Sweet Rhode Island Red Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]Born in Louisiana in a town called Franklin
I was fully matured by the time
I reached the age of ten
A mu[C]latto girl is what they called me
And us mu[G]lattos had no
trouble at all with men
[D]All men say that I'm as
sweet as honey
'Cause I'm thirty- [G]four,
thirty- eight and twenty- two at the tummy

[Verse 2]
They called me [G]Sweet Rhode Island Red
Sweet Rhode Island Red
[C]Sweet Rhode Island Red
[G]Sweet Rhode Island Red
[D]Sweet- y is what they said [G]about
Sweet Rhode Island [F]Red

[Verse 3]
[G]Tried to live a life I thought I wanted me to
I went to church, finished school,
was a member of a [?]
But old [C]pastor [?] and Nathan Jones
They were [G]just too hard headed
to leave me alone
They [D]said that I was
sweet as [G]honey
'Cause I'm thirty- four,
thirty- eight and twenty- two at the tummy

[Verse 4]
They called me [G]Sweet Rhode Island Red
Sweet Rhode Island Red
[C]Sweet Rhode Island Red
[G]Sweet Rhode Island Red
[D]Sweet- y is what they said about [G]Sweet

[Interlude 1]
Rhode Island Red
[G][F][G][C][G]
[D][G]

[Verse 5]
I was [G]seventeen when I moved
to New Orleans
'Cause living in the city has
always been my dream
People [C]laughed,
said it was a shame and a pity
When old [G]mayor Daley gave
me the key to the city
He [D]too said that I was as
sweet as honey
'Cause I'm thirty- [G]four,
thirty- eight and twenty- two at [C]the tummy
They [G]called me Sweet

[Verse 6]
Rhode Island Red
Sweet Rhode Island Red
[C]Sweet Rhode Island Red
[G]Sweet Rhode Island [D]Red
[G]Sweet- [F]y i[G]s what t[C]hey said
about [G]Sweet Rhode Island Red