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Jackknife - The Red Newt by Jeffery Frederick and the Clamtones


          Jackknife - The Red Newt 


Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:G
Capo:no capo

[Intro]
N.C.
I was cleanin'-
 
I was cleanin' my jackknife when you did appear
 
Had to fight with you; I cut off your ear
 
Yodelay, little darlin', don't you come here no more
N.C.
Take this as a lesson, get your ear off my floor
 
I throwed-
 
I throwed some sawdust where the blood puddle lie
 
Watched you run screamin'; I prayed you would die
N.C.
Yodelay, little darlin', don't you come here no more
 
Take this as a warnin', get your ear off my floor
 
[Verse 1]
          G
Well, the Red Newt, he sat 'neath a wet piece of wood
F                          C          G
Black Crow lookin' down on him, yes he was
G
Well, the Black Crow say to Red Newt, "Listen to me sing,
F                    C                    G
Caw caw caw caw, caw caw caw caw, caw caw caw!
F                    C                    G
Caw caw caw caw, caw caw caw caw, caw caw caw!
 
          G
Well, the Red Newt say to Black Crow, "You sure sound good
F                   C                 G
Oh, when you do, do-do-do-do what you do!
F                   C                 G
Oh, when you do, do-do-do-do what you do!"
 
          G
Well, the Black Crow say to Red Newt, "I thank you, son,
F                   C                    G
But pardon me, just what the hell do you do?
F                     C                     G
Yeah, pardon me, just what the hell do you do?"
 
          G
Well, the Red Newt say to that Black Crow, "Well, I don't do much,
F                      C                         G
But I don't fly around makin' the noise that you do!
F                      C                         G
No, I don't fly around makin' the noise that you do!"
 
      A5
Well, the Black Crow, he started gettin' mad
       G
And he think about the last thing for dinner he had
   A5
He looked down at that old Red Newt
           C
And said, "I might take him home,
                D
Make a Red Newt Soup!"
 
[Instrumental]
G
F C G
F C G
F C G
      G
Well, the Black Crow, he pick up the Red Newt, take him up in the sky
F                   C                 G
Say, "Now I'm gonna teach you how the crow flies!
F
Now I'm gonna teach you how the crow flies!"
 
        G
He say, "Go ahead, you feathered pain in my neck, do what you wilL
F                     C                G
Well, I don't really care much if'in I die!
F                  C                 G
No, I don't really care much if'in I die!
F                   C                  G
Well, I don't really care much if'in I die!"





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