Pistol Packin’ Mama Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Am]Nev[C][F][Am][Dm][Fdim]
[F]er flirt with a [Am]gal named Tess
down old Texas [F]way
[G]Cause if you do, I'm telling you,
[Dm]here's what you'll [D]have to [Am]say
Lay that pistol down, babe,
lay that [Dm]pistol down
Pistol [G]-packin' mama,
[F]lay that pistol down
[Am]Lay that pistol down, babe,
lay that [E]pistol down
[G]Pistol -packin' momma,
lay [F]that [Am]pistol down
[C][Dm][F][Dm][C][Am][G][Dm][E][F][C]

[Verse 2]
Listen to the story of a red
-haired gal named [G]May
She [Bb]shot a pistol in the air,
[G]hit me in the [C]leg
Lay that [E]pistol down, [C]babe,
lay that pistol [F#]down
[G]A pistol packin' m[F#]ama,
lay that pistol [Am]down[C][F][Ebm][F][G][F][G]
[C]Happy made a batch of corn,
the revenuers [Am]came
Their draw was [F]slow,
so now they [G]know,
you [E]can't do that to me
Pis[F]tol -packin' mama,
why did you shoot that [Am]gun ?[C][F]
[Am]Oh, [F]pist[E]ol -packin' mama,
why did you shoot that gun, t[Am]hat g[E]un?[Am][E][Am]
[Am][Adim][Am][F][Dm][F][Ebdim][C][Am][E]
Singin' songs in a cabaret
and were we [Dm]havin' fun
[G]Until [F#]one nigh[E]t we didn't sing[Bb] right[F],
[E]
now we're [Ebm]on the[E] run[G#m]
[Am]Lay that pistol down, babe,
[E]lay that [Dm]pistol [E]down[F#][G#m]
[G]Pistol pac[E]kin' mam[G#m]a, lay that pistol dow[G#m]n
[B]Oh,[G#m] lay t[B]hat pistol down,[E]
[E]babe, lay that pistol down
Pistol -packin' [E]mama,
lay that pistol down!
[C#m]