Chords for Steve Forbert -- You Cannot Win & Polk Salad Annie.wmv
Tempo:
77.7 bpm
Chords used:
B
Bm
E
A
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
All right, Cleaver.
Let's do this one.
Take a little break and we'll be back.
Don't go away.
I'm sitting by the road with my head in the clouds.
We're sitting [E] left for the win.
[B] We're sitting on our scooter.
We're sitting on our train.
And we're kind of moving fast.
We're looking up at the trees.
Looking at the sky.
Sitting where [A] I love my day.
I'm standing on the [B]
double road.
Look at my feet.
I think he didn't want to wait.
[A] You cannot wait.
[E] You do [B] not play.
You [A] cannot wait.
[B] You do not play.
Well, would you look there?
Yeah.
Look at those friends.
They go, oh, [A] well.
[B] I saw a fat man.
Saw a thin man.
Saw a little, tiny man.
Well, I said to myself, I know what I want.
I got to get a pass [A] to play.
[B] I heard a loud voice.
Said to me, well, you got to take a chance and [Bm] play.
You cannot [A] wait.
[E] You do not [B] play.
You cannot [A] wait.
[E] You [Bm] do not play.
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
[E] [Bm]
[B] [Bm] [B]
[Bm] [B]
[A]
[B]
[A#] [A]
[Bm] I [B]
need a loose head.
You hear the alligator got some man.
Heard a little girl people swear to the world.
[Bm] She made alligator look tame.
[E] Whole time at Annie.
Gator [B] got you cranny, baby.
[D] Everybody said it's [Em] such a shame because [D] that mama's
working on the chain gang.
Chain [Bm] gang.
[F#] Her [Bm] daddy was some ladies of no [B] count.
Claimed to the head of that band.
[Bm] All the bigger brothers is good [F#] fun.
Y'all was stealing watermelon out of my mama's truck.
I had to [Em] poke seven in it.
[B] Gator got you cranny, baby.
[D] Everybody said [E] it was a shame [D] because that mama's
working on the [Bm] chain gang.
[F#] Yes, that ugly thing.
Ha.
[Bm]
[B] [D] [B]
[Bm] [E] [F#]
[Bm]
[B] Emily dated [Bm] for some time.
She go down by the dump ass.
I met her mama, my folks, I did.
We kindly [E] told me that jokes like folks sell at Annie.
[Bm] Gator got you cranny, baby.
[D] Everybody [E] said it's such a shame [D] because that mama's
working [B] on the chain gang.
Yes.
[F#] [B]
Pretty old man, bring me down, baby.
All you [A] did was make me blue.
[B] I'm under the trees.
I'm waiting long.
Trying to sing [Bm] a song to you, baby.
And [B] you really not so glad.
Moon is so bright.
And you wasted all the words.
You are going to get down here in the low tracks.
But [A] there you better take no chances.
You cannot win [E]
if you [B] do not play.
You [A] cannot win [E]
if you [Bm] do not play.
You [A] cannot win [Em]
if you [B] do not play.
You [A] cannot win [E]
if you do not play.
All right.
[B]
[D]
We will be right back.
[E] Thank you.
Let's do this one.
Take a little break and we'll be back.
Don't go away.
I'm sitting by the road with my head in the clouds.
We're sitting [E] left for the win.
[B] We're sitting on our scooter.
We're sitting on our train.
And we're kind of moving fast.
We're looking up at the trees.
Looking at the sky.
Sitting where [A] I love my day.
I'm standing on the [B]
double road.
Look at my feet.
I think he didn't want to wait.
[A] You cannot wait.
[E] You do [B] not play.
You [A] cannot wait.
[B] You do not play.
Well, would you look there?
Yeah.
Look at those friends.
They go, oh, [A] well.
[B] I saw a fat man.
Saw a thin man.
Saw a little, tiny man.
Well, I said to myself, I know what I want.
I got to get a pass [A] to play.
[B] I heard a loud voice.
Said to me, well, you got to take a chance and [Bm] play.
You cannot [A] wait.
[E] You do not [B] play.
You cannot [A] wait.
[E] You [Bm] do not play.
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
[E] [Bm]
[B] [Bm] [B]
[Bm] [B]
[A]
[B]
[A#] [A]
[Bm] I [B]
need a loose head.
You hear the alligator got some man.
Heard a little girl people swear to the world.
[Bm] She made alligator look tame.
[E] Whole time at Annie.
Gator [B] got you cranny, baby.
[D] Everybody said it's [Em] such a shame because [D] that mama's
working on the chain gang.
Chain [Bm] gang.
[F#] Her [Bm] daddy was some ladies of no [B] count.
Claimed to the head of that band.
[Bm] All the bigger brothers is good [F#] fun.
Y'all was stealing watermelon out of my mama's truck.
I had to [Em] poke seven in it.
[B] Gator got you cranny, baby.
[D] Everybody said [E] it was a shame [D] because that mama's
working on the [Bm] chain gang.
[F#] Yes, that ugly thing.
Ha.
[Bm]
[B] [D] [B]
[Bm] [E] [F#]
[Bm]
[B] Emily dated [Bm] for some time.
She go down by the dump ass.
I met her mama, my folks, I did.
We kindly [E] told me that jokes like folks sell at Annie.
[Bm] Gator got you cranny, baby.
[D] Everybody [E] said it's such a shame [D] because that mama's
working [B] on the chain gang.
Yes.
[F#] [B]
Pretty old man, bring me down, baby.
All you [A] did was make me blue.
[B] I'm under the trees.
I'm waiting long.
Trying to sing [Bm] a song to you, baby.
And [B] you really not so glad.
Moon is so bright.
And you wasted all the words.
You are going to get down here in the low tracks.
But [A] there you better take no chances.
You cannot win [E]
if you [B] do not play.
You [A] cannot win [E]
if you [Bm] do not play.
You [A] cannot win [Em]
if you [B] do not play.
You [A] cannot win [E]
if you do not play.
All right.
[B]
[D]
We will be right back.
[E] Thank you.
Key:
B
Bm
E
A
D
B
Bm
E
_ All right, Cleaver.
Let's do this one.
Take a little break and we'll be back.
_ Don't go away.
I'm sitting by the road with my head in the clouds.
We're sitting [E] left for the win.
[B] We're sitting on our scooter.
We're sitting on our train.
And we're kind of moving fast.
We're looking up at the trees.
Looking at the sky.
Sitting where [A] I love my day.
I'm standing on the [B]
double road.
Look at my feet.
I think he didn't want to wait.
[A] You cannot wait.
[E] You do [B] not play.
You [A] cannot wait.
[B] You do not play.
Well, would you look there?
Yeah.
Look at those friends.
They go, oh, [A] well.
[B] I saw a fat man.
Saw a thin man.
Saw a little, tiny man.
Well, I said to myself, I know what I want.
I got to get a pass [A] to play.
[B] I heard a loud voice.
Said to me, well, you got to take a chance and [Bm] play.
You cannot [A] wait.
[E] You do not [B] play.
_ You cannot [A] wait.
[E] You [Bm] do not play.
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha. _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A#] _ _ [A] _
[Bm] I _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ need a loose head.
You hear the alligator got some man.
Heard a little girl people swear to the world.
[Bm] She made alligator look tame.
[E] Whole time at Annie. _
Gator [B] got you cranny, baby.
[D] Everybody said it's [Em] such a shame because [D] that mama's
working on the chain gang.
Chain [Bm] gang. _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#] Her [Bm] daddy was some ladies of no [B] count.
Claimed to the head of that band.
[Bm] All the bigger brothers is good [F#] fun.
Y'all was stealing watermelon out of my mama's truck.
I had to [Em] poke seven in it. _
[B] Gator got you cranny, baby.
_ [D] Everybody said [E] it was a shame [D] because that mama's
working on the [Bm] chain gang. _
[F#] Yes, that ugly thing.
Ha.
_ [Bm] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _ _ [F#] _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] Emily dated [Bm] for some time.
She go down by the dump ass.
I met her mama, my folks, I did.
We kindly [E] told me that jokes like folks sell at Annie. _
[Bm] Gator got you cranny, baby.
_ [D] Everybody [E] said it's such a shame [D] because that mama's
working [B] on the chain gang. _
Yes.
[F#] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Pretty old man, bring me down, baby.
All you [A] did was make me blue.
[B] I'm under the trees.
I'm waiting long.
Trying to sing [Bm] a song to you, baby.
And [B] you really not so glad.
Moon is so bright.
And you wasted all the words.
You are going to get down here in the low tracks.
But [A] there you better take no chances.
You cannot win [E]
if you [B] do not play.
You [A] cannot win [E]
if you [Bm] do not play.
You [A] cannot win [Em]
if you [B] do not play.
You [A] cannot win [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ if you do not play.
All _ right.
[B] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D]
We will be right back.
[E] Thank you. _ _ _ _ _
Let's do this one.
Take a little break and we'll be back.
_ Don't go away.
I'm sitting by the road with my head in the clouds.
We're sitting [E] left for the win.
[B] We're sitting on our scooter.
We're sitting on our train.
And we're kind of moving fast.
We're looking up at the trees.
Looking at the sky.
Sitting where [A] I love my day.
I'm standing on the [B]
double road.
Look at my feet.
I think he didn't want to wait.
[A] You cannot wait.
[E] You do [B] not play.
You [A] cannot wait.
[B] You do not play.
Well, would you look there?
Yeah.
Look at those friends.
They go, oh, [A] well.
[B] I saw a fat man.
Saw a thin man.
Saw a little, tiny man.
Well, I said to myself, I know what I want.
I got to get a pass [A] to play.
[B] I heard a loud voice.
Said to me, well, you got to take a chance and [Bm] play.
You cannot [A] wait.
[E] You do not [B] play.
_ You cannot [A] wait.
[E] You [Bm] do not play.
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha. _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A#] _ _ [A] _
[Bm] I _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ need a loose head.
You hear the alligator got some man.
Heard a little girl people swear to the world.
[Bm] She made alligator look tame.
[E] Whole time at Annie. _
Gator [B] got you cranny, baby.
[D] Everybody said it's [Em] such a shame because [D] that mama's
working on the chain gang.
Chain [Bm] gang. _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#] Her [Bm] daddy was some ladies of no [B] count.
Claimed to the head of that band.
[Bm] All the bigger brothers is good [F#] fun.
Y'all was stealing watermelon out of my mama's truck.
I had to [Em] poke seven in it. _
[B] Gator got you cranny, baby.
_ [D] Everybody said [E] it was a shame [D] because that mama's
working on the [Bm] chain gang. _
[F#] Yes, that ugly thing.
Ha.
_ [Bm] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _ _ [F#] _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] Emily dated [Bm] for some time.
She go down by the dump ass.
I met her mama, my folks, I did.
We kindly [E] told me that jokes like folks sell at Annie. _
[Bm] Gator got you cranny, baby.
_ [D] Everybody [E] said it's such a shame [D] because that mama's
working [B] on the chain gang. _
Yes.
[F#] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Pretty old man, bring me down, baby.
All you [A] did was make me blue.
[B] I'm under the trees.
I'm waiting long.
Trying to sing [Bm] a song to you, baby.
And [B] you really not so glad.
Moon is so bright.
And you wasted all the words.
You are going to get down here in the low tracks.
But [A] there you better take no chances.
You cannot win [E]
if you [B] do not play.
You [A] cannot win [E]
if you [Bm] do not play.
You [A] cannot win [Em]
if you [B] do not play.
You [A] cannot win [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ if you do not play.
All _ right.
[B] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D]
We will be right back.
[E] Thank you. _ _ _ _ _