Blue Yodel #9 (4/4) - Rick Mckeon

Blue Yodel #9 (4/4)
Jimmie Rodgers
INTRO: G/D G G [3-BARS, YODEL AND BASS WALK]
G G G G7
Standing on a corner, I didn’t mean no harm;
C D G G
A - long come a police, He took me by the arm;
G G G G7
It was down in Memphis, Corner of Beale and Main.
C D G G
He said, “Hey big boy, You’ll have to tell me your name.”
G D G G [3-BARS]
Yo – de – la – he, Yo – de – la – he, Yo – de – la – he . . .
G
G
I said, “You’ll find my name on the tail of my shirt,
G [D7 2/4] G G
I’m a Tennessee Hustler, And I don’t have to work.”
(G D7) G G [3-BARS]
Yo – de – la – he, Yo – de – la – he, Yo – de – la – he . . .
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Rev. 1/26/09

INSTRUMENTAL BREAK: 16-BARS
G G G G7, C D G D, G G G G7, C D G G
G G G G7
Come on you rounders, Leave my woman alone,
C D G G
Or I take my special, Run all you rounders home.
G G G G7
My good gal loves me, Everybody knows;
C D G G
She paid a hundred cash dollars, just to buy me a suit of clothes.
G G G G7
She come to the joint, Forty four in each hand.
C
C
She said “Stand aside, all you women and men,
D G G
I’m looking for my man.”
G D7 G
Yo – de – la – he, Yo – de – la – he, Yo – de – la – he . . .
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Rev. 1/26/09