Robert Johnson
Hot Tamales


Song :
C

C     B         Bb          A7     
Hot tamales and they're red hot,
D7      G7          C     
yes she got 'em for sale
C     B         Bb          A7   D7                  G7     
Hot tamales and they're red hot, yes she got 'em for sale
C                         C7              
I got a girl, say she's long and tall
    F                              Adim7                 
She sleeps in the kitchen with her feet in the hall
C     B         Bb          A7     
Hot tamales and they're red hot,
D7      G7          C       A7     
yes she got 'em for sale, I mean
D7           G7      C     
Yes, she got 'em for sale
C     B         Bb          A7     
Hot tamales and they're red hot,
D7      G7          C     
yes she got 'em for sale
C     B         Bb          A7     
Hot tamales and they're red hot,
D7                  G7     
yes she got 'em for sale
        C                     C7                
She got two for a nickel, got four for a dim7e
F                             Adim7                   
Would sell you more, but they ain't none of mine
C     B         Bb          A7     
Hot tamales and they're red hot,
D7      G7          C       A7     
yes she got 'em for sale, I mean
D7           G7      C     
Yes, she got 'em for sale
C     B         Bb          A7     
Hot tamales and they're red hot,
D7      G7          C     
yes she got 'em for sale
C     B         Bb          A7     
Hot tamales and they're red hot,
D7                  G7     
yes she got 'em for sale
C                     C7                 
I got a letter from a girl in the room
F                                     Adim7                     
Now she got something good she got to bring home soon, now
C     B         Bb          A7     
Hot tamales and they're red hot,
D7      G7          C       A7     
yes she got 'em for sale, I mean
D7           G7      C     
Yes, she got 'em for sale
C     B         Bb          A7   D7      G7          C     
Hot tamales and they're red hot, yes she got 'em for sale
C     B         Bb          A7   D7                  G7     
Hot tamales and they're red hot, yes she got 'em for sale
    C                   C7                
The billy got back in a bumble bee nest
F                        Adim7                    
Ever since that he can't take his rest, yeah
C     B         Bb          A7     
Hot tamales and they're red hot,
D7      G7          C       A7     
yes she got 'em for sale, I mean
D7           G7      C     
Yes, she got 'em for sale
C     B         Bb          A7   D7      G7          C     
Hot tamales and they're red hot, yes she got 'em for sale
C     B         Bb          A7   D7                  G7     
Hot tamales and they're red hot, yes she got 'em for sale
C                         C7            
You know grandma left and grandpa too
              F                    Adim7                   
Well I wonder what in the world we chillun gon do now
C     B         Bb          A7     
Hot tamales and they're red hot,
D7      G7          C       A7    D7           G7      C     
yes she got 'em for sale, I mean, Yes, she got 'em for sale
C     B         Bb          A7   D7      G7          C     
Hot tamales and they're red hot, yes she got 'em for sale
C     B         Bb          A7   D7                  G7     
Hot tamales and they're red hot, yes she got 'em for sale
C                       C7         
Me and my babe bought a V-8 Ford
        F                          Adim7                  
Well we wind that thing all on the runnin board, yes
C     B         Bb          A7     
Hot tamales and they're red hot,
D7      G7          C       A7    D7           G7      C     
yes she got 'em for sale, I mean, Yes, she got 'em for sale