The Testimony Of Soddy Hoe Chords by Jerry Reed
Tempo:
104.45 bpm
Chords used:
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D
B
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E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Howdy, my name's Soddy, Soddy Holt.
And you know, I heard all my life
that if you want to be on record,
you got to write songs that touch people.
And I would like to try to touch you with a song I wrote
called A Testimony of Soddy Holt,
also known as Ain't Nobody Never Told Me Nothin'.
Goes [F#] like this.
One day, my [A] truck run out of gas on Route 1
and I was thumbing into [F#m] town, gonna get me some,
[B] when these three dudes in the big black car
pulled over [D] to the side.
They said, hey [A] boy, come over here, let's talk.
Said, now [E] look, if you're going to town,
that's an awful long walk, [B] but if you don't mind [A] driving,
I'm [F#m] a little tired, I'll give you a ride.
I said, fine.
He said, [A] well, if you've got a driving license,
what's your name?
[D] I said, no, I ain't got no license.
Soddy's my [B] name.
Black show [E] drives the hell out of this thing.
[A] So I got in and off we spent.
We were riding along and I said,
what kind of work [D] y'all in?
The dude in the back car left, he [B] just grinned.
Then he [E] looked at them other two dudes [A] and he said,
[D] ain't nobody ever told me nothin'
[A] that didn't bother [F#] me no no.
[B] Only anybody [F#] ever told me where [A] to go.
[D] Now there ain't nobody so much [A] every [F#] time of day.
[B] They never told me [F#] nothin', so I ain't got nothin' to say.
[F#m] [A] Now [F] folks, you see, Soddy's fixin' [F#] to get in a heap of trouble.
You see, cause when we got to town, I told them things.
They said, well look, [F#m] we got a business deal here.
The bank, why don't [B] you sit out in the car
and watch this, boss?
And when we finish, [E] we'll buy you a beer.
I said, [F#m] fine.
So I sit in there pickin' my teeth
and I seen this gas station over across [C#] the street.
I thought, well shit, [D#m] while they're in the bank,
I'll just [F#m] go get some gas from my truck while I'm here.
So I did, and I [A] was on the self-service island
pumpin' some [D] gas in the can,
when this great big [B] cop come up
screamin' at [E] everybody, wavin' his [A] hand.
He said, everybody, stay where you are.
That black [D] vehicle is a stolen car.
Is that yours, boy?
[B] I said, no, [E] officer, I'm just puttin' [A] gas in this can.
Now, ain't [D] nobody ever told me nothin'
that they didn't want [F#] me to know.
[B] Or anybody [E] ever told me [A] where to go.
[D] Now, there ain't nobody so much as [A] givin' you [F#] time and day.
[B] They never told you [E] nothin', so I ain't got [A] nothin' to say.
[G#m] Yeah, yeah, yeah, they thought he may be dumb
like a box of [G] rocks, but he knows that police
ain't gonna buy [G#] none of this.
See, but before SOTY even [A] had time to think,
[D] well, the burglar [F#] alarm went off over at the bank.
Well, here [D#m] come them dudes runnin' out
with their arms loaded full of [D] money, brandishin' guns.
Well, [A] they looked for the car, and then they looked for me.
[D] Well, they didn't see neither one of us
where we was supposed to be.
[D#m] Well, son, you [F#] shoulda seen the look on their face
when they didn't have nowhere to run.
Why, they [A] wasn't a screamin'.
They was a holler, jumpin' up [D] and down.
And the money was spillin' all over on the ground
[B] about the time me and that [E] officer
walked over there on the [A] scene.
Well, the dude called lefty.
He pulled me over to the side and he said,
[D] where did you put the damn car, knucklehead?
[B] I just looked and left [E] and I said,
Well, he me,
[D] ain't nobody ever told you nothin'
[A] that you didn't want me [F#] to know.
[B] Only anybody [E] else told me where [A] to go.
Let's get by, buddy.
[D] Ain't nobody so much as give [A] me the [F#m] time of day.
They never told me nothin'.
[G] So I ain't got nothin' [A] to say except,
[A] hey, lefty, I [D] know where you goin'
when you leave here, brother.
[A] And I know where old Sidney's [F#] goin' too.
[B] And if I had my brother, [E] brother,
I'd [A] rather be goin' with Sidney than goin' with you.
[D] How's that for bein' ignorant?
[A] Who?
[F#] [B] I may be ignorant, [F#] lefty, but I ain't [A] goin' to jail.
Hey, brother, you over [D] there with the pickup truck.
Yeah, you [A] goin' out toward Highway [F#] 1.
I need a [B] lift.
I got this gas [F#] can.
Yeah, [A] I can't get it.
I need a ride.
[D] Well, let me tell you where to [A] stick your pickup truck,
[F#m] brother.
And [B] while you're at it,
why [F#] don't you accompany that [A] with that automatic gear shelf?
How do you like that, [D] hello?
Get off my butt, lefty.
Officer, would you give me a [B] lift out to Highway?
[E] Yeah, well, [A] let me tell you where to stick
that patrol car, officer.
[D]
And you know, I heard all my life
that if you want to be on record,
you got to write songs that touch people.
And I would like to try to touch you with a song I wrote
called A Testimony of Soddy Holt,
also known as Ain't Nobody Never Told Me Nothin'.
Goes [F#] like this.
One day, my [A] truck run out of gas on Route 1
and I was thumbing into [F#m] town, gonna get me some,
[B] when these three dudes in the big black car
pulled over [D] to the side.
They said, hey [A] boy, come over here, let's talk.
Said, now [E] look, if you're going to town,
that's an awful long walk, [B] but if you don't mind [A] driving,
I'm [F#m] a little tired, I'll give you a ride.
I said, fine.
He said, [A] well, if you've got a driving license,
what's your name?
[D] I said, no, I ain't got no license.
Soddy's my [B] name.
Black show [E] drives the hell out of this thing.
[A] So I got in and off we spent.
We were riding along and I said,
what kind of work [D] y'all in?
The dude in the back car left, he [B] just grinned.
Then he [E] looked at them other two dudes [A] and he said,
[D] ain't nobody ever told me nothin'
[A] that didn't bother [F#] me no no.
[B] Only anybody [F#] ever told me where [A] to go.
[D] Now there ain't nobody so much [A] every [F#] time of day.
[B] They never told me [F#] nothin', so I ain't got nothin' to say.
[F#m] [A] Now [F] folks, you see, Soddy's fixin' [F#] to get in a heap of trouble.
You see, cause when we got to town, I told them things.
They said, well look, [F#m] we got a business deal here.
The bank, why don't [B] you sit out in the car
and watch this, boss?
And when we finish, [E] we'll buy you a beer.
I said, [F#m] fine.
So I sit in there pickin' my teeth
and I seen this gas station over across [C#] the street.
I thought, well shit, [D#m] while they're in the bank,
I'll just [F#m] go get some gas from my truck while I'm here.
So I did, and I [A] was on the self-service island
pumpin' some [D] gas in the can,
when this great big [B] cop come up
screamin' at [E] everybody, wavin' his [A] hand.
He said, everybody, stay where you are.
That black [D] vehicle is a stolen car.
Is that yours, boy?
[B] I said, no, [E] officer, I'm just puttin' [A] gas in this can.
Now, ain't [D] nobody ever told me nothin'
that they didn't want [F#] me to know.
[B] Or anybody [E] ever told me [A] where to go.
[D] Now, there ain't nobody so much as [A] givin' you [F#] time and day.
[B] They never told you [E] nothin', so I ain't got [A] nothin' to say.
[G#m] Yeah, yeah, yeah, they thought he may be dumb
like a box of [G] rocks, but he knows that police
ain't gonna buy [G#] none of this.
See, but before SOTY even [A] had time to think,
[D] well, the burglar [F#] alarm went off over at the bank.
Well, here [D#m] come them dudes runnin' out
with their arms loaded full of [D] money, brandishin' guns.
Well, [A] they looked for the car, and then they looked for me.
[D] Well, they didn't see neither one of us
where we was supposed to be.
[D#m] Well, son, you [F#] shoulda seen the look on their face
when they didn't have nowhere to run.
Why, they [A] wasn't a screamin'.
They was a holler, jumpin' up [D] and down.
And the money was spillin' all over on the ground
[B] about the time me and that [E] officer
walked over there on the [A] scene.
Well, the dude called lefty.
He pulled me over to the side and he said,
[D] where did you put the damn car, knucklehead?
[B] I just looked and left [E] and I said,
Well, he me,
[D] ain't nobody ever told you nothin'
[A] that you didn't want me [F#] to know.
[B] Only anybody [E] else told me where [A] to go.
Let's get by, buddy.
[D] Ain't nobody so much as give [A] me the [F#m] time of day.
They never told me nothin'.
[G] So I ain't got nothin' [A] to say except,
[A] hey, lefty, I [D] know where you goin'
when you leave here, brother.
[A] And I know where old Sidney's [F#] goin' too.
[B] And if I had my brother, [E] brother,
I'd [A] rather be goin' with Sidney than goin' with you.
[D] How's that for bein' ignorant?
[A] Who?
[F#] [B] I may be ignorant, [F#] lefty, but I ain't [A] goin' to jail.
Hey, brother, you over [D] there with the pickup truck.
Yeah, you [A] goin' out toward Highway [F#] 1.
I need a [B] lift.
I got this gas [F#] can.
Yeah, [A] I can't get it.
I need a ride.
[D] Well, let me tell you where to [A] stick your pickup truck,
[F#m] brother.
And [B] while you're at it,
why [F#] don't you accompany that [A] with that automatic gear shelf?
How do you like that, [D] hello?
Get off my butt, lefty.
Officer, would you give me a [B] lift out to Highway?
[E] Yeah, well, [A] let me tell you where to stick
that patrol car, officer.
[D]
Key:
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B
_ _ _ Howdy, my name's Soddy, Soddy Holt.
And you know, I heard all my life
that if you want to be on record,
you got to write songs that touch people.
And I would like to try to touch you with a song I wrote
called A Testimony of Soddy Holt,
also known as Ain't Nobody Never Told Me Nothin'.
Goes [F#] like this.
One day, my [A] truck run out of gas on Route 1
and I was thumbing into [F#m] town, gonna get me some,
[B] when these three dudes in the big black car
pulled over [D] to the side.
They said, hey [A] boy, come over here, let's talk.
Said, now [E] look, if you're going to town,
that's an awful long walk, [B] but if you don't mind [A] driving,
I'm [F#m] a little tired, I'll give you a ride.
I said, fine.
He said, [A] well, if you've got a driving license,
what's your name?
[D] I said, no, I ain't got no license.
Soddy's my [B] name.
Black show [E] drives the hell out of this thing.
[A] So I got in and off we spent.
We were riding along and I said,
what kind of work [D] y'all in?
The dude in the back car left, he [B] just grinned.
Then he [E] looked at them other two dudes [A] and he said,
[D] ain't nobody ever told me nothin'
[A] that didn't bother [F#] me no no.
[B] Only anybody [F#] ever told me where [A] to go.
_ [D] Now there ain't nobody so much [A] every [F#] time of day.
[B] They never told me [F#] nothin', so I ain't got nothin' to say.
[F#m] _ _ [A] Now [F] folks, you see, Soddy's fixin' [F#] to get in a heap of trouble.
You see, cause when we got to town, I told them things.
They said, well look, [F#m] we got a business deal here.
The bank, why don't [B] you sit out in the car
and watch this, boss?
And when we finish, [E] we'll buy you a beer.
I said, [F#m] fine.
So I sit in there pickin' my teeth
and I seen this gas station over across [C#] the street.
I thought, well shit, [D#m] while they're in the bank,
I'll just [F#m] go get some gas from my truck while I'm here.
So I did, and I [A] was on the self-service island
pumpin' some [D] gas in the can,
when this great big [B] cop come up
screamin' at [E] everybody, wavin' his [A] hand.
He said, everybody, stay where you are.
That black [D] vehicle is a stolen car.
Is that yours, boy?
[B] I said, no, [E] officer, I'm just puttin' [A] gas in this can.
Now, ain't [D] nobody ever told me nothin'
that they didn't want [F#] me to know.
[B] Or anybody [E] ever told me [A] where to go.
_ [D] Now, there ain't nobody so much as [A] givin' you [F#] time and day.
[B] They never told you [E] nothin', so I ain't got [A] nothin' to say.
_ _ _ [G#m] Yeah, yeah, yeah, they thought he may be dumb
like a box of [G] rocks, but he knows that police
ain't gonna buy [G#] none of this.
See, but before SOTY even [A] had time to think,
[D] well, the burglar [F#] alarm went off over at the bank.
Well, here [D#m] come them dudes runnin' out
with their arms loaded full of [D] money, brandishin' guns.
Well, [A] they looked for the car, and then they looked for me.
[D] Well, they didn't see neither one of us
where we was supposed to be.
[D#m] Well, son, you [F#] shoulda seen the look on their face
when they didn't have nowhere to run.
Why, they [A] wasn't a screamin'.
They was a holler, jumpin' up [D] and down.
And the money was spillin' all over on the ground
[B] about the time me and that [E] officer
walked over there on the [A] scene.
Well, the dude called lefty.
He pulled me over to the side and he said,
[D] where did you put the damn car, knucklehead?
[B] I just looked and left [E] and I said,
Well, he me,
[D] ain't nobody ever told you nothin'
[A] that you didn't want me [F#] to know.
[B] Only anybody [E] else told me where [A] to go.
Let's get by, buddy.
[D] Ain't nobody so much as give [A] me the [F#m] time of day.
They never told me nothin'.
[G] So I ain't got nothin' [A] to say except,
[A] hey, lefty, I [D] know where you goin'
when you leave here, brother.
[A] And I know where old Sidney's [F#] goin' too.
[B] And if I had my brother, [E] brother,
I'd [A] rather be goin' with Sidney than goin' with you.
[D] How's that for bein' ignorant?
[A] Who?
_ [F#] _ [B] I may be ignorant, [F#] lefty, but I ain't [A] goin' to jail.
Hey, brother, you over [D] there with the pickup truck.
Yeah, you [A] goin' out toward Highway [F#] 1.
I need a [B] lift.
I got this gas [F#] can.
Yeah, [A] I can't get it.
I need a ride.
_ [D] _ Well, let me tell you where to [A] stick your pickup truck,
[F#m] brother.
And [B] while you're at it,
why [F#] don't you accompany that [A] with that automatic gear shelf?
How do you like that, [D] hello?
Get off my butt, lefty.
Officer, would you give me a [B] lift out to Highway?
[E] Yeah, well, [A] let me tell you where to stick
that patrol car, officer.
[D] _ _ _ _
And you know, I heard all my life
that if you want to be on record,
you got to write songs that touch people.
And I would like to try to touch you with a song I wrote
called A Testimony of Soddy Holt,
also known as Ain't Nobody Never Told Me Nothin'.
Goes [F#] like this.
One day, my [A] truck run out of gas on Route 1
and I was thumbing into [F#m] town, gonna get me some,
[B] when these three dudes in the big black car
pulled over [D] to the side.
They said, hey [A] boy, come over here, let's talk.
Said, now [E] look, if you're going to town,
that's an awful long walk, [B] but if you don't mind [A] driving,
I'm [F#m] a little tired, I'll give you a ride.
I said, fine.
He said, [A] well, if you've got a driving license,
what's your name?
[D] I said, no, I ain't got no license.
Soddy's my [B] name.
Black show [E] drives the hell out of this thing.
[A] So I got in and off we spent.
We were riding along and I said,
what kind of work [D] y'all in?
The dude in the back car left, he [B] just grinned.
Then he [E] looked at them other two dudes [A] and he said,
[D] ain't nobody ever told me nothin'
[A] that didn't bother [F#] me no no.
[B] Only anybody [F#] ever told me where [A] to go.
_ [D] Now there ain't nobody so much [A] every [F#] time of day.
[B] They never told me [F#] nothin', so I ain't got nothin' to say.
[F#m] _ _ [A] Now [F] folks, you see, Soddy's fixin' [F#] to get in a heap of trouble.
You see, cause when we got to town, I told them things.
They said, well look, [F#m] we got a business deal here.
The bank, why don't [B] you sit out in the car
and watch this, boss?
And when we finish, [E] we'll buy you a beer.
I said, [F#m] fine.
So I sit in there pickin' my teeth
and I seen this gas station over across [C#] the street.
I thought, well shit, [D#m] while they're in the bank,
I'll just [F#m] go get some gas from my truck while I'm here.
So I did, and I [A] was on the self-service island
pumpin' some [D] gas in the can,
when this great big [B] cop come up
screamin' at [E] everybody, wavin' his [A] hand.
He said, everybody, stay where you are.
That black [D] vehicle is a stolen car.
Is that yours, boy?
[B] I said, no, [E] officer, I'm just puttin' [A] gas in this can.
Now, ain't [D] nobody ever told me nothin'
that they didn't want [F#] me to know.
[B] Or anybody [E] ever told me [A] where to go.
_ [D] Now, there ain't nobody so much as [A] givin' you [F#] time and day.
[B] They never told you [E] nothin', so I ain't got [A] nothin' to say.
_ _ _ [G#m] Yeah, yeah, yeah, they thought he may be dumb
like a box of [G] rocks, but he knows that police
ain't gonna buy [G#] none of this.
See, but before SOTY even [A] had time to think,
[D] well, the burglar [F#] alarm went off over at the bank.
Well, here [D#m] come them dudes runnin' out
with their arms loaded full of [D] money, brandishin' guns.
Well, [A] they looked for the car, and then they looked for me.
[D] Well, they didn't see neither one of us
where we was supposed to be.
[D#m] Well, son, you [F#] shoulda seen the look on their face
when they didn't have nowhere to run.
Why, they [A] wasn't a screamin'.
They was a holler, jumpin' up [D] and down.
And the money was spillin' all over on the ground
[B] about the time me and that [E] officer
walked over there on the [A] scene.
Well, the dude called lefty.
He pulled me over to the side and he said,
[D] where did you put the damn car, knucklehead?
[B] I just looked and left [E] and I said,
Well, he me,
[D] ain't nobody ever told you nothin'
[A] that you didn't want me [F#] to know.
[B] Only anybody [E] else told me where [A] to go.
Let's get by, buddy.
[D] Ain't nobody so much as give [A] me the [F#m] time of day.
They never told me nothin'.
[G] So I ain't got nothin' [A] to say except,
[A] hey, lefty, I [D] know where you goin'
when you leave here, brother.
[A] And I know where old Sidney's [F#] goin' too.
[B] And if I had my brother, [E] brother,
I'd [A] rather be goin' with Sidney than goin' with you.
[D] How's that for bein' ignorant?
[A] Who?
_ [F#] _ [B] I may be ignorant, [F#] lefty, but I ain't [A] goin' to jail.
Hey, brother, you over [D] there with the pickup truck.
Yeah, you [A] goin' out toward Highway [F#] 1.
I need a [B] lift.
I got this gas [F#] can.
Yeah, [A] I can't get it.
I need a ride.
_ [D] _ Well, let me tell you where to [A] stick your pickup truck,
[F#m] brother.
And [B] while you're at it,
why [F#] don't you accompany that [A] with that automatic gear shelf?
How do you like that, [D] hello?
Get off my butt, lefty.
Officer, would you give me a [B] lift out to Highway?
[E] Yeah, well, [A] let me tell you where to stick
that patrol car, officer.
[D] _ _ _ _