{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2675637,"song":"Let Him Go On Mama","artist":"Chris Eldridge","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11522429-let-him-go-on-mama-chords-by-chris-eldridge/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2675637?type=chord","rating":4.98761,"votes":10,"content":"[tab][Intro]\r\n                                                                                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\ne|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nB|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nG|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nD|---0-------0-------0----0-------0------0-----0-------0-------0----0-------0--------0----|\r\nA|--------5-------7------------5------7-------------3-------3------------5--------3-------|\r\nE|-7---7-------8-------7----7-------8-------5-----5------5-------7----7-------5-----------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell he likes black coffee, fried eggs and a well done T-bone steak[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                                      [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe likes a red dress and pearly white teeth and the flash of her pretty brown legs[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe said back in the '30s, you know you never had it made[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A7[/ch]                                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe worked as an engineer on the Ohio river, working for the Pittsburgh trade[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAt the inspection office in Louisville he had a desk for a very short time[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                               [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd he played in a band on two different boats working for the Strackfus line[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd long ago he smoked reefer and he even made home brew[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A7[/ch]                                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the reefer come in through New Orleans back before World War II[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]                                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe's just a feller worked on the river, All his life by a paddle wheel[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                    [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou say he's old fashioned, Well that ain't no big deal[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell it's too thick to navigate, And it's too thin to plow[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo let him go on mama and don't put him down for it now[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][Break]\r\n                                                                                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\ne|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nB|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nG|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nD|---0-------0-------0----0-------0------0-----0-------0-------0----0-------0--------0----|\r\nA|--------5-------7------------5------7-------------3-------3------------5--------3-------|\r\nE|-7---7-------8-------7----7-------8-------5-----5------5-------7----7-------5-----------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]                                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell he smokes an old I-bolt cigar, Says he doesn't miss it at all[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                                     [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut he still goes out and he makes a few trips in the summer and in the fall[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh, the railroad trains, the bus and planes are picking up the slack[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A7[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe's watching all those river towns slowly turn their backs[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]                                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe's just a feller worked on the river, All his life by a paddle wheel[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                    [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou say he's old fashioned, Well that ain't no big deal[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell it's too thick to navigate, And it's too thin to plow[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo let him go on mama and don't put him down for it now[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][Break]\r\n                                                                                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\ne|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nB|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nG|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nD|---0-------0-------0----0-------0------0-----0-------0-------0----0-------0--------0----|\r\nA|--------5-------7------------5------7-------------3-------3------------5--------3-------|\r\nE|-7---7-------8-------7----7-------8-------5-----5------5-------7----7-------5-----------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell he comes from a real old-time way of life, He had to fight to just learn how[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                                  [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd he might even have voted for Nixon once but I'm sure he sees that now[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell Friday night he makes the best damn Gumbo you'd ever want to eat[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A7[/ch]                                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd Saturday morning 'fore everyone's up, he's gone off down to the fleet[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]                                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe's just a feller worked on the river, All his life by a paddle wheel[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                    [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou say he's old fashioned, Well that ain't no big deal[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell it's too thick to navigate, And it's too thin to plow[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo let him go on mama and don't put him down for it now[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][Break]\r\n                                                                                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\ne|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nB|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nG|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nD|---0-------0-------0----0-------0------0-----0-------0-------0----0-------0--------0----|\r\nA|--------5-------7------------5------7-------------3-------3------------5--------3-------|\r\nE|-7---7-------8-------7----7-------8-------5-----5------5-------7----7-------5-----------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou're as pretty as he is ugly and he's the happiest man alive[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                     [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSomehow you got him thinking that old men are back in style[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow you see these Oysters Bienville and this baked potato skin[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A7[/ch]                               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI eat 'em so I can grow up an' be, an old man just like him[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]                                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe's just a feller worked on the river, All his life by a paddle wheel[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                    [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou say he's old fashioned, Well that ain't no big deal[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell it's too thick to navigate, And it's too thin to plow[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo let him go on mama and don't put him down for it now[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][Outro]\r\n                                                                                        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