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Sis Draper

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Sis Draper
Guy Clark (from Cold Dog Soup)
Most verses and chorus' use pickup notes. These are on the 4 & (or just last &) beats 
of the previous measure. I wrote these out like:
E (pickup notes)
Kick your
E         A      E (first beat of the measure is on Shoes)
shoes off in the corner Mama
[Intro]
E      A      E       B
E      B      E       B
E      A      E       B
E      A      B       E
[Verse]
EKick your
Eshoes off Ain the Ecorner Mama
BTuck the babies all up snug
  ESis ADraper's Ecomin' over,
Ewe all Agonna Bcut a Erug
[Verse]
EWhen you
Esee that lAantern Eswingin' yonder
BComin' up the Holler Road
Them Edogs'll Aget to Ebarkin'
EOught to tie em Aall up Bwith a Erope
[Chorus]
EYou boys Abetter Eget in Btune
Sis EDraper's Bgonna Ebe here Bsoon
Don't Eshoot no dAice nor Eget too Btight
If you're Egonna Apick with BSis Etonight
[Verse]
ENow
EShe came Adown from the EBoston mountains
BThere was lightnin' in the air
EHoney Aon them Efiddle strings
  E  AMagnolia Bin her Ehair
[Verse]
ENow
EShe's a Adiamond Ein the rough
BIf you can't see the shine that's tough
EPlay all Anight for the Elikes of us
ESis ADraper's Bgot the Etouch
[Chorus]
EShe'll
Eplay all Anight if Eshe feels Blike it
EHave some Bfruit punch Eif you Bspike it
ESis don't Acare who Edon't Blike it
See, ol' ESis has Agot a BHell of a Ebow arm on her
[Verse]
EShe stepped Aup and Esawed one off
BAnd uncle Cleve dropped his jaw
ESaid she's the Abest I eveEr saw
EShe must Abe from BArkanEsas
[Verse]
EI think AGrandpa Eused to date her
BGrandma says she still hates her
EAll the Afellas Estand up straighter
EIn the Apresence Bof Sis EDraper
[Chorus]
ESis
EDraper Ais the Edevil's Bdaughter
EPlays the Bfiddle EDaddy Bbought her
EPlays it Alike her Emama Btaught her
EShe's a Atravelin' BArkanEsawyer
[Verse]
EPut her Afiddle Ein a box
BSaid it's getting awful late
She's Eon her Away to ELittle Rock
And Little ARock can't Ewait
[spoken]
ESo we all stood out in the yard
BHands all full of watermelon
EWatcher her leave watched her go
AWishin' Bwe was iEn that wagon
[Chorus]
ESis
EDraper Ais the Edevil's Bdaughter
EPlays the Bfiddle EDaddy Bbought her
EPlays it Alike her Emama Btaught her
EShe's a Atravelin' BArkanEsawyer

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Sis Draper

by Guy Clark

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Sis Draper

Guy Clark (from Cold Dog Soup)

Most verses and chorus' use pickup notes. These are on the 4 & (or just last &) beats

of the previous measure. I wrote these out like:

E (pickup notes)

Kick your

E A E (first beat of the measure is on Shoes)

shoes off in the corner Mama

[Intro]

E A E B

E B E B

E A E B

E A B E

[Verse]

Kick your

E A E

shoes off in the corner Mama

Tuck the babies all up snug

E A E

Sis Draper's comin' over,

E A B E

we all gonna cut a rug

[Verse]

When you

E A E

see that lantern swingin' yonder

Comin' up the Holler Road

E A E

Them dogs'll get to barkin'

E A B E

Ought to tie em all up with a rope

[Chorus]

E A E B

You boys better get in tune

E B E B

Sis Draper's gonna be here soon

E A E B

Don't shoot no dice nor get too tight

E A B E

If you're gonna pick with Sis tonight

[Verse]

Now

E A E

She came down from the Boston mountains

There was lightnin' in the air

E A E

Honey on them fiddle strings

E A B E

Magnolia in her hair

[Verse]

Now

E A E

She's a diamond in the rough

If you can't see the shine that's tough

E A E

Play all night for the likes of us

E A B E

Sis Draper's got the touch

[Chorus]

She'll

E A E B

play all night if she feels like it

E B E B

Have some fruit punch if you spike it

E A E B

Sis don't care who don't like it

E A B E

See, ol' Sis has got a Hell of a bow arm on her

[Verse]

E A E

She stepped up and sawed one off

And uncle Cleve dropped his jaw

E A E

Said she's the best I ever saw

E A B E

She must be from Arkansas

[Verse]

E A E

I think Grandpa used to date her

Grandma says she still hates her

E A E

All the fellas stand up straighter

E A B E

In the presence of Sis Draper

[Chorus]

Sis

E A E B

Draper is the devil's daughter

E B E B

Plays the fiddle Daddy bought her

E A E B

Plays it like her mama taught her

E A B E

She's a travelin' Arkansawyer

[Verse]

E A E

Put her fiddle in a box

Said it's getting awful late

E A E

She's on her way to Little Rock

A E

And Little Rock can't wait

[spoken]

So we all stood out in the yard

Hands all full of watermelon

Watcher her leave watched her go

A B E

Wishin' we was in that wagon

[Chorus]

Sis

E A E B

Draper is the devil's daughter

E B E B

Plays the fiddle Daddy bought her

E A E B

Plays it like her mama taught her

E A B E

She's a travelin' Arkansawyer

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