know what, yeah, yeah
E
Her daddy was a lazy and a no-count
E
Claimed he had a bad back
E
All her brothers were fit for
E
Was stealing watermelons out of my truck
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version 2
#1.
E
Down in Louisiana, where the alligators grow so mean.
There lived a girl, that I swear to the world,
made the alligators look tame.
CHORUS:
A E
Polk salad Annie, polk salad Annie.
G A
Everybody said it was a shame..
G A
cause her Mama was working on the chain-gang.
E
A mean, vicious woman.
#2.
E
Everyday 'fore supper time, she'd go down by the truck patch.
And pick her a mess o' Polk salad, and carry it home
in a tote-sack.
CHORUS:
A E
Polk salad Annie..'gators got your Granny.
G A G
Everybody said it was a shame..cause her Mama was
A
workin on the chain-gang..
E
a wretched, spiteful, straight-razor totin' woman.
Lord have mercy.
(INTERLUDE:HARMONICA:)
#3.
E
Her daddy was lazy and no 'count..claimed he had a bad back.
All her brothers were fit for, was stealin' watermelons out
of my truck patch.
CHORUS:
A E
Polk salad Annie..the 'gators got your Granny.
G A G
Everybody said it was a shame..cause her Mama was
A E
working on the chain-gang.
OUTRO:
E
Sock a little polk-salad to me..you know I need a mean
mess of it..(Fade.)
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version 3
intro
if you want to play along the the recording just hammer the d string on the 2nd fret and bend the 2nd fret G string (or third fret..
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at the end of the tab where it says form E7 it means play and E7 and hammer the G string
on the first fret
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