{"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":2472674,"song":"Polk Salad Annie","artist":"Elvis Presley","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2472674-polk-salad-annie-chords-by-elvis-presley/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2472674?type=chord","rating":4.76059,"votes":50,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]E[/ch]     [ch]A/E[/ch]   [ch]E7[/ch]   [ch]A/E[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]    Esus4add9 [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nSome of you all never been down South too much[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nI'm going to tell you a little story, so you'll understand where I'm talking about[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nDown there we have a plant that grows out in the woods and the fields[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd it looks something like a turnip green[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nEverybody calls it Polk salad. Now that's Polk salad[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nUsed to know a girl that lived down there and[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nShe'd go out in the evenings to pick a mess of it[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                             [ch]E7[/ch]     [ch]A/E[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]   Esus4add9\r\nCarry it home and cook it for supper, because that's about all they had to eat[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBut they did all right[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Pre-Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]\r\nDown in Louisiana[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]\r\nWhere the alligators grow so mean[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]\r\nLived a girl that I swear to the world[/tab]\r\n[tab]N.C                             [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nMade the alligators look tame[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nPolk salad Annie[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nAlligators got your granny[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nEverybody said it was a shame[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nFor the mama was working on the chain-gang[/tab]\r\n\r\nWhat a mean, vicious woman\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]\r\nEveryday before suppertime[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nShe'd go down by the truck patch[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd pick her a mess of Polk salad[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd carry it home in a tote sack[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nPolk salad Annie[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nAlligators got you granny[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nEverybody said it was a shame[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBecause the mama was working on the chain-gang[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhoo, how wretched, despiteful, straight-razor toting woman[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nLord have mercy[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]\r\nSock a little Polk salad to him[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nYeah, you know what, yeah, yeah[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]\r\nBut daddy was a lazy and a no-count[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nClaimed he had a bad back[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nAll her brothers were fit for[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nWas stealing watermelons out of my truck[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nPolk salad Annie[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nAlligators got you granny[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nEverybody said it was a shame[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBecause the mama was working on the chain-gang[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhoo, how wretched, despiteful, straight-razor toting woman[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nLord have mercy[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]\r\nSock a little Polk salad to him[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nYeah, you know what, yeah, yeah[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nSock a little Polk salad to him[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nYou know what meets a meal mention[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nYou sock a little[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nHey, hey, hey, yeah, yeah[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nChic a bon, chic a bon, chic a bon bon bon bon[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nChic a bon, chic a bon, chic a bon bon bon bon[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nSock a little Polk salad to him[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nYou know what meets a meal mention[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nSock a little Polk salad to him[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nYou know what meets a meal mention[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nChinc, chinc, chinc, chin, ling, ling ling[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nE     A/E   E7   A/E   E    Esus4add9 E\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Pre-Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat a mean, vicious woman\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]","chords":["E","A/E","E7","C","A7","G","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}