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Let Him Go On Mama

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[Intro]
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------G--|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---0-------0-------0----0-------0------0-----0-------0-------0----0-------0--------0----|
A|--------5-------7------------5------7-------------3-------3------------5--------3-------|
E|-7---7-------8-------7----7-------8-------5-----5------5-------7----7-------5-----------|
[Verse 1]
GWell he likes black coffee, fried eggs and a Dwell done T-bone steak
DHe likes a red dress and pearly white teeth and the flaCsh of her pretty brown Glegs
He said bCack in the '30s, you know you Gnever had it made
He A7worked as an engineer on the Ohio river, Dworking for the Pittsburgh trade
[Verse 2]
GAt the inspection office in Louisville he had Da desk for a very short time
DAnd he played in a band on two different boats wCorking for the StrackfuGs line
And Clong ago he smoked reefer and he Geven made home brew
And the A7reefer come in through New Orleans Dback before World War II
[Chorus]
HGe's just a feller worked on the river, AlDl his life by a paddle wheel
DYou say he's old fashioned, Well that Cain't no big Gdeal
Well Cit's too thick to navigate, And iGt's too thin to plow
So Glet him go on Dmama and don't pGut him dDown for it Gnow
[Break]
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------G--|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---0-------0-------0----0-------0------0-----0-------0-------0----0-------0--------0----|
A|--------5-------7------------5------7-------------3-------3------------5--------3-------|
E|-7---7-------8-------7----7-------8-------5-----5------5-------7----7-------5-----------|
[Verse 3]
WGell he smokes an old I-bolt cigar, Says he dDoesn't miss it at all
DBut he still goes out and he makes a few trips in the Csummer and in the faGll
Oh, the Crailroad trains, the bus and planes are Gpicking up the slack
He's A7watching all those river towns Dslowly turn their backs
[Chorus]
HGe's just a feller worked on the river, AlDl his life by a paddle wheel
DYou say he's old fashioned, Well that Cain't no big Gdeal
Well Cit's too thick to navigate, And iGt's too thin to plow
So Glet him go on Dmama and don't pGut him dDown for it Gnow
[Break]
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------G--|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---0-------0-------0----0-------0------0-----0-------0-------0----0-------0--------0----|
A|--------5-------7------------5------7-------------3-------3------------5--------3-------|
E|-7---7-------8-------7----7-------8-------5-----5------5-------7----7-------5-----------|
[Verse 4]
GWell he comes from a real old-time way of life, He had to Dfight to just learn how
DAnd he might even have voted for Nixon once but I'm Csure he sees that Gnow
Well CFriday night he makes the best damn GGumbo you'd ever want to eat
And SA7aturday morning 'fore everyone's up, he's Dgone off down to the fleet
[Chorus]
HGe's just a feller worked on the river, AlDl his life by a paddle wheel
DYou say he's old fashioned, Well that Cain't no big Gdeal
Well Cit's too thick to navigate, And iGt's too thin to plow
So Glet him go on Dmama and don't pGut him dDown for it Gnow
[Break]
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------G--|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---0-------0-------0----0-------0------0-----0-------0-------0----0-------0--------0----|
A|--------5-------7------------5------7-------------3-------3------------5--------3-------|
E|-7---7-------8-------7----7-------8-------5-----5------5-------7----7-------5-----------|
[Verse 5]
GYou're as pretty as he is ugly and he's the Dhappiest man alive
DSomehow you got him thinking that old Cmen are back in stGyle
Now yCou see these Oysters Bienville and this bGaked potato skin
I eaA7t 'em so I can grow up an' be, an Dold man just like him
[Chorus]
HGe's just a feller worked on the river, AlDl his life by a paddle wheel
DYou say he's old fashioned, Well that Cain't no big Gdeal
Well Cit's too thick to navigate, And iGt's too thin to plow
So Glet him go on Dmama and don't pGut him dDown for it Gnow
[Outro]
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------G--|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---0-------0-------0----0-------0------0-----0-------0-------0----0-------0--------0----|
A|--------5-------7------------5------7-------------3-------3------------5--------3-------|
E|-7---7-------8-------7----7-------8-------5-----5------5-------7----7-------5-----------|
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