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Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Wonderful song by Mayo Thompson from his 1969 album "Corky's Debt to his Father".
As you will notice there are sometimes some strange lyrics written here, especially 
end of the chorus, but that Texan accent is too damn hard to understand for my French ears.
So correct these lyrics yourself, and please excuse the mistakes.
[Intro]
e|----------------------|
B|-9---12--14--12---8/9-|
G|----------------------|
D|-9---12--14--12---8/9-|
A|----------------------|
E|-0---0---0---0----0---|  then slide down a bit
Eyour black legs C#fall beside me
Eyour hands are C#open lying
Edon't know how you C#do it baby
but my Amind is tied upEtight
G#and hoo baby
I have waited so long to
Aget to the end Eof this ladder
F#somehow condition seem to be worse
Bhere at the Dend of this Bverse
EI look in both dC#irections you know these
Edogs they bite at my C#heels
Eyou walk C#behind me baby
but your Aplace is not back Ethere
[Solo]
e|--------------------------------------------------------4--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------7--------------|
G|----------------------1--4-----------6--4-------------4---2------------4------0/1--------|
D|---------2-2--------4---------------------6--------------------------7-------------------|
A|---2--4-------------------------------------------------------0--00----------------------|
E|-------------0--00-----------0--00-----------0---00-------------------------------0--00--|
G#and hoo baby
I have waited so long to
Aget to the end Eof this ladder
F#somehow condition seem worse
Bhere at the Dend of this Bverse
Eif I fall on my C#face down girl
your Eblouse becomC#es my towel
I Edon't know how yoC#u did it baby
but Ayou now said Etie me down
G#and hoo baby
I have waited so long to
Aget to the end Eof this ladder
F#somehow condition seem worse
Bhere at the Dend of this Bverse
The end of the song is a mix between the solo and the intro, you can easily guess it.

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Black Legs

by Mayo Thompson

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Wonderful song by Mayo Thompson from his 1969 album "Corky's Debt to his Father".

As you will notice there are sometimes some strange lyrics written here, especially

end of the chorus, but that Texan accent is too damn hard to understand for my French ears.

So correct these lyrics yourself, and please excuse the mistakes.

[Intro]

e|----------------------|

B|-9---12--14--12---8/9-|

G|----------------------|

D|-9---12--14--12---8/9-|

A|----------------------|

E|-0---0---0---0----0---| then slide down a bit

E C#

your black legs fall beside me

E C#

your hands are open lying

E C#

don't know how you do it baby

A E

but my mind is tied uptight

and hoo baby

I have waited so long to

A E

get to the end of this ladder

somehow condition seem to be worse

B D B

here at the end of this verse

E C#

I look in both directions you know these

E C#

dogs they bite at my heels

E C#

you walk behind me baby

A E

but your place is not back there

[Solo]

e|--------------------------------------------------------4--------------------------------|

B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------7--------------|

G|----------------------1--4-----------6--4-------------4---2------------4------0/1--------|

D|---------2-2--------4---------------------6--------------------------7-------------------|

A|---2--4-------------------------------------------------------0--00----------------------|

E|-------------0--00-----------0--00-----------0---00-------------------------------0--00--|

and hoo baby

I have waited so long to

A E

get to the end of this ladder

somehow condition seem worse

B D B

here at the end of this verse

E C#

if I fall on my face down girl

E C#

your blouse becomes my towel

E C#

I don't know how you did it baby

A E

but you now said tie me down

and hoo baby

I have waited so long to

A E

get to the end of this ladder

somehow condition seem worse

B D B

here at the end of this verse

The end of the song is a mix between the solo and the intro, you can easily guess it.

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