Chords for Sam Chatmon: Make Me A Pallet On the Floor (1978)
Tempo:
85.925 bpm
Chords used:
A
D
E
C#
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Making a pad on the floor.
It's a blues type, but it ain't a blue
[G#] [A] But not a [Fm] place blues I had picked with a blues my brother used to pick any
I'm going down the river to jump and drown.
I thought about the woman I love
[D] Well, [A]
I'm gonna [E] sing this pad on the floor
Now, when did you hear that?
When did you hear that first?
When do you play it first?
What, do I play it on the floor?
Yeah.
When I first started picking guitars, about the first and second thing, one I [A] liked.
How old were you then?
About four years old.
You were playing guitar at four years old?
I started playing out with my brothers when I was [D] seven.
Out to Cripple's [F#] Wells and [B] all over places.
[E] Well, how [Am] could you hold [F#] a guitar [C] when you were three years old?
[F#] I had.
[C] [A] [Em] Show us how you [D] did it.
You played the pad on the floor.
I'd put it on the floor down there, sit on the floor and let this part hold down there.
I'd sit there and pick.
[E] I couldn't sit up on a chair and pick it.
I'd put a string around it.
See, in them days, there was no
cables or nothing for a guitar.
No cases.
You had to carry on with a string around your neck.
[A] [B] [A]
You'd go to that pad on the floor.
[Bm] [D]
[A] [D]
[A] [C#]
[B] [D] [A]
[F#m] [E] [A] [D] Oh, make me down a pad on [A] your floor.
[D] Yes, make me down a pad on [A] your floor.
[C#] Just make me [D] down
a pad on your floor.
[A] Oh, make it [E] so your man'll [A] never know.
[D] Don't ever drive a strange man [A] from your door.
[D] Don't ever drive a strange man from [A] your door.
[C#m] [C#] Don't ever drive [D] a stranger from your door.
[A] He may be [E] your best friend, you [A] don't know.
[D] Just take one pillow off your feather [A] bed.
[D] Just take one pillow off your [A] feather bed.
[C#] Just take one [E] pillow [D] off your feather bed.
[A] And put it [E] on your loving [A] daddy's head.
[Bm] He's a country man and he just done [A] moved to town.
[Bm] He's a country man and he just done moved [A] to town.
[C#] He's a country man, [D] he just done moved to town.
[A] He done sold [E] his cotton out here walking [A] round.
Just [Bm] make him down a pallet [A] on your floor.
[Bm] Just make him down a pallet on [A] your floor.
[C#] Just make him down [Bm] a pallet on your floor.
[A] And send him [E] back to the field so he can raise some more.
[A] [C#] Oh yeah baby, just make me down a pallet on your floor.
[F#] [C#]
It's a blues type, but it ain't a blue
[G#] [A] But not a [Fm] place blues I had picked with a blues my brother used to pick any
I'm going down the river to jump and drown.
I thought about the woman I love
[D] Well, [A]
I'm gonna [E] sing this pad on the floor
Now, when did you hear that?
When did you hear that first?
When do you play it first?
What, do I play it on the floor?
Yeah.
When I first started picking guitars, about the first and second thing, one I [A] liked.
How old were you then?
About four years old.
You were playing guitar at four years old?
I started playing out with my brothers when I was [D] seven.
Out to Cripple's [F#] Wells and [B] all over places.
[E] Well, how [Am] could you hold [F#] a guitar [C] when you were three years old?
[F#] I had.
[C] [A] [Em] Show us how you [D] did it.
You played the pad on the floor.
I'd put it on the floor down there, sit on the floor and let this part hold down there.
I'd sit there and pick.
[E] I couldn't sit up on a chair and pick it.
I'd put a string around it.
See, in them days, there was no
cables or nothing for a guitar.
No cases.
You had to carry on with a string around your neck.
[A] [B] [A]
You'd go to that pad on the floor.
[Bm] [D]
[A] [D]
[A] [C#]
[B] [D] [A]
[F#m] [E] [A] [D] Oh, make me down a pad on [A] your floor.
[D] Yes, make me down a pad on [A] your floor.
[C#] Just make me [D] down
a pad on your floor.
[A] Oh, make it [E] so your man'll [A] never know.
[D] Don't ever drive a strange man [A] from your door.
[D] Don't ever drive a strange man from [A] your door.
[C#m] [C#] Don't ever drive [D] a stranger from your door.
[A] He may be [E] your best friend, you [A] don't know.
[D] Just take one pillow off your feather [A] bed.
[D] Just take one pillow off your [A] feather bed.
[C#] Just take one [E] pillow [D] off your feather bed.
[A] And put it [E] on your loving [A] daddy's head.
[Bm] He's a country man and he just done [A] moved to town.
[Bm] He's a country man and he just done moved [A] to town.
[C#] He's a country man, [D] he just done moved to town.
[A] He done sold [E] his cotton out here walking [A] round.
Just [Bm] make him down a pallet [A] on your floor.
[Bm] Just make him down a pallet on [A] your floor.
[C#] Just make him down [Bm] a pallet on your floor.
[A] And send him [E] back to the field so he can raise some more.
[A] [C#] Oh yeah baby, just make me down a pallet on your floor.
[F#] [C#]
Key:
A
D
E
C#
Bm
A
D
E
Making a pad on the floor.
It's a blues type, but it ain't a blue
_ _ _ [G#] [A] But not a [Fm] place blues I had picked with a blues my brother used to pick any
I'm going down the river to jump and drown.
I thought about the woman I love
[D] Well, [A] _
I'm gonna [E] sing this pad on the floor
Now, when did you hear that?
When did you hear that first?
When do you play it first?
What, do I play it on the floor?
Yeah.
When I first started picking guitars, about the first and second thing, one I [A] liked.
How old were you then?
About four years old.
You were playing guitar at four years old?
I started playing out with my brothers when I was [D] seven. _
Out to Cripple's [F#] Wells and [B] all over places.
[E] Well, how [Am] could you hold [F#] a guitar [C] when you were three years old?
[F#] I had.
[C] _ [A] [Em] Show us how you [D] did it.
You played the pad on the floor.
I'd put it on the floor down there, sit on the floor and let this part hold down there.
I'd sit there and pick.
[E] _ I couldn't sit up on a chair and pick it.
I'd put a string around it.
See, in them days, there was no _
cables or nothing for a guitar.
No cases.
You had to carry on with a string around your neck.
_ [A] _ [B] _ _ [A] _
_ You'd go to that pad on the floor.
[Bm] _ [D] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _
_ [B] _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[F#m] _ [E] _ [A] _ [D] Oh, make me down a pad on [A] your floor.
_ [D] Yes, make me down a pad on [A] your floor.
_ [C#] Just make me [D] down
a pad on your floor.
[A] Oh, make it [E] so your man'll [A] never know.
_ [D] Don't ever drive a strange man [A] from your door.
_ [D] Don't ever drive a strange man from [A] your door.
_ [C#m] _ [C#] _ Don't ever drive [D] a stranger from your door.
[A] He may be [E] your best friend, you [A] don't know.
_ [D] Just take one pillow off your feather [A] bed.
[D] Just take one pillow off your [A] feather bed. _
[C#] Just take one [E] pillow [D] off your feather bed.
[A] And put it [E] on your loving [A] daddy's head. _
[Bm] He's a country man and he just done [A] moved to town. _
[Bm] He's a country man and he just done moved [A] to town.
[C#] He's a country man, [D] he just done moved to town.
[A] He done sold [E] his cotton out here walking [A] round.
Just [Bm] make him down a pallet [A] on your floor.
_ [Bm] Just make him down a pallet on [A] your floor.
_ [C#] Just make him down [Bm] a pallet on your floor.
[A] And send him [E] back to the field so he can raise some more.
[A] _ _ [C#] _ _ Oh yeah baby, just make me down a pallet on your floor.
_ _ [F#] _ [C#] _
It's a blues type, but it ain't a blue
_ _ _ [G#] [A] But not a [Fm] place blues I had picked with a blues my brother used to pick any
I'm going down the river to jump and drown.
I thought about the woman I love
[D] Well, [A] _
I'm gonna [E] sing this pad on the floor
Now, when did you hear that?
When did you hear that first?
When do you play it first?
What, do I play it on the floor?
Yeah.
When I first started picking guitars, about the first and second thing, one I [A] liked.
How old were you then?
About four years old.
You were playing guitar at four years old?
I started playing out with my brothers when I was [D] seven. _
Out to Cripple's [F#] Wells and [B] all over places.
[E] Well, how [Am] could you hold [F#] a guitar [C] when you were three years old?
[F#] I had.
[C] _ [A] [Em] Show us how you [D] did it.
You played the pad on the floor.
I'd put it on the floor down there, sit on the floor and let this part hold down there.
I'd sit there and pick.
[E] _ I couldn't sit up on a chair and pick it.
I'd put a string around it.
See, in them days, there was no _
cables or nothing for a guitar.
No cases.
You had to carry on with a string around your neck.
_ [A] _ [B] _ _ [A] _
_ You'd go to that pad on the floor.
[Bm] _ [D] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _
_ [B] _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[F#m] _ [E] _ [A] _ [D] Oh, make me down a pad on [A] your floor.
_ [D] Yes, make me down a pad on [A] your floor.
_ [C#] Just make me [D] down
a pad on your floor.
[A] Oh, make it [E] so your man'll [A] never know.
_ [D] Don't ever drive a strange man [A] from your door.
_ [D] Don't ever drive a strange man from [A] your door.
_ [C#m] _ [C#] _ Don't ever drive [D] a stranger from your door.
[A] He may be [E] your best friend, you [A] don't know.
_ [D] Just take one pillow off your feather [A] bed.
[D] Just take one pillow off your [A] feather bed. _
[C#] Just take one [E] pillow [D] off your feather bed.
[A] And put it [E] on your loving [A] daddy's head. _
[Bm] He's a country man and he just done [A] moved to town. _
[Bm] He's a country man and he just done moved [A] to town.
[C#] He's a country man, [D] he just done moved to town.
[A] He done sold [E] his cotton out here walking [A] round.
Just [Bm] make him down a pallet [A] on your floor.
_ [Bm] Just make him down a pallet on [A] your floor.
_ [C#] Just make him down [Bm] a pallet on your floor.
[A] And send him [E] back to the field so he can raise some more.
[A] _ _ [C#] _ _ Oh yeah baby, just make me down a pallet on your floor.
_ _ [F#] _ [C#] _