Jimmie Rodgers – High Powered Mama (Guitar)

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[Intro] | A | A | A | D7 | | G | C | C | [Verse 1]

C
Talk about blues the mean ol' blues

C
We all have the blues sometimes

        F             C
But the meanest blues I've ever had

    D7               G7
Is about that gal of mine, eeh, eeh, eeh

[Bridge 1]

  C
A marriage license and a wedding ring

F                                C
To that pretty mama don't mean a thing

[Break]

| C | G C | C |
(yodel)

[Bridge 2]

C
When the stars step in, it ain't no use

          F                             C
Cause the trifling mamas got a good excuse

[Break]

| C G | C |
(yodel)

| A7 | A7 | D7 | G7 | C | [Verse 2]

C
High powered mama

F               C
Get yourself in gear

        F               C
For the way you've been stepping out

D7       G7           G
It won't work here

[Verse 3]

  C
I was a good man

C
And you had a good home

        D7            G
But you just couldn't leave

               C
Other daddies alone

[Break]

| C | C |
(yodel)

| A A7 | A7 | D7 | G7 | C | [Chorus]

C
I'm going to leave you now

        F                  C
And you going to miss your daddy

    G        C
And miss him how

[Verse 4]

C
I bought you a home

    C/F        C
And give you a car

    C/F         C
And half of the time

  D7         G7
I don't know where you are

[Verse 5]

     C
When I was a brakeman

C/F           C
Riding on the rail

C/F             C
You had another daddy

G              C
In the county jail

[Chorus]

C
So high powered mama

    C/F         C
I'm leaving you now

       C/F                C
You're going to miss your daddy

G           C
And miss me how

[Outro]

| C | C G | G C |
(yodel)