Porter Wagoner – Barefoot Nellie (Guitar)

Key
-

Auto-scroll

Chords

[Intro] F F Bb C7 F F [Verse 1]
F
Redheaded peckerwood sittin' on a limb

Bb
Ma said chicken but Nellie shot him

C7
Wrung his neck and picked him clean

    F N.C.
The funniest chicken I've ever seen
[Chorus]
F                     Bb
Hey (barefoot Nellie) ho (barefoot Nellie)

C7                                       F
Hey (barefoot Nellie) you're the one for me
[Verse 2]
    F
Now Nellie put on her Sunday dress

    Bb
She thought that it would look the best

C7
Made out of an old feed sack

F N.C.
Hog feed rope right on the back
[Chorus]
F                     Bb
Hey (barefoot Nellie) ho (barefoot Nellie)

C7                                       F
Hey (barefoot Nellie) you're the one for me
[Instrumental] F Bb C7 F F Bb C7 F [Verse 3]
    F
Now Nellie went to town one day

  Bb
A ridin' on a bale of hay

C7
Sold a man a trip to Mars

F N.C.
Now she sits behind the bars
[Chorus]
F                     Bb
Hey (barefoot Nellie) ho (barefoot Nellie)

C                                        F
Hey (barefoot Nellie) you're the one for me
[Verse 4]
    F
Now Nellie's got a pair of shoes

    Bb
And she can wear 'em if she choose

C7
Why the heck she's got the blues

F N.C.
Wants to wear a size twenty-two
[Chorus]
F                     Bb
Hey (barefoot Nellie) ho (barefoot Nellie)

C                                        F
Hey (barefoot Nellie) you're the one for me
[Instrumental] F Bb C7 F F Bb C7 F [Verse 5]
F
Peglegged hog walkin' in the lot

   Bb
He made three tracks and just one dot

C7
Nellie said, "Who do you think I am?"

F N.C.
That hog's missin' about one ham
[Chorus]
F                     Bb
Hey (barefoot Nellie) ho (barefoot Nellie)

C                                        F
Hey (barefoot Nellie) you're the one for me
[Chorus]
F                     Bb
Hey (barefoot Nellie) ho (barefoot Nellie)

C                                        F
Hey (barefoot Nellie) you're the one for me
[Outro] F