Levon Helm

I Got Me A Woman

Levon Helm


Tom: G

      G                      C                    G
Oh, I got me a woman she's a pretty good woman at that
   G                        C          G
We live with a monkey and a Chinese acrobat
     C                                     G
She calls me 'Tex', makes me wear a cowboy hat
                                D              G
But I don't care she's a pretty good woman at that

[Verse 2]
G                            C                G
Nothing in the world make me treat that woman mean
                            C                G
She shaves my beard and she keeps my tractor clean
    C                                   G
She burns my bread, makes me eat turnip greens
                         D                      G
But I don't care she's a best little woman I've seen

[Chorus]
C                               G  
Some folks they move out to California
C                                  G
  And some folks they stay in Tennessee
G                              C
  And I don't care where I'm a headed
        G             D              G
Just as long as that woman stands by me

[Solo]
G    C    G
G    C    G
C    G 
G    D    G   

[Chorus]
C                               G  
Some folks they move out to California
C                                  G
  And some folks they stay in Tennessee
G                              C
  And I don't care where I'm a headed
        G             D              G
Just as long as that woman stands by me

[Verse 3]
G                          C                  G
Nothing I'd rather do than spend my nights at home
                         C                        G
Talking with my baby and blowing on the slide trombone
    C                                         G
She talks in tongues, oh, she really turns me on
       G                 D                  G
With a woman like that a man never wants to roam

[Chorus]
C                               G  
Some folks they move out to California
C                                  G
  And some folks they stay in Tennessee
G                              C
  And I don't care where I'm a headed
        G             D              G
Just as long as that woman stands by me
        G             D              G
Just as long as that woman stands by me
        G             D              G   D  G
Just as long as that woman stands by me