{"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":1744100,"song":"Yazoo Street Scandal","artist":"The Band","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1744100-yazoo-street-scandal-chords-by-the-band/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1744100?type=chord","rating":4.296,"votes":3,"content":"\r\n(A Hendrix Em7#9 sounds alright to bounce off of with the Em7, too)\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nStandin' out in the night,[/tab]\r\n\r\nElizah took me down\r\n\r\nTo see the Widow give\r\n\r\nRain to the town.\r\n\r\nIt's against the law\r\n\r\nTo be a tonic man,\r\n\r\nBut the Widow know\r\n\r\nShe's got the upper hand.\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]\r\nSo I went on in[/tab]\r\n\r\nFeelin' kinda wheezy.\r\n\r\nYou know she soothed my mind, boys,\r\n[tab]     [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nShe rocked me kinda slow and kinda easy[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nAll day and all night.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch]         [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\n\"Pick a card 'fore you go--[/tab]\r\n\r\nIt's a long trip to Mexico.\"\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch]         [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nElizah waited by the door,[/tab]\r\n\r\n\"I can't stay here anymore, no, no.\"\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]\r\nThen she took a pill[/tab]\r\n\r\nShe washed her feet in the mud\r\n          \r\nShe said \"Look out son,\r\n[tab]         [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nYou know, I just started a flood[/tab]\r\n\r\nFor forty days and forty nights\".\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThen I got my shoes,\r\n\r\nAnd 'Lizah called my name.\r\n\r\nShe said it looked to her\r\n\r\nLike it's gonna rain.\r\n\r\nThen the Cotton King\r\n\r\nHe came in chokin'\r\n\r\nAnd the Widow laughed and said:\r\n\r\n\"I ain't jokin'\"--\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]\r\n\"Think what you want\"[/tab]\r\n\r\nShe said, \"Now don't ya tease me.\r\n\r\nI just fell in love, boy,\r\n[tab]  [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nSo rock me kinda slow and kinda easy,[/tab]\r\n\r\nAll day and all night.\"\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nSweet William said[/tab]\r\n\r\nWith a drunken head:\r\n\r\n\"If I had a boat,\r\n\r\nI'd help y'all float\".\r\n\r\nElizah stood there watching\r\n\r\nWilliam in a trance,\r\n\r\nAs the widowed saint done the St. Vitus dance.\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]\r\nBut just then an old man[/tab]\r\n\r\nWith a boat named \"Breezy\"\r\n\r\nSaid: \"You can ride with Clyde, boys,\r\n[tab]      [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nIf you rock it kinda slow and rock it kinda easy,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nAll day and all night\".[/tab]\r\n\r\n(EADGBE)\r\nEm7 = 0 2 0 1 3 0\r\nEm7#9 = 0 7 6 7 8 0 \r\nA7 = 5 7 5 6 8 5\r\nB7 = 7 9 7 8 10 7","plain_text":"(A Hendrix Em7#9 sounds alright to bounce off of with the Em7, too)\n\n\n\n\nElizah took me down\n\nTo see the Widow give\n\nRain to the town.\n\nIt's against the law\n\nTo be a tonic man,\n\nBut the Widow know\n\nShe's got the upper hand.\n\n\nFeelin' kinda wheezy.\n\nYou know she soothed my mind, boys,\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIt's a long trip to Mexico.\"\n\n\n\n\"I can't stay here anymore, no, no.\"\n\n\n\n\nShe washed her feet in the mud\n          \nShe said \"Look out son,\n\n\nFor forty days and forty nights\".\n\n\n\nThen I got my shoes,\n\nAnd 'Lizah called my name.\n\nShe said it looked to her\n\nLike it's gonna rain.\n\nThen the Cotton King\n\nHe came in chokin'\n\nAnd the Widow laughed and said:\n\n\"I ain't jokin'\"--\n\n\n\nShe said, \"Now don't ya tease me.\n\nI just fell in love, boy,\n\n\nAll day and all night.\"\n\n\n\n\nWith a drunken head:\n\n\"If I had a boat,\n\nI'd help y'all float\".\n\nElizah stood there watching\n\nWilliam in a trance,\n\nAs the widowed saint done the St. Vitus dance.\n\n\nWith a boat named \"Breezy\"\n\nSaid: \"You can ride with Clyde, boys,\n\n\n\n(EADGBE)\nEm7 = 0 2 0 1 3 0\nEm7#9 = 0 7 6 7 8 0 \nA7 = 5 7 5 6 8 5\nB7 = 7 9 7 8 10 7","chords":["A","Em7","B7","A7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"Em7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,0,3,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,3,0]}}}