Crawdad Song Chords by Big Bill Broonzy

Tempo:
84.275 bpm
Chords used:

G

Am

G#m

F#

C

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Big Bill Broonzy-Crawdad Song chords
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[G] You get a line, and I'll get a pole, honey.
[Am] [G]
You get a line, I'll get a [A] pole, [G#m] babe.
[Am] [Bm] You [G] get a line, I'll get a pole.
This is where the men come in at.
They wake the babies up again.
[C] Let's go down to that crawdad's hole [G] now, honey.
[F#] [G] Baby, [Am] man, [G] [D] [G]
come a man with a sack on his back now, honey.
There come a man with a sack on his [F#] back, oh, [G#m] babe.
[Am] [G]
There come a man with a sack on his [C] back.
He's got more [G] crawdads that he can [F#] pack now, honey.
[G] Baby, [F#m] [G] man, [Am] [G]
man fell down, and he broke that sack now, honey.
Man fell down, and he broke that [F#] sack, [G#m] oh, babe.
[Am] [G]
Man fell down, and he broke that [C] sack.
You might have seen the more [Cm] crawdads going [G] back now, honey.
[F#] [G] Baby, [Am] man, [G] [Am] [G]
what you gonna do when the pond go dry now, honey?
What you gonna do when the pond go [Am] dry, [G#m] babe?
[Am] [G]
What you gonna do when the pond go [Am] dry?
I'm gonna sit on the [Cm] bank and watch the poor things [G] die now,
[Am] honey, [G] baby, [Am] man.
[G] [Am] [G]
How many biscuits can you eat this morning?
All right, now.
How many biscuits can you [Am] eat, [G#m] babe?
[Am] [G]
How many biscuits can you [C] eat?
One little man and [Cm] a whole ham [G] of meat now, honey.
[Am] [G] Baby, [Am] man, [G] [Am] [G]
what did the hen duck say to the drake?
You'd be surprised.
What did the hen duck say to the [F#] drake?
You'd be [G#m] surprised.
[Am] [G]
What did the hen duck say to the drake?
There [C] ain't no crawdads [Cm] in this lake, [G] honey, [D] babe, babe,
Key:  
G
2131
Am
2311
G#m
123111114
F#
134211112
C
3211
G
2131
Am
2311
G#m
123111114
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To learn Big Bill Broonzy - Crawdad Song chords, begin by getting comfortable with these sequence: G, Am, G, F# and G#m. A good strategy is to initiate at 42 BPM and then accelerate to the track's regular speed of 84 BPM. With G Major as the song's key, tweak the capo to cater to your vocal pitch and chord likes.

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[G] You get a line, _ _ and I'll get a pole, _ honey.
[Am] _ _ [G] _ _ _
You get a line, _ I'll get a [A] pole, [G#m] babe.
[Am] _ [Bm] You _ [G] get a line, _ I'll get a pole.
This is where the men come in at.
They wake the babies up again.
[C] Let's go down to that crawdad's hole [G] now, honey.
[F#] _ [G] Baby, [Am] man, [G] _ [D] _ [G]
come a man with a sack on his back now, honey.
_ There come a man with a sack on his [F#] back, oh, [G#m] babe.
[Am] _ _ [G]
There come a man with a sack on his [C] back.
He's got more [G] crawdads that he can [F#] pack now, honey.
_ [G] Baby, [F#m] [G] man, [Am] _ [G]
man fell down, and he broke that sack now, honey. _ _
Man fell down, and he broke that [F#] sack, [G#m] oh, babe.
[Am] _ _ [G]
Man fell down, and he broke that [C] sack.
You might have seen the more [Cm] crawdads going [G] back now, honey.
[F#] _ [G] Baby, [Am] man, [G] _ [Am] _ [G]
what you gonna do when the pond go dry now, honey? _ _
What you gonna do when the pond go [Am] dry, [G#m] babe?
[Am] _ _ [G]
What you gonna do when the pond go [Am] dry?
I'm gonna sit on the [Cm] bank and watch the poor things [G] die now,
_ [Am] honey, [G] baby, [Am] man.
[G] _ [Am] _ [G]
How many biscuits can you eat this morning?
All right, now.
How many biscuits can you [Am] eat, [G#m] babe?
[Am] _ _ [G]
How many biscuits can you [C] eat?
One little man and [Cm] a whole ham [G] of meat now, honey.
_ [Am] [G] Baby, [Am] man, [G] _ [Am] _ [G]
what did the hen duck say to the drake?
You'd be surprised. _ _
What did the hen duck say to the [F#] drake?
You'd be [G#m] surprised.
[Am] _ _ [G]
What did the hen duck say to the drake?
There [C] ain't no crawdads _ [Cm] in this lake, _ [G] honey, _ _ [D] _ _ babe, babe, _

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