Pokey LaFarge

Bowlegged Woman

Pokey LaFarge


Tom: Dm

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
C
On a sunny September's day
C
Out in Tennessee where we were booked to play
F
Light shone down on a little dance floor
C
I seen a woman I never seen before
G
Love will hit you like a ton of bricks
G      C
When a bowlegged woman starts shakin' it

[Verse 2]
C
Black hair and it was piled high
C
Never seen a girl do it or even try
F
She buys her bobby pins by the pound
C
Just to keep that big hair down
G
Love will hit you like a ton of bricks
G      C
When a bowlegged woman starts shakin'€™ it

[Chorus]
C
She took that thing
C
Put it on a string
C       F
Started dancin'€™ round
F      C
Movin'€™ up and down
C
Shakin'€™ side to side
C               A7
Man, she was so fine
D7
I had to beg that bowlegged woman to
G7
Give me back that heart of mine

[Guitar Solo]
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[Piano Solo
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[Verse 3]
C
It got so hot that it began to steam
C
An eye candy woman like from a dream
F
I knew that I'd seen that girl before
C
Down in Tennessee on a dated dance floor
G
Love will hit you like a ton of bricks
G      C
When a bowlegged woman starts shakin'€™ it

[Chorus]
C
She took that thing
C
Put it on a string
C       F
Started dancin'€™ round
F      C
Movin'€™ up and down
C
Shakin'€™ side to side
C               A7
Man, she was so fine
D7
I had to beg that bowlegged woman to
G7
Give me back that heart of mine

[Verse 4]
C
Well you know it must've been my time
C
Me and that girl, we were doin' just fine
F
Tennessee floor on St Louis
C
Oh she always come to shake it for me
G
Love will hit you like a ton of bricks
G      C
When a bowlegged woman starts shakin'€™ it

[Chorus]
C
She took that thing
C
Put it on a string
C       F
Started dancin'€™ round
F      C
Movin'€™ up and down
C
Shakin'€™ side to side
C               A7
Man, she was so fine
D7                       G7
Love will hit you like a ton of bricks
C               A7
Man, she was so fine
D7                       G7
Love will hit you like a ton of bricks when a
C
Bowlegged woman starts shakin'€™ it
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When a bowlegged woman starts shakin' it