Polk Salad Annie

Tony Joe White

[E]Down in Louisiana
[E]Where the alligators grow so mean
[E]Lived a girl that I swear to the world
[E]Made the alligators look tame

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Polk salad [A]Ann[A7]ie
Gators got your [E]granny
Every[G]body said it was a [A]shame
For [G]the mama was working on [A]the chain-[E]gang
[E]What a mean, vicious woman
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[E]Everyday before suppertime
[E]She’d go down by the truck [E7]patch
[A]End pick her a mess of Polk salad
And [E]carry it home in a tote sack

{soc}
Polk salad [A]Annie
Gators got you [E]granny
[G]Everybody said it was a [A]shame
[G]Cause the mama was working [A]on the chain-[E]gang
[E]Whoo, how wretched, dispiteful, straight-razor totin’ woman,
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INTRUMENTAL

Bridge:
[E]Sock a little Polk salad to [E7]him
[E]Yeah, you know what, yeah, yeah

[E]Her daddy was a lazy and a no-count
[E]Claimed he had a bad back
[E]All her brothers were fit for
[E]Was stealing watermelons out of my truck

{soc}
Polk salad [A]Annie
Gators got your [E]granny
[G]Everybody said it was a [A]shame
[G]For the mama was working on [A]the chain-[E]gang
[E]What a mean, vicious woman
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