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Polly Wolly Doodle by Leon Redbone
Polly Wolly Doodle
Tuning: E A D G B E
[Verse 1]
C C C
Well I went down south for to see my gal
C C G
Sing Polly wolly doodle all day
G G
She got curly eyes and laughin' hair
G C
Sing Polly Wolly doodle all day
[Chorus]
C C
Fare thee well, Fare thee well,
C G
Fare thee well my fairy fay
G G G
For I'm going to Lou'siana For to see my Susyanna
G G C
Sing Polly wolly doodle all day
[Verse 2]
C C
There's a grasshopper sittin' on a railroad track
C G
Sing Polly wolly doodle all day
G G
Pickin' his teeth with a carpet tack
G G C
Sing Polly wolly doodle all day
[Chorus]
C C
Fare thee well, Fare thee well,
C G
Fare thee well my fairy fay
G G G
For I'm going to Lou'siana For to see my Susyanna
G G C
Sing Polly wolly doodle all day
[Verse 3]
C C
I went to the river I couldn't get across
C G
Sing Polly Wolly doodle all day
G G
I jumped on a gator I thought it was a horse
G C
Sing Polly Wolly doodle all day
[Chorus]
C C
Fare thee well, Fare thee well,
C G
Fare thee well my fairy fay
G G G
For I'm going to Lou'siana For to see my Susyanna
G G C
Sing Polly wolly doodle all day
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version 2
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: C
Time: 4/4
Tempo: Q=120
Capo: 2, optionally
Play bass quarters with your right-hand thumb and insert eighths.
Eighths are marked "+".
The chord names above the tab lines indicate the left-hand position.
Start practicing in slow tempo and increase speed, as you
[Verse]
C + + + + +
E|------------------------|-0----0--------------|-0----0-----------------|-0---0-------0--------1--p0---|
B|-1--------------1--h3---|-----------1----1----|----------1-------------|------------------------------|
G|------------------------|---------------------|------------------------|------------------------------|
D|------2---------2-------|------2---------2----|------2------------2----|---------2------------2-------|
A|-3----------------------|-3-------------------|-3----------------------|-3----------------------------|
E|-----------3------------|-----------3---------|--------------3---------|-----------------3------------|
Well I went down south for to see my gal, singin' Polly wolly doodle all the
There's a grasshopper sittin' on a railroad track,singin' Polly wolly doodle all the
I went to the river, I couldn't get across,singin' Polly wolly doodle all the
G +
E|---------------------|---------------------|------------------------|
B|-3-------------------|-3----3----0----0----|-3----3--p0-------------|
G|---------------------|---------------------|------------------------|
D|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|------0------------0----|
A|-----------2---------|-----------2---------|--------------2---------|
E|-3-------------------|-3-------------------|-3----------------------|
day, She got curly eyes and laughin' hair, singin'
day, pickin' his teeth with a carpet tack, singin'
day, I jumped on a gator, I thought it was a horse,
+ + + +
E|-3---3-------3------p1---0-------|
B|-----------------------------3---|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------0---------------0-------|
A|-----------------2---------------|
E|-3-------------------------------|
Polly wolly doodle all the day.
Polly wolly doodle all the day.
Polly wolly doodle all the day.
[Chorus]
C + + +
E|------------------------|-0----------------------|-0----------------------|-0----0----1----0----|
B|----------------1--h3---|----------------1--h3---|----------------1--h3---|---------------------|
G|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|---------------------|
D|------2---------2-------|------2---------2-------|------2---------2-------|------2---------2----|
A|-3----------------------|-3----------------------|-3----------------------|-3-------------------|
E|-----------3------------|-----------3------------|-----------3------------|-----------3---------|
Fare thee well, Fare thee well, Fare thee well my fairy
G + + + + + +
E|---------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
B|-3-------------------|-3---3-------0--------0--h1---|-3---3-------0--------0--h1---|
G|---------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
D|------0---------0----|---------0------------0-------|---------0------------0-------|
A|-----------2---------|-----------------2------------|-----------------2------------|
E|-3-------------------|-3----------------------------|-3----------------------------|
fay, I'm off to Lou'siana, for to see my Susy-Anna, singin'
+ + + + C
E|-3-----------3------p1---0-------|---------------------------------|
B|-----0---------------------------|-1-------------------------------|
G|------------------------------0--|-----0-------0------0--------0---|
D|---------0---------------0-------|---------2---------------0-------|
A|-----------------2---------------|-3-------------------------------|
E|-3-------------------------------|-----------------3---------------|
Polly wolly doodle all the day.
| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
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