Tom: C
C G
Slap her down again, paw… slap her down again (slap)
G C
Make her tell us more, paw… tell us where she's been (slap)
C G
We don't want our neighbors talkin' 'bout our kin
G C G C
Slap her down again, paw… slap her down again (slap)
C G C G
Well paw and ma were so darn sore, they woke me up one night
G C
There was some awful cussin'… and ma said paw was right
C G C G
They was awaitin' sister Bess, who never kept her word
G C
The sun came up as Bess came in, and this is what I heard
CH:
C G
Quote Slap her down again, paw… slap her down again
G C
Make her tell us more, paw… tell us where she's been
C G
We don't want our neighbors talkin' 'bout our kin
G C G C
Slap her down again, paw… slap her down again unquote
C G C G
Now poor old Bess got so darn mad, she ran away one day
G C
To meet that travellin' salesman, with city-skickin' ways
C G C G
We ran and stood beside them though, with shotguns by our sides
G C
Me and Deke and paw and ma, who yelled as they came by
CH: (sing this chorus line for line as different voices with a drawl)
C G
Why don't you slap her down again, paw… slap her down again
G C
Make her tell us more, paw… tell us where she's been
C G
We don't want our neighbors talkin' 'bout our kin
G C G C
Slap her down again, paw… slap her down again
C G C G
Now ma and paw, they planned for Bess to marry Deacon Brown
G C
And not that travellin' salesman, who always came around
C G C G
They made poor Bessie go to church, her face was mighty red
G C
The deacon took one look at her, and this is what he said
CH:
C G
Oh slap her down again, paw… slap her down again
G C
Make her tell us more, paw… tell us where she's been
C G
We don't want our neighbors talkin' 'bout our kin
G C G C
Slap her down again, paw… slap her down again unquote
(Play chorus chords and trickle in the following phrases)
Doesido
Oh yeah, that’s hot stuff ain’t it?
C G C G
Well the moral of this story girls, is don't stay out too late
G C
Unless you take your shoes off, outside your pappy's gate
C G C G
If ma don't hear you comin' in, she won't lay down the law
C G
And you won't have to worry, ‘cause she won't sing out to paw
CH:
C G
Slap her down again, paw… slap her down again
G C
Make her tell us more, paw… tell us where she's been
C G
We don't want our neighbors talkin' 'bout our kin
G C G C
Slap her down again, paw… slap her down again
