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Prodigal Daughter Cotton Eyed Joe by Michelle Shocked
Prodigal Daughter Cotton Eyed Joe
Tuning: E A D G B E
[Intro]
G G G C
G C G D
G G G C
C G D G
[Verse 1]
G C D
What’s to be done with a prodigal son?
G C G D
Welcome him home with open arms.
G C D
Throw a big party, invite your friends
G D C D
Our boy’s come back home.
[Bridge 1]
G G C D
[Verse 2]
G C D
When a girl goes home with the oats he's sown
G C G D
It’s draw your shades and your shutters
G C D
She’s bringing such shame to the family name
G D C D
The return of the prodigal daughter
[Refrain]
G D C D
Singing, "Oh, Cotton-Eyed Joe"
[Verse 3]
G C D
Went to see a doctor and I almost died
G C G D
When I told my mama, Lordy, how she cried
G C D
Me and my daddy were never too close
G D C D
But he was there when I needed him most
[Chorus]
G C D
Look, here comes a prodigal son
G C G D
Fetch him a tall drink of water
G C D
But there’s none in the cup 'ause he drank it all up
G D C D G
Left for a prodigal daughter
[Refrain]
G D C D
Singing, "Oh, Cotton-Eyed Joe"
[Bridge 2]
G G G C
G C G D
G G G C
C G D G
[Refrain]
G D C D
"Oh, Cotton-Eyed Joe"
G D C D
"Oh, Cotton-Eyed Joe"
[Bridge 3]
G G C C G C D G
G G C C G C D G
G G C C G C D G
G G C C G C D G
[Segue 1]
G C D
Had not have been for the Cotton Eyed Joe
G C D
I’d have been married a long time ago
G D G
Oh, I’d have been married a long time ago
[Bridge 4]
G G C C
G C D G
[Segue 2]
G C D
Out in the cornfield I stubbed my toe
G C D
I called for the doctor, Cotton-Eyed Joe
G D G
I called for the doctor, Cotton-Eyed Joe
[Bridge 5]
G G C C
G C D G
[Chorus]
G C D
Look, here comes a prodigal son
G C G D
Fetch him a tall drink of water
G C D
But there’s none in the cup 'cause he drank it all up
G D C D G
Left for a prodigal daughter
[Refrain]
G D C D
Singing, "Oh, Cotton-Eyed Joe"
G D C D
Singing, "Oh, Cotton-Eyed Joe"
G D C D
Singing, "Oh, Cotton-Eyed Joe"
[Outro]
G G C D
G G C D
G G C D
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