Let Him Go On Mama

Simplificar Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: GCapotraste: Sem capotraste John Hartford song, covered by Mighty Poplar. [Intro] G D7 [Verse 1] G Well he likes black coffee, fried eggs, and a D7 Well done T bone steak D7 He likes her red dress and her pearly white teeth and the C G flash of her pretty long legs C G He said back in the 30s, you know you never had it made A7 He worked as an engineer on the Ohio River D7 Workin' on the Pittsburg trade. [Verse 2] G At the inspection office in Louisville D7 He had a desk for a very short time D7 Played in bands on two different boats C G Working for the Streckfus line C And long ago he smoked reefer G And even made home brew A7 And the reefer come up from New Orleans D7 Back before World War Two [Chorus] G He's just a feller worked on the river all his D7 Life by a paddle wheel D7 They say he's old fashioned C G Well that ain't no big deal C Oh it's too thick to navigate G And it's too thin to plow D7 Let him go on Mama G Don't you put him down for it now D7 G [Verse 3] G Well he smokes an old Ibold cigar D7 and he says he doesn't miss it all D7 But he still goes out and takes a few trips C G In the summer and in the fall C And the buses and the planes and the railroad trains G Are pickin up the slack A7 He's watching all those river towns D7 Slowly turn their back [Chorus] G He's just a feller worked on the river all his D7 Life by a paddle wheel D7 They say he's old fashioned C G Well that ain't no big deal C Oh it's too thick to navigate G And it's too thin to plow D7 Let him go on Mama G Don't you put him down for it now D7 G [Verse 4] G Well he comes from a real old time way of life D7 He had to fight just to learn how D7 Might even have voted for Nixon once C G But I'm sure he sees that now. C And on Friday night he makes the best damn G gumbo you'd ever want to eat A7 On Saturday morning 'fore everyone's up, D7 He's going off down to the fleet [Chorus] G He's just a feller worked on the river all his D7 Life by a paddle wheel D7 They say he's old fashioned C G Well that ain't no big deal C Oh it's too thick to navigate G And it's too thin to plow D7 Let him go on Mama G Don't you put him down for it now D7 G [Verse 5] G Well you're as pretty as he is ugly D7 And he's the happiest man alive D7 Somehow you got him thinkin' C G That old men are back in style C Well you see his oyster Bienville G And those baked potato skins A7 I'll eat em so I can grow up and be D7 An old man just like him [Chorus] G He's just a feller worked on the river all his D7 Life by a paddle wheel D7 They say he's old fashioned C G Well that ain't no big deal C Oh it's too thick to navigate G And it's too thin to plow D7 Let him go on Mama G Don't you put him down for it now D7 G