Chords
Patrick Hagerman - Valdosta Women

Key: G

Introduction:

difficulty
very easy |||||
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Valdosta women don?t read newspapers
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Stubborn as the cotton takin? water from the ground
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You?d better take their Greyback dollars
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Colt Walker pistol ?bout to blow you down
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Susanna?s daddy had a big plantation
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He never worked a day in his life
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Johnny come to town on that main trunk railroad
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Asked Susanna for to be his wife
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They got married but 9 months later
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The war for independence was underway
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Susanna?s daddy gave Johnny his pistol
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A brass belt buckle and a suit of Gray
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Valdosta women don?t read newspapers
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Stubborn as the cotton takin? water from the ground
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You?d better take their Greyback dollars
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Colt Walker pistol ?bout to blow you down
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Johnny went to fight in that new revolution
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Left Susanna and a newborn son
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After Appomattox all that she got back
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was that 44 caliber lead ball gun
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Food got short in ?66
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And a panic soon began among the widows of the war
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Struggling mothers all around lowndes county
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Soon descended on the general store
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Valdosta women don?t read newspapers
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Stubborn as the cotton takin? water from the ground
G  
You?d better take their Greyback dollars
G                                                                      D                    G  
Colt Walker pistol ?bout to blow you down
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Shopkeeper shook as he straightened his stache
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Said ladies how could I be of service today
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Susie pulled out her confederate money
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we?ll take the yarn and be on our way
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Shopkeep said that money is worthless
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But if you?ve bacon I will trade you fair
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The ladies fell silent, she looked him in the eye
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He quietly recited the Sinners Prayer
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Valdosta women don?t read newspapers
G                                                                            D                                    G  
Stubborn as the cotton takin? water from the ground
G  
You?d better take their Greyback dollars
G                                                                      D                    G  
Colt Walker pistol ?bout to blow you down
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Shopkeep said I don?t want no trouble
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Susie said that all she wanted was a little yarn
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Susie reached down to adjust her stocking
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And up with a pistol on the end of her arm
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You wonder what happened to that old shopkeeper
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As far as I can tell there ain?t nobody knows
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You wonder what happened to little Johnny Jr.
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You bet your bottom dollar he got brand new clothes
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Valdosta women don?t read newspapers
G                                                                            D                                    G  
Stubborn as the cotton takin? water from the ground
G  
You?d better take their Greyback dollars
G                                                                      D                    G  
Colt Walker pistol ?bout to blow you down