John Fogerty – A Hundred And Ten In The Shade (Guitar)

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[Intro] | D Am | D | | D Am7| D | [Verse 1]
D
Way out there in the cotton

Am                  D
Sun beatin' down so hard

D
Sweat rollin' off of this shovel

Am                         D
Diggin' in the devil's boneyard
[Pre-Chorus]
G
Sure like a cool drink of water

Bb
Soft rag to soothe my face

D                     Am             D
Sure like a woman to talk to in this place
[Chorus]
       D
It's a hundred and ten

G                       D
Hundred and ten in the shade

      D
Goin' way down

Am                    D
Mama, won't you carry me
[Verse 2]
D
Handle so hot I can't stand it

      Am                   D
Might shrivel up and blow away

D
Noonday sun make you crazy

        Am                     D
Least, that's what the old men say
[Pre-Chorus]
G
Bottom land hard as a gravestone

Bb
Couldn't cut it with an axe

      D                 Am
Gonna lay me down right here

              D
And that's a fact
[Chorus]
       D
It's a hundred and ten

G                       D
Hundred and ten in the shade

      D
Goin' way down

Am                    D
Mama, won't you carry me

       D
It's a hundred and ten

G                       D
Hundred and ten in the shade

      D
Goin' way down

Am                    D
Mama, won't you carry me
[Interlude] | D Am | D | [Verse 3]
D
Sometimes late in the evenin'

Am                      D
Everything is quiet and still

  D
I set here and think about leavin'

Am                     D
Lord, I guess I never will
[Pre-Chorus]
G
Heartache down in that city

Bb
Bright light scares me anyway

D                     Am             D
Sure like a woman to talk to in this place
[Chorus]
       D
It's a hundred and ten

G                       D
Hundred and ten in the shade

      D
Goin' way down

Am                    D
Mama, won't you carry me

       D
It's a hundred and ten

G                       D
Hundred and ten in the shade

      D
Goin' way down

Am                    D
Mama, won't you carry me

       D
It's a hundred and ten

G                       D
Hundred and ten in the shade

      D
Goin' way down

Am                    D
Mama, won't you carry me

       D
It's a hundred and ten

G                       D
Hundred and ten in the shade

      D
Goin' way down

Am                    D
Mama, won't you carry me

       D
It's a hundred and ten

G                       D
Hundred and ten in the shade

      D
Goin' way down

Am                    D
Mama, won't you carry me
(fade out)