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Jimmie The Kid by Jimmie Rodgers
Jimmie The Kid
Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:G
Capo:no capo
[Verse 1]
G
I'll tell you a story of Jimmie the Kid
C G
He's a brakeman you all know
C G
He was born in Mississippi a-way down south
A D G
and he flagged on the TN&O
G
He yodeled to fame on the Boston ‘n’ Maine
C G
The Wabash and the TP
C G
From the old Grand Trunk to the Cotton Belt
Am D G
he yodeled on the Santa Fe
[Chorus]
G
Yodel-ee-dle-odle-ay-ee,
D G
Yodel-ee-dle-eedle-ay-ee-hee
[Verse 2]
G
On the Lehigh Valley he yodeled awhile
C G
then he went to the Nickel Plate
C G
From the old Lake Shore and the Erie Line
Am D G
He yodels to a Cadillac Eight
[Chorus]
G D
Yodel-ayee-yodle-olde-ayee
G
yodle-odle-odle-ay-ee,
[Verse 3]
G
He yodeled his way to the C&A
C G
The Lackawanna and IC
C G
He rode a rattler called the Cannonball
Am D G
then he yodeled on the MK&T
[Chorus]
G
Yodel-ayee,yodle-olde-ayee
D G
Yodel-odle-ayee
[Verse 4]
G
Now the story goes that Jimmie the Kid
C G
Has a yodeling mama so sweet
C G
They go Cadillacin' every night
Am D G
and they yodel up and down the street
[Chorus]
G
Yodel-ayee,yodle-olde-ayee
D G
Yodel-odle-ayee
[Verse 5]
G
He's rode freight trains from East to West
C G
he's fixed himself up nice
C G
He's got a beautiful home all of his own
Am D G
It's the yodeler's paradise
[Chorus]
G
Yodel-ee-dle-odle-ay-ee,
D G
Yodel-ee-dle-eedle-ay-ee-hee
[Verse 6]
G
They've treated him good they've treated him bad
C G
he never done any wrong
C G
He yodels a yodel everybody knows
Am C G
is the yodeling brakeman's song
[Chorus]
G
Yodel-ayee,yodle-olde-ayee
D G
Yodel-odle-ayee
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