Chords for Stump Johnson, "The Duck Yas Yas Yas" 1929 Original
Tempo:
113.2 bpm
Chords used:
G
Bb
F
B
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Bb] [G] [Gb]
[B] [G]
[C] [F]
[Bb] [Gm] [B] [F]
[Bb] Mmmmmmmm
Mama bought a rooster, [A] [Bm] she thought it was a duck
[G] She brought him to the table with his play sweet love
[C] Here come the children [B] with the cup and the [Bb] glass
[B] to catch the liquor from the yard, yard, [F] yard.
[G] Babe, [Bb] oh babe, [Am] have you been to Spain
[G] to see those hoodoo women?
Shake that thing they've [Em] got rings on their [F] fingers,
bells on their toes.
[Bb] What [B] they got good, babe, nobody knows.
I'm going [G] down [Bm] on Marget Street
[G] where the men and the women, they all do meet.
[E]
That's where the men [F] do the [G] Georgia [Cm] run.
[Bb] The [N] women fall in line with their big [F] [G] washcloth.
[Bb] Me and my gal [A] going down [Am] the street,
[G] she caught the rheumatism in her feet.
[E] She took [F] over to pick some [Bb] grass.
[Gb] St.
Pais [B] struck her in the yes, yes, [G] yes.
[Bb] You catch the train [Bm] they call party [Am]
[G] night,
carry you down to Caroline.
[E] You catch the train they [F] call party,
[Bb] takes you [E] right into [B] the Golden Gate.
[Bb] Shake your shoulder, [Am] you shake them [G] fast.
Shake your shoulder, shake your yes, yes, yes.
[E] Drink some real good juice [F] before going to bed.
[Bb] [B] Wake up in the morning, [G] find your own step-dad.
Down on Morgan, [Gb] there's a good location
[G] right there next to the gasoline [E] station.
That's where you get [A] your cars all in green.
[Bb] All the [Em] women cry, honey, won't you [B] come in, please?
I'm gonna sing this verse, ain't gonna [Gb] sing no more.
[G]
Somebody's knocking on my door.
The [E] people upstairs [F] have gone to bed.
I [Bb] better [G] stop that noise before they crack my head.
[Bb] [Bm] [G] [Dm]
[G] [C]
[F] [Fm] [A] [Gm] [Db]
[Bb] [N]
[B] [G]
[C] [F]
[Bb] [Gm] [B] [F]
[Bb] Mmmmmmmm
Mama bought a rooster, [A] [Bm] she thought it was a duck
[G] She brought him to the table with his play sweet love
[C] Here come the children [B] with the cup and the [Bb] glass
[B] to catch the liquor from the yard, yard, [F] yard.
[G] Babe, [Bb] oh babe, [Am] have you been to Spain
[G] to see those hoodoo women?
Shake that thing they've [Em] got rings on their [F] fingers,
bells on their toes.
[Bb] What [B] they got good, babe, nobody knows.
I'm going [G] down [Bm] on Marget Street
[G] where the men and the women, they all do meet.
[E]
That's where the men [F] do the [G] Georgia [Cm] run.
[Bb] The [N] women fall in line with their big [F] [G] washcloth.
[Bb] Me and my gal [A] going down [Am] the street,
[G] she caught the rheumatism in her feet.
[E] She took [F] over to pick some [Bb] grass.
[Gb] St.
Pais [B] struck her in the yes, yes, [G] yes.
[Bb] You catch the train [Bm] they call party [Am]
[G] night,
carry you down to Caroline.
[E] You catch the train they [F] call party,
[Bb] takes you [E] right into [B] the Golden Gate.
[Bb] Shake your shoulder, [Am] you shake them [G] fast.
Shake your shoulder, shake your yes, yes, yes.
[E] Drink some real good juice [F] before going to bed.
[Bb] [B] Wake up in the morning, [G] find your own step-dad.
Down on Morgan, [Gb] there's a good location
[G] right there next to the gasoline [E] station.
That's where you get [A] your cars all in green.
[Bb] All the [Em] women cry, honey, won't you [B] come in, please?
I'm gonna sing this verse, ain't gonna [Gb] sing no more.
[G]
Somebody's knocking on my door.
The [E] people upstairs [F] have gone to bed.
I [Bb] better [G] stop that noise before they crack my head.
[Bb] [Bm] [G] [Dm]
[G] [C]
[F] [Fm] [A] [Gm] [Db]
[Bb] [N]
Key:
G
Bb
F
B
E
G
Bb
F
[Bb] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Gb] _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [Gm] _ [B] _ _ [F] _ _
_ [Bb] Mmmmmmmm
Mama bought a rooster, [A] [Bm] she thought it was a duck
[G] She brought him to the table with his play sweet love
[C] Here come the children [B] with the cup and the [Bb] glass
[B] to catch the liquor from the yard, yard, [F] yard.
[G] Babe, [Bb] oh babe, [Am] have you been to Spain
[G] to see those hoodoo women?
Shake that thing they've [Em] got rings on their [F] fingers,
bells on their toes.
[Bb] What [B] they got good, babe, nobody knows.
I'm going [G] down [Bm] on Marget Street
[G] where the men and the women, they all do meet.
[E] _
That's where the men [F] do the [G] Georgia [Cm] run.
[Bb] The [N] women fall in line with their big [F] [G] washcloth.
[Bb] Me and my gal [A] going down [Am] the street,
[G] she caught the rheumatism in her feet.
[E] _ She took [F] over to pick some [Bb] grass.
[Gb] St.
Pais [B] struck her in the yes, yes, [G] yes.
[Bb] You catch the train [Bm] they call party [Am]
[G] night,
carry you down to Caroline. _
[E] You catch the train they [F] call party, _
[Bb] takes you [E] right into [B] the Golden Gate.
[Bb] _ Shake your shoulder, [Am] you shake them [G] fast.
Shake your shoulder, shake your yes, yes, yes.
[E] Drink some real good juice [F] before going to bed.
[Bb] [B] Wake up in the morning, [G] find your own step-dad.
Down on Morgan, [Gb] there's a good location
[G] right there next to the gasoline [E] station.
That's where you get [A] your cars all in green.
[Bb] All the [Em] women cry, honey, won't you [B] come in, please?
I'm gonna sing this verse, ain't gonna [Gb] sing no more.
[G] _ _
Somebody's knocking on my door.
The [E] people upstairs [F] have gone to bed.
I [Bb] better [G] stop that noise before they crack my head.
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Dm] _
[G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ [A] _ [Gm] _ [Db] _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
[B] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [Gm] _ [B] _ _ [F] _ _
_ [Bb] Mmmmmmmm
Mama bought a rooster, [A] [Bm] she thought it was a duck
[G] She brought him to the table with his play sweet love
[C] Here come the children [B] with the cup and the [Bb] glass
[B] to catch the liquor from the yard, yard, [F] yard.
[G] Babe, [Bb] oh babe, [Am] have you been to Spain
[G] to see those hoodoo women?
Shake that thing they've [Em] got rings on their [F] fingers,
bells on their toes.
[Bb] What [B] they got good, babe, nobody knows.
I'm going [G] down [Bm] on Marget Street
[G] where the men and the women, they all do meet.
[E] _
That's where the men [F] do the [G] Georgia [Cm] run.
[Bb] The [N] women fall in line with their big [F] [G] washcloth.
[Bb] Me and my gal [A] going down [Am] the street,
[G] she caught the rheumatism in her feet.
[E] _ She took [F] over to pick some [Bb] grass.
[Gb] St.
Pais [B] struck her in the yes, yes, [G] yes.
[Bb] You catch the train [Bm] they call party [Am]
[G] night,
carry you down to Caroline. _
[E] You catch the train they [F] call party, _
[Bb] takes you [E] right into [B] the Golden Gate.
[Bb] _ Shake your shoulder, [Am] you shake them [G] fast.
Shake your shoulder, shake your yes, yes, yes.
[E] Drink some real good juice [F] before going to bed.
[Bb] [B] Wake up in the morning, [G] find your own step-dad.
Down on Morgan, [Gb] there's a good location
[G] right there next to the gasoline [E] station.
That's where you get [A] your cars all in green.
[Bb] All the [Em] women cry, honey, won't you [B] come in, please?
I'm gonna sing this verse, ain't gonna [Gb] sing no more.
[G] _ _
Somebody's knocking on my door.
The [E] people upstairs [F] have gone to bed.
I [Bb] better [G] stop that noise before they crack my head.
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Dm] _
[G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ [A] _ [Gm] _ [Db] _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _