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Yazoo Street Scandal

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(A Hendrix Em7#9 sounds alright to bounce off of with the Em7, too)
Em7Standin' out in the night,
Elizah took me down
To see the Widow give
Rain to the town.
It's against the law
To be a tonic man,
But the Widow know
She's got the upper hand.
B7So I went on in
Feelin' kinda wheezy.
You know she soothed my mind, boys,
She rA7ocked me kinda slow and kinda easy
All daEm7y and all night.
Em7"Pick a card Em7'fore you go--
It's a long trip to Mexico."
Em7Elizah waiteEm7d by the door,
"I can't stay here anymore, no, no."
B7Then she took a pill
She washed her feet in the mud
She said "Look out son,
You know, A7I just started a flood
For forty days and forty nights".
Then I got my shoes,
And 'Lizah called my name.
She said it looked to her
Like it's gonna rain.
Then the Cotton King
He came in chokin'
And the Widow laughed and said:
"I ain't jokin'"--
B7"Think what you want"
She said, "Now don't ya tease me.
I just fell in love, boy,
So A7rock me kinda slow and kinda easy,
All day and all night."
Em7Sweet William said
With a drunken head:
"If I had a boat,
I'd help y'all float".
Elizah stood there watching
William in a trance,
As the widowed saint done the St. Vitus dance.
B7But just then an old man
With a boat named "Breezy"
Said: "You can ride with Clyde, boys,
If you A7rock it kinda slow and rock it kinda easy,
All Em7day and all night".
(EADGBE)
Em7 = 0 2 0 1 3 0
Em7#9 = 0 7 6 7 8 0
A7 = 5 7 5 6 8 5
B7 = 7 9 7 8 10 7
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