talkin lion blues Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][Dm][G][Dm][G][D][Dm][G][C][G]
[C]

[Verse 1]
O- da- [F]lay- eeeeee
O- da- lay- [C]ee- ee- ee
O- de- o- [G]lay- ee- oh- oh
O- da- [C]lay- eee

[Verse 2]
I [C]was over in [F]Africa [C]mini' for gold
[F]O- oooh, min' [C]for gold,
Come [G]along a big lion, caught me in my hole
O- de- lay- eee, caught me in my [C]hole

[Verse 3]
The [C]lion said [G]"Buddy,
you [C]plumb outta luck"
[F]O- da- lay- eee, you plumb outta [C]luck,
Made a lun[G]ge for me, lawd, I had to duck
O- de- lay- eee, I had to [C]duck

[Verse 4]
I [C]jabbed that lion right clean in the jaw
[F]O- oooh, right clean in [C]the jaw
[G]Picked up his tail,
[Dm]dragged [G]him cross the florr
O- de- lay- eee, dragged him cross [C]the floor

[Verse 5]
[C]
I changed him [G]up [C]in the back of my truck
[F]O- oooh, in the back of my [C]truck[G][C]
Said, [G]"What's that you
had to say about luck?"
O- de- lay- eee, that you said [C]about luck

[Verse 6]
The [C]first place I [G]took [C]him
[G]was [C]ten miles away,
[F]O- ooh, ten miles [C]away
Told [G]the people,
"Listen what this lion can say"
O- de- lay- eee, what this lion [C]can say

[Verse 7]
The [C]lion looked round, he started to cty,
[F]O- ooh, he started to cry[C],
Said, [G]"This man punched me
and he blackened [C]my [D]eye"
O- da- [G]lay- eee, and he blackened my [C]eye.

[Verse 8]
The [C]people got [F]an gr, they
[C]started to [F]shout,
O- da- lay- [C]ee- ee- [G]ee-[C] ee[G]e
Lion said, "That's what
I was talkin about"
O- de- lay- [C]eee, oh- oh, lawd, lawd.

[Verse 9]
[C]
They hauled me up the courthouse stairs,
[F]O- oooh, up the courthouse [C]stairs
The [G]judge was a monkey
in an old wicker chair
O- de- lay- eee, in an old [C]wicker chair.

[Verse 10]
[C]
The monky said, [G]"Guilty",
and the [C]people all cheered,
[F]O- oooh, and the people all [C]cheered
He [G]slammed his [D]gravel,
[G]said "Twenty five years"
O- da- lay- eee,
said twenty [C]five years

[Interlude 1]
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[Verse 11]
I'm in Africa [C]wearin a ball and chain,
O- [F]de- lay- ee, a ball and [C]chain,
I'll never [G]mess with a talkin lion [G]again
O- oooh, talkin lion [C]again

[Outro 1]
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