Chords for Elvis Presley-Polk Salad Annie/Lyrics

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_ [E] Some of y'all never been down south too much. _
Some of y'all never been down south too much. _
I'm going to tell you a little story so that you'll understand what I'm talking about. _
_ _ Down there we have a plant that grows out in the woods in the field _ and it looks something
like a turnip green.
_ _ _ _ Everybody calls it Pope's salad. _ _ _ _ _ _
Now that's _ _ Pope's salad.
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[E] _ Used to know a girl lived down there.
She'd go out in the evenings and pick a mess of it and _ carry it home and cook it for supper.
_ _ That's about all they had to eat.
_ _ _ But they did all right.
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Down in Louisiana _ _ where the alligators grow so big, _ _ _ lived a girl that I swear to the world.
Made the alligators look tame.
Pope's [A] salad Annie, _ _ _ you got [E] your granny.
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Everybody said it [A] was a shame _ because [G] her mama was a working on [A] the chain gang. _
[Em] _ _ A mean, [A] _ _
[E] _ vicious woman. _ _ _ _
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Every day before supper time, _ she'd go down by the truck patch _ and pick her a mess of
Pope's salad and carry it [Bb] home in a [E] toast.
Pope's [A] salad Annie, _ _ _ _ [E] you got your granny. _ _ _ _ _
[G] Everybody said it was [A] a shame because [G] her mama was a working [A] on the chain gang. _
[Em] _ _ A wretched, _ _ _
[E] spiteful, _ _ great-grazed, a toting woman.
_ Lord have mercy. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ They'd stock a little Pope's salad in her.
_ You know what?
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Daddy was lazy and no count. _ _
Blamed he had a bad back. _ _ _
All her brothers were fit for _ stealing watermelons out of my truck.
Pope's [A] salad Annie, _ _ _ _ [E] you got your granny.
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Everybody said it was [A] a shame _ [G] because her mama was a working [A] on the chain gang. _
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_ _ _ _ _ You stock a little Pope's salad to me.
You know what needed me, oh man?
_ _ _ Stock a little. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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Stock a little.
Stock a little Pope's salad to me.
_ You know what needed me, oh man?
_ _ _ Stock a little Pope's salad to me.
_ You know what needed me, oh man? _ _ _ _ _
Ching chinga ching chinga. _ _ _ _ _
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