Chords for Yank Rachell First Mandolin and the Pig
Tempo:
86.7 bpm
Chords used:
Bb
F
C
Gb
Dm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[F]
[Bb]
[F] My father used to raise pigs, hogs [C] and stuff, and corn.
He believed in farming, you know.
I couldn't farm because I wasn't big [Bb] enough to farm.
He raised a nice hog.
He had them fine blood hogs, poor and tiny.
So, okay, some nice pretty pig.
My mother gave me one.
She said, Jim, I gave you that pig.
I said, yes, ma'am.
Pretty little old pig.
So I went along with it.
One day I went down the road.
Wasn't no corn creek.
Dusty road.
Dust knee deep.
Car come by, you throw dirt all over, you look like a white man.
So the guy said, don't let the poach, train a Madeline.
Wasn't no old humpback Madeline, gold.
I walked by.
Hi, Mr.
Hawkins.
Howdy, son.
I said, what is that you're playing?
It's a Madeline.
A Madeline, yeah.
I said, I like that thing.
He said, you want to play it?
Let me see it.
I bammed on it.
I said, I like it.
Let me sell it to you.
What do you take for it, Mr.
Hawkins?
Five dollars.
Five dollars.
[F] Five hundred dollars [Bb] in.
Five dollars.
I ain't see no five dollars.
I ain't got no five dollars.
So I trade you a pig for it.
You got a pig?
Yes.
All right, go get your pig.
That's good.
I left.
[Gb] Went on home.
Went to the [Bb] barn.
Got some corn, shell it down there.
Little pig went eating corn.
I grabbed him, put him in a tow sack.
Went back to the house down there.
Kept the pig.
He knowed the value of the pig would be when he grow up, you know.
If he find a lot of meat.
But I didn't care about no pig.
My daddy was already in plenty of pig.
So I got the Madeline and I went on home.
I was a bell boy.
Now if you can't play a Madeline, go to where you're deaf.
You don't can't play it.
All them strings on there.
Well, my daddy, he was working.
So I put that thing down.
I got to go to bed.
He get up and go to work.
I get up and get hit.
He go out the door and go to work.
I go get hit.
Well, I guess the old lady go along with you a long time.
So one morning, old lady got with a head rack on.
Come to the set on the fireplace.
I was bamming on the Madeline.
Jim, I said, Madeline, why you a pig?
I said, I don't know.
She said, I ain't seen that pig in a day or two.
I said, I ain't either, mama.
I kept on.
I kept on bamming on the Madeline.
I'm eating her, you know.
I wouldn't stop that pig.
Kept on.
Didn't look like I'd ever been the pig.
She said, go around and see if you can't find that pig.
I put it down.
Went to the barn, stayed about ten minutes.
I wanted to get back on that Madeline, you know.
I come on back.
She said, mama, I ain't seen that pig nowhere.
Why'd you go?
I went all around the thicket.
They said, you lying.
You ain't went around.
I picked that up.
Said, hey, what is that?
Why you get that thing?
What is it?
Madeline, Madeline, why you get it from?
I got it from a fellow down the street.
I didn't want to tell her I got it from that fellow
because they were my people's friend, you know.
They were my mama and daddy.
He told them.
I didn't want to tell on him.
I said, I got it.
Why you get it from?
You steal it?
Them day and time you steal something, old folk,
kill you dead, but not steal nothing.
I said, no, mama, I ain't stole nothing.
She didn't steal nothing.
She got up.
I kept a bamboo on her.
In the yard, a willow tree sitting there.
Had a thousand switches on it, looked like.
The old lady went up there and got half of them switches
off me tree.
Come back, she was doing this, getting them leaves off.
She said, I'm going to whoop you.
You going to tell me why you get that thing.
I didn't want to whoop her
until she asked me for my clothes.
She said, pull them clothes off.
I ain't going to wear them [Dm] clothes.
I bought them.
[A] I'm going to whoop your meat.
[Bb] Uh-uh.
I know what that old lady was going to do.
That old lady was going to kill me.
I said, mama, I trade this nally off for that pig,
that pig off for that nally.
You trade that pig off for that thing?
Yeah, mama.
I'm going to whoop you.
No, ma, I'm not going to whoop you.
You fool.
This fall, when we harvest meat,
we eat the meat, and you eat that [G] thing.
[Bb]
[F] My father used to raise pigs, hogs [C] and stuff, and corn.
He believed in farming, you know.
I couldn't farm because I wasn't big [Bb] enough to farm.
He raised a nice hog.
He had them fine blood hogs, poor and tiny.
So, okay, some nice pretty pig.
My mother gave me one.
She said, Jim, I gave you that pig.
I said, yes, ma'am.
Pretty little old pig.
So I went along with it.
One day I went down the road.
Wasn't no corn creek.
Dusty road.
Dust knee deep.
Car come by, you throw dirt all over, you look like a white man.
So the guy said, don't let the poach, train a Madeline.
Wasn't no old humpback Madeline, gold.
I walked by.
Hi, Mr.
Hawkins.
Howdy, son.
I said, what is that you're playing?
It's a Madeline.
A Madeline, yeah.
I said, I like that thing.
He said, you want to play it?
Let me see it.
I bammed on it.
I said, I like it.
Let me sell it to you.
What do you take for it, Mr.
Hawkins?
Five dollars.
Five dollars.
[F] Five hundred dollars [Bb] in.
Five dollars.
I ain't see no five dollars.
I ain't got no five dollars.
So I trade you a pig for it.
You got a pig?
Yes.
All right, go get your pig.
That's good.
I left.
[Gb] Went on home.
Went to the [Bb] barn.
Got some corn, shell it down there.
Little pig went eating corn.
I grabbed him, put him in a tow sack.
Went back to the house down there.
Kept the pig.
He knowed the value of the pig would be when he grow up, you know.
If he find a lot of meat.
But I didn't care about no pig.
My daddy was already in plenty of pig.
So I got the Madeline and I went on home.
I was a bell boy.
Now if you can't play a Madeline, go to where you're deaf.
You don't can't play it.
All them strings on there.
Well, my daddy, he was working.
So I put that thing down.
I got to go to bed.
He get up and go to work.
I get up and get hit.
He go out the door and go to work.
I go get hit.
Well, I guess the old lady go along with you a long time.
So one morning, old lady got with a head rack on.
Come to the set on the fireplace.
I was bamming on the Madeline.
Jim, I said, Madeline, why you a pig?
I said, I don't know.
She said, I ain't seen that pig in a day or two.
I said, I ain't either, mama.
I kept on.
I kept on bamming on the Madeline.
I'm eating her, you know.
I wouldn't stop that pig.
Kept on.
Didn't look like I'd ever been the pig.
She said, go around and see if you can't find that pig.
I put it down.
Went to the barn, stayed about ten minutes.
I wanted to get back on that Madeline, you know.
I come on back.
She said, mama, I ain't seen that pig nowhere.
Why'd you go?
I went all around the thicket.
They said, you lying.
You ain't went around.
I picked that up.
Said, hey, what is that?
Why you get that thing?
What is it?
Madeline, Madeline, why you get it from?
I got it from a fellow down the street.
I didn't want to tell her I got it from that fellow
because they were my people's friend, you know.
They were my mama and daddy.
He told them.
I didn't want to tell on him.
I said, I got it.
Why you get it from?
You steal it?
Them day and time you steal something, old folk,
kill you dead, but not steal nothing.
I said, no, mama, I ain't stole nothing.
She didn't steal nothing.
She got up.
I kept a bamboo on her.
In the yard, a willow tree sitting there.
Had a thousand switches on it, looked like.
The old lady went up there and got half of them switches
off me tree.
Come back, she was doing this, getting them leaves off.
She said, I'm going to whoop you.
You going to tell me why you get that thing.
I didn't want to whoop her
until she asked me for my clothes.
She said, pull them clothes off.
I ain't going to wear them [Dm] clothes.
I bought them.
[A] I'm going to whoop your meat.
[Bb] Uh-uh.
I know what that old lady was going to do.
That old lady was going to kill me.
I said, mama, I trade this nally off for that pig,
that pig off for that nally.
You trade that pig off for that thing?
Yeah, mama.
I'm going to whoop you.
No, ma, I'm not going to whoop you.
You fool.
This fall, when we harvest meat,
we eat the meat, and you eat that [G] thing.
Key:
Bb
F
C
Gb
Dm
Bb
F
C
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ My father used to raise pigs, hogs [C] and stuff, and corn.
He believed in farming, you know.
_ I couldn't farm because I wasn't big [Bb] enough to farm.
He raised a nice hog.
He had them fine blood hogs, poor and tiny.
_ So, _ okay, some nice pretty pig.
My mother gave me one.
She said, Jim, I gave you that pig.
I said, yes, ma'am.
Pretty little old pig.
So I went along with it.
_ One day I went down the road.
Wasn't no corn creek.
Dusty road.
Dust knee deep.
Car come by, you throw dirt all over, you look like a white man.
So the guy said, don't let the poach, train a Madeline.
_ Wasn't no old humpback Madeline, gold.
_ _ I walked by.
Hi, Mr.
Hawkins.
Howdy, son.
I said, what is that you're playing?
It's a Madeline.
A Madeline, yeah.
_ I said, I like that thing.
He said, you want to play it?
Let me see it.
I bammed on it.
I said, I like it.
Let me sell it to you.
What do you take for it, Mr.
Hawkins?
Five dollars.
_ Five dollars.
[F] Five hundred dollars [Bb] in.
Five dollars.
I ain't see no five dollars.
I ain't got no five dollars.
So I trade you a pig for it.
You got a pig?
Yes.
All right, go get your pig.
That's good.
I left.
[Gb] Went on home.
Went to the [Bb] barn.
Got some corn, shell it down there.
Little pig went eating corn.
I grabbed him, put him in a tow sack. _
Went back to the house down there.
Kept the pig.
_ _ _ He knowed the value of the pig would be when he grow up, you know.
If he find a lot of meat.
But I didn't care about no pig.
My daddy was already in plenty of pig. _ _ _
So I got the Madeline and I went on home.
I was a bell boy.
_ _ Now if you can't play a Madeline, go to where you're deaf.
You don't can't play it.
All them strings on there. _ _
Well, my daddy, he was working.
So I put that thing down.
I got to go to bed.
_ _ He get up and go to work.
I get up and get hit.
He go out the door and go to work.
I go get hit.
_ _ Well, I guess the old lady go along with you a long time. _ _
So one morning, old lady got with a head rack on.
Come to the set on the fireplace.
I was bamming on the Madeline.
_ Jim, I said, Madeline, why you a pig?
_ I said, I don't know.
She said, I ain't seen that pig in a day or two.
I said, I ain't either, mama.
I kept on. _
I kept on bamming on the Madeline.
I'm eating her, you know.
I wouldn't stop that pig.
_ Kept on.
_ Didn't look like I'd ever been the pig.
_ She said, go around and see if you can't find that pig.
I put it down.
_ Went to the barn, stayed about ten minutes.
I wanted to get back on that Madeline, you know.
I come on back.
She said, mama, I ain't seen that pig nowhere.
Why'd you go?
I went all around the thicket.
They said, you lying.
You ain't went around.
I picked that up.
Said, hey, what is that?
Why you get that thing?
What is it?
Madeline, Madeline, why you get it from?
I got it from a fellow down the street.
I didn't want to tell her I got it from that fellow
because they were my people's friend, you know.
They were my mama and daddy.
He told them.
I didn't want to tell on him.
_ I said, I got it.
Why you get it from?
You steal it?
Them day and time you steal something, old folk,
kill you dead, but not steal nothing. _
I said, no, mama, I ain't stole nothing.
_ She didn't steal nothing.
She got up.
_ I kept a bamboo on her.
In the yard, a willow tree sitting there.
_ Had a thousand switches on it, looked like.
_ The old lady went up there and got half of them switches
off me tree.
Come back, she was doing this, getting them leaves off.
_ _ _ She said, I'm going to whoop you.
You going to tell me why you get that thing.
I didn't want to whoop her
until she asked me for my clothes.
She said, pull them clothes off.
I ain't going to wear them [Dm] clothes.
I bought them.
[A] I'm going to whoop your meat.
[Bb] Uh-uh.
_ I know what that old lady was going to do.
That old lady was going to kill me.
_ _ I said, mama, I trade this nally off for that pig,
that pig off for that nally.
You trade that pig off for that thing?
Yeah, mama.
I'm going to whoop you.
No, ma, I'm not going to whoop you.
You fool.
This fall, when we harvest meat,
we eat the meat, and you eat that [G] thing. _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ My father used to raise pigs, hogs [C] and stuff, and corn.
He believed in farming, you know.
_ I couldn't farm because I wasn't big [Bb] enough to farm.
He raised a nice hog.
He had them fine blood hogs, poor and tiny.
_ So, _ okay, some nice pretty pig.
My mother gave me one.
She said, Jim, I gave you that pig.
I said, yes, ma'am.
Pretty little old pig.
So I went along with it.
_ One day I went down the road.
Wasn't no corn creek.
Dusty road.
Dust knee deep.
Car come by, you throw dirt all over, you look like a white man.
So the guy said, don't let the poach, train a Madeline.
_ Wasn't no old humpback Madeline, gold.
_ _ I walked by.
Hi, Mr.
Hawkins.
Howdy, son.
I said, what is that you're playing?
It's a Madeline.
A Madeline, yeah.
_ I said, I like that thing.
He said, you want to play it?
Let me see it.
I bammed on it.
I said, I like it.
Let me sell it to you.
What do you take for it, Mr.
Hawkins?
Five dollars.
_ Five dollars.
[F] Five hundred dollars [Bb] in.
Five dollars.
I ain't see no five dollars.
I ain't got no five dollars.
So I trade you a pig for it.
You got a pig?
Yes.
All right, go get your pig.
That's good.
I left.
[Gb] Went on home.
Went to the [Bb] barn.
Got some corn, shell it down there.
Little pig went eating corn.
I grabbed him, put him in a tow sack. _
Went back to the house down there.
Kept the pig.
_ _ _ He knowed the value of the pig would be when he grow up, you know.
If he find a lot of meat.
But I didn't care about no pig.
My daddy was already in plenty of pig. _ _ _
So I got the Madeline and I went on home.
I was a bell boy.
_ _ Now if you can't play a Madeline, go to where you're deaf.
You don't can't play it.
All them strings on there. _ _
Well, my daddy, he was working.
So I put that thing down.
I got to go to bed.
_ _ He get up and go to work.
I get up and get hit.
He go out the door and go to work.
I go get hit.
_ _ Well, I guess the old lady go along with you a long time. _ _
So one morning, old lady got with a head rack on.
Come to the set on the fireplace.
I was bamming on the Madeline.
_ Jim, I said, Madeline, why you a pig?
_ I said, I don't know.
She said, I ain't seen that pig in a day or two.
I said, I ain't either, mama.
I kept on. _
I kept on bamming on the Madeline.
I'm eating her, you know.
I wouldn't stop that pig.
_ Kept on.
_ Didn't look like I'd ever been the pig.
_ She said, go around and see if you can't find that pig.
I put it down.
_ Went to the barn, stayed about ten minutes.
I wanted to get back on that Madeline, you know.
I come on back.
She said, mama, I ain't seen that pig nowhere.
Why'd you go?
I went all around the thicket.
They said, you lying.
You ain't went around.
I picked that up.
Said, hey, what is that?
Why you get that thing?
What is it?
Madeline, Madeline, why you get it from?
I got it from a fellow down the street.
I didn't want to tell her I got it from that fellow
because they were my people's friend, you know.
They were my mama and daddy.
He told them.
I didn't want to tell on him.
_ I said, I got it.
Why you get it from?
You steal it?
Them day and time you steal something, old folk,
kill you dead, but not steal nothing. _
I said, no, mama, I ain't stole nothing.
_ She didn't steal nothing.
She got up.
_ I kept a bamboo on her.
In the yard, a willow tree sitting there.
_ Had a thousand switches on it, looked like.
_ The old lady went up there and got half of them switches
off me tree.
Come back, she was doing this, getting them leaves off.
_ _ _ She said, I'm going to whoop you.
You going to tell me why you get that thing.
I didn't want to whoop her
until she asked me for my clothes.
She said, pull them clothes off.
I ain't going to wear them [Dm] clothes.
I bought them.
[A] I'm going to whoop your meat.
[Bb] Uh-uh.
_ I know what that old lady was going to do.
That old lady was going to kill me.
_ _ I said, mama, I trade this nally off for that pig,
that pig off for that nally.
You trade that pig off for that thing?
Yeah, mama.
I'm going to whoop you.
No, ma, I'm not going to whoop you.
You fool.
This fall, when we harvest meat,
we eat the meat, and you eat that [G] thing. _ _ _