Jimmie Rodgers – Long Tall Mama (Guitar)

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Chords

[Intro]
| G | G | G | G |
(yodel)
[Verse 1]
G
I got a little mama, got a long tall mama too

  C                                       G
I got a little mama, got a long tall mama too

                        D
I ain't a gonna tell my little mama

                           G
What my long tall mama can do
[Break]
| G | G | D G | G |
(yodel)
[Verse 2]
G
She rubbed my back with alcohol, just to cure my cough

                   C                     G
She rubbed my back with alcohol, just to cure my cough

               D
Lord at last I broke my neck

                           G
Tryin' to lick the alcohol off
[Break]
| G | D G | G |
(yodel)

G
Pick that thang boy, pick it!
[Interlude] | G | G | G | G | | C | C | G | G |
| D | D | G | G |
(banjo)
[Verse 3]
G
When it comes meal time, I can't eat a bite

        C                             G
When is meal time, Lord I can't eat a bite

                  D                        G
Wond'ring which mama, is gonna be just too tight
[Break]
| G | G D | D G | G |
(yodel)
[Verse 4]
G
My little mama is good, but she's too darn stout

   C                                   G
My little mama's good, Lordy but she's too darn stout

            D                                   G
She put's ashes in her bed, just to keep 'm flippin' out
[Break]
| G | G | G | G |
(yodel)
[Verse 5]
G
If you treat a woman rough, It makes her hang around

        C                                     G
Brother treat 'em rough, they'll always hang around

          D                                             G
She comes right back for mo' with her little head bowed down
[Break]
| G | G | D G | G |
(yodel)
[Verse 6]
G
I'm a square shootin' papa, one of the "do right" kind

      C                                           G
I'm a square shootin' papa, one of the "do right" kind

       D                                     G
All my women love me, cause I'm always there on time
[Outro]
| G | G D | D G | G |
(yodel)