Woody Guthrie Transposer
Crawdad Song
Mississippi River Traditional
Song : G
Intro :
D A7 D D7 G D A7 D
D
You get a line and I'll get a pole, honey
A7
You get a line and I'll get a pole, babe
D D7
You get a line and I'll get a pole
G
We'll go down to the crawdad hole
D A7 D
Honey, sugar baby, mine
D
Get up old man, you slept too late, honey
A7
Get up old man, you slept too late, babe
D D7
Get up old man, you slept too late
G
Crawdad man done passed your gate
D A7 D
Honey, sugar baby, mine
D
Yonder come a man with a sack on his back
A7
Packin' all the crawdads he can pack
D D7
The man fall down, and he bust his back
G
Hey, look at them crawdads back in back
D A7 D
Honey, sugar baby, mine
D
What you gonna do when the lake goes dry
A7
Sit on the bank and watch them crawdads die
D D7
What you gonna do when the crawdads die
G
Sit on the bank until I cry
D A7 D
Honey, sugar baby, mine
D
Crawdad sittin' on the river bank
A7
Pickin' his teeth with a two by four plank
D D7
Look at that crawdad crawlin' round
G
He's the mayor of Crawdad Town
D A7 D
Honey, sugar baby, mine
D
I heard the duck say to the drake, honey
A7
I heard the duck say to the drake, baby
D D7
I heard the duck say to the drake
G
Ain't no crawdads in this lake
D A7 D
Honey, sugar baby, mine
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