The Wonderful Soup Stone
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: ACapotraste: Sem capotraste
As recorded by Bobby Bare
(From the 1973 Album BOBBY BARE SINGS LULLABYS, LEGENDS AND LIES)
[Chorus]
A D A
I swear you could taste the chicken and tomatoes and the noodles and the marrow bone
D A
But it really wadn't nothin' but some water and potatoes
E A
And the wonderful wonderful soup stone
[Verse 1]
A D A
Hangin' from a string in my momma's kitchen back in the hard time days
B E
Was a little ol' stone bout the size of an apple it was smooth and worn and gray
A D A
There wadn't much food in my momma's kitchen so whenever things got tight
D A B E
Momma'd boil up some water put in the stone say let's have some soup tonight
[Chorus]
D A D A
And I swear you could taste the chicken and tomatoes and the noodles and the marrow bone
D A
But it really wadn't nothin' but some water and potatoes
E A
And the wonderful wonderful soup stone
[Verse 2]
A D A
It'd been in the family for a whole lotta years so we knew it was a nourishing thing
B E
And I remember momma as he stirred it in the water and we could all hear her sing
A D A
It's a magical stone and as long as we got it we'll never have a hungry night
D
Just add a little love to the wonderful soup stone and everything'll be all right
[Chorus]
D A D A
And I swear you could taste the chicken and tomatoes and the noodles and the marrow bone
D A
But it really wadn't nothin' but some water and potatoes
E A
And the wonderful wonderful soup stone
[Verse 3]
A D A
So it carried us all through the darkenin' days till finally the sunshine came
B E
And the soup stone started in a gatherin' dust but it hung there just the same
A D A
But ever since then Lord the food's been plenty and ever now and then I find
D A B E
That momma in the kitchen and the wonderful soup stone drifts across my mind
[Chorus]
D A D A
And again I'd taste the chicken and tomatoes and the noodles and the marrow bone
D A
But it really wadn't nothin' but some water and potatoes
E A
And the wonderful wonderful soup stone
[Outro]
E A E A
We were nourished by the wonderful soup stone oh the wonderful wonderful soup stone
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