Chords for Liza's Up the 'Simmon Tree
Tempo:
62.85 bpm
Chords used:
D
A
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Well, I was up in the cemetery and the possum [D] on the ground.
[E] Possum said, you son of a gun, shake them [A] simmers down.
The old folks down in the mountains were grinding [D] sugar cane, [E] making berries and molasses to sweeten [A] little Isaac Jane.
Whoop-dee-whoop!
Was a pretty little girl.
Whoop-dee [D]-whoop!
By a [A] stain.
Whoop-dee-whoop!
Was a pretty little girl.
She died on the train.
Cheeks was like a cherry, cherry [D] like a [E] rose.
How I liked that pretty little girl, goodness [A] gracious, Lord.
[D] [E]
[A] Well, whisk it by the gallon, sugar [D] by the [E] pound.
Great big bowl to stir it in, and a little gal [A] to stir it around.
I went to see my little Isaac Jane, standing [D] in the [E] door.
Shoes and stockings in her hand and her feet [A] all over the floor.
Her head is like a coffee pot, her nose [D] is like a [E] spout.
Her mouth is like an old fireplace with the [A] ashes all raked out.
Whoop-dee-whoop!
Was a pretty little girl.
Whoop [D]-dee-whoop!
By a [A] stain.
Whoop-dee-whoop!
Was a pretty little girl.
She died on the train.
Cheeks was like a cherry, cherry [D] like a [E] rose.
How I liked that pretty little girl, goodness [A] gracious, Lord.
[D] [E]
[A] [D] [E]
[A] I wouldn't marry a poor gal, I'll tell you [D] the reason why.
[E] She has so many poking folks, she'll make [A] my biscuit fly.
Now the hardest work I ever done was a-breaking [D] on the [E] train.
Easiest work I ever done was a-hooking [A] little Isaac Jane.
Whoop-dee-whoop!
Was a pretty little girl.
Whoop-dee [D]-whoop!
By a stain.
[A] Whoop-dee-whoop!
Was a pretty little girl.
She died on the train.
Cheeks was like a cherry, cherry [D] like a rose.
[E] How I liked that pretty little girl, goodness [A] gracious, Lord.
[E] Possum said, you son of a gun, shake them [A] simmers down.
The old folks down in the mountains were grinding [D] sugar cane, [E] making berries and molasses to sweeten [A] little Isaac Jane.
Whoop-dee-whoop!
Was a pretty little girl.
Whoop-dee [D]-whoop!
By a [A] stain.
Whoop-dee-whoop!
Was a pretty little girl.
She died on the train.
Cheeks was like a cherry, cherry [D] like a [E] rose.
How I liked that pretty little girl, goodness [A] gracious, Lord.
[D] [E]
[A] Well, whisk it by the gallon, sugar [D] by the [E] pound.
Great big bowl to stir it in, and a little gal [A] to stir it around.
I went to see my little Isaac Jane, standing [D] in the [E] door.
Shoes and stockings in her hand and her feet [A] all over the floor.
Her head is like a coffee pot, her nose [D] is like a [E] spout.
Her mouth is like an old fireplace with the [A] ashes all raked out.
Whoop-dee-whoop!
Was a pretty little girl.
Whoop [D]-dee-whoop!
By a [A] stain.
Whoop-dee-whoop!
Was a pretty little girl.
She died on the train.
Cheeks was like a cherry, cherry [D] like a [E] rose.
How I liked that pretty little girl, goodness [A] gracious, Lord.
[D] [E]
[A] [D] [E]
[A] I wouldn't marry a poor gal, I'll tell you [D] the reason why.
[E] She has so many poking folks, she'll make [A] my biscuit fly.
Now the hardest work I ever done was a-breaking [D] on the [E] train.
Easiest work I ever done was a-hooking [A] little Isaac Jane.
Whoop-dee-whoop!
Was a pretty little girl.
Whoop-dee [D]-whoop!
By a stain.
[A] Whoop-dee-whoop!
Was a pretty little girl.
She died on the train.
Cheeks was like a cherry, cherry [D] like a rose.
[E] How I liked that pretty little girl, goodness [A] gracious, Lord.
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_ Well, I was up in the cemetery and the possum [D] on the ground.
[E] Possum said, you son of a gun, shake them [A] simmers down.
The old folks down in the mountains were grinding [D] sugar cane, [E] making berries and molasses to sweeten [A] little Isaac Jane.
Whoop-dee-whoop!
Was a pretty little girl.
Whoop-dee [D]-whoop!
By a [A] stain.
Whoop-dee-whoop!
Was a pretty little girl.
She died on the train.
Cheeks was like a cherry, cherry [D] like a [E] rose.
How I liked that pretty little girl, goodness [A] gracious, Lord.
_ _ [D] _ [E] _ _
_ [A] Well, whisk it by the gallon, sugar [D] by the [E] pound.
Great big bowl to stir it in, and a little gal [A] to stir it around.
I went to see my little Isaac Jane, standing [D] in the [E] door.
Shoes and stockings in her hand and her feet [A] all over the floor.
Her head is like a coffee pot, her nose [D] is like a [E] spout.
Her mouth is like an old fireplace with the [A] ashes all raked out.
Whoop-dee-whoop!
Was a pretty little girl.
Whoop [D]-dee-whoop!
By a [A] stain.
Whoop-dee-whoop!
Was a pretty little girl.
She died on the train.
Cheeks was like a cherry, cherry [D] like a [E] rose.
How I liked that pretty little girl, goodness [A] gracious, Lord.
_ _ [D] _ [E] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ [E] _ _
_ [A] I wouldn't marry a poor gal, I'll tell you [D] the reason why.
[E] She has so many poking folks, she'll make [A] my biscuit fly.
Now the hardest work I ever done was a-breaking [D] on the [E] train.
Easiest work I ever done was a-hooking [A] little Isaac Jane.
Whoop-dee-whoop!
Was a pretty little girl.
Whoop-dee [D]-whoop!
By a stain.
[A] Whoop-dee-whoop!
Was a pretty little girl.
She died on the train.
Cheeks was like a cherry, cherry [D] like a rose.
[E] How I liked that pretty little girl, goodness [A] gracious, Lord. _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] Possum said, you son of a gun, shake them [A] simmers down.
The old folks down in the mountains were grinding [D] sugar cane, [E] making berries and molasses to sweeten [A] little Isaac Jane.
Whoop-dee-whoop!
Was a pretty little girl.
Whoop-dee [D]-whoop!
By a [A] stain.
Whoop-dee-whoop!
Was a pretty little girl.
She died on the train.
Cheeks was like a cherry, cherry [D] like a [E] rose.
How I liked that pretty little girl, goodness [A] gracious, Lord.
_ _ [D] _ [E] _ _
_ [A] Well, whisk it by the gallon, sugar [D] by the [E] pound.
Great big bowl to stir it in, and a little gal [A] to stir it around.
I went to see my little Isaac Jane, standing [D] in the [E] door.
Shoes and stockings in her hand and her feet [A] all over the floor.
Her head is like a coffee pot, her nose [D] is like a [E] spout.
Her mouth is like an old fireplace with the [A] ashes all raked out.
Whoop-dee-whoop!
Was a pretty little girl.
Whoop [D]-dee-whoop!
By a [A] stain.
Whoop-dee-whoop!
Was a pretty little girl.
She died on the train.
Cheeks was like a cherry, cherry [D] like a [E] rose.
How I liked that pretty little girl, goodness [A] gracious, Lord.
_ _ [D] _ [E] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ [E] _ _
_ [A] I wouldn't marry a poor gal, I'll tell you [D] the reason why.
[E] She has so many poking folks, she'll make [A] my biscuit fly.
Now the hardest work I ever done was a-breaking [D] on the [E] train.
Easiest work I ever done was a-hooking [A] little Isaac Jane.
Whoop-dee-whoop!
Was a pretty little girl.
Whoop-dee [D]-whoop!
By a stain.
[A] Whoop-dee-whoop!
Was a pretty little girl.
She died on the train.
Cheeks was like a cherry, cherry [D] like a rose.
[E] How I liked that pretty little girl, goodness [A] gracious, Lord. _ _ _ _ _ _