Polk Salad Annie chords

by Tony Joe White

#8 in 1968.

https://youtu.be/JyXHxh3Sye0

[Main riff]

e|----------------------------------------------------0--------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-/4-------4---6---4---s-6---(6)---s-4-----2----0h1----then form E7-------|
D|----------6---7---9---s-7---(7)---s-6-----4------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

(At the end of the tab where it says form E7 it means play an E7 and hammer
the G string on the first fret)

(Tony also hammers the D string in the E7 chord)

(Intro riff, Bass and Guitar1)

Some of you all never been down South too much...

I' gonna tell you a little story, so you'll understand where I'm talking about
Down there we have a plant that grows out in the woods and the fields,
and it looks something like a turnip green.
Everybody calls it Polk salad. Now that's Polk salad.
Used to know a girl that lived down there and
she'd go out in the evenings to pick a mess of it...
Carry it home and cook it for supper, 'cause that's about all they had to eat,
But they did all right.

[Verse 1]

E
Down in Louisiana,

E
Where the alligators grow so mean.

E
There lived a girl, that I swear to the world,

E
Made the alligators look tame.

[Chorus]

A E
Polk Salad Annie, Polk Salad Annie.

G A
Everybody said it was a shame,
 G A
'Cause her Mama was working on the chain-gang.

[Bridge]

E
A mean, vicious woman.
[Verse 2]

E
Every day 'fore supper time,

E
She'd go down by the truck patch.

E
And pick her a mess o' polk salad,

E
And carry it home in a tote-sack.

[Chorus]

A E
Polk Salad Annie..'gators got your Granny.

G A
Everybody said it was a shame,

G A
'Cause her Mama was working on the chain-gang.

[Bridge]

E
A wretched, spiteful, straight-razor totin' woman.

E
Lord have mercy.

[Interlude]

(Harmonica)

[Verse 3]

E
Her daddy was lazy and no 'count

E
Claimed he had a bad back.

E
All her brothers were fit for,

E
Was stealin' watermelons out of my truck patch.
[Chorus]

A E
Polk Salad Annie..the 'gators got your Granny.

G A
Everybody said it was a shame,

G A
'Cause her Mama was working on the chain-gang.

[Outro]

E
Sock a little polk salad to me..

E
You know I need a mean mess of it...
POLK SALAD ANNIE (Bassline)
As recorded by Tony Joe White
From the 1969 Album BLACK AND WHITE)

Words and Music by Tony Joe White

Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Norbert Putnam - Bass'

[Intro]
Q=134
4/4
Gtr I

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 7x

G||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
D||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
A||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-o||
E||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||

[1st Verse]

E E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E

G|-----------------||-----9-------------|-----9-------------|-----9-------------|
D|-----------------||-------6-6-6-7-8-9-|-------6-6-6-7-8-9-|-------6-6-6-7-8-9-|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||-7-7---------------|-7-7---------------|-7-7---------------|
E|-----------------||-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|

E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E q Q H

G|-----9-------------|-----9-------------|-----9-------------|------------|
D|-------6-6-6-7-8-9-|-------6-6-6-7-8-9-|-------6-6-6-7-8-9-|------------|
A|-7-7---------------|-7-7---------------|-7-7---------------|-7----------|
E|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------|

[Chorus]

Q E E E E E E Q Q E E E E +Q E. S E E E E

G|----------------||---------------|-------------------|
D|----7-6---------||----7------4---|------7------------|
A|--------7-5-----||-------4-7---0-|-(0)-----0-4-5-6-7-|
E|------------7-5-||-5-------------|-------------------|

E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E

G|-----9-------------|-----9----------------|
D|-------6-6-6-7-8-9-|-------6-6-6-7-8-9----|
A|-7-7---------------|-7-7------------------|
E|-------------------|----------------------|
 Q E. S E E E E Q E. S E E E E

G|-----12---------------|-----14----------------|
D|---------x-9-10-11-12-|---------x-11-12-13-14-|
A|-10-------------------|-12--------------------|
E|----------------------|-----------------------|

Q E. S E E E E Q E E E E Q

G|-----12---------------|-----14-12-------------||
D|---------x-9-10-11-12-|-----------14-11-------||
A|-10-------------------|-12--------------12\---||
E|----------------------|-----------------------||

[Interlude]

Q E S S E E E E Q E S S E E E E

G|----9-------------|----9-------------|
D|------6-6-6-7-8-9-|------6-6-6-7-8-9-|
A|-7----------------|-7----------------|
E|------------------|------------------|

Q E S S E E E E Q E S S E E E E

G||-----9-------------|----9---------------||
D||o------6-6-6-7-8-9-|------6-6-6-7-8-9--o||
A||o-7----------------|-7-----------------o||
E||-------------------|--------------------||

[2nd Verse]

E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E

G|-----9-------------|-----9-------------|
D|-------6-6-6-7-8-9-|-------6-6-6-7-8-9-|
A|-7-7---------------|-7-7---------------|
E|-------------------|-------------------|

E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E

G|-----9-------------|-----9--------------|
D|-------6-6-6-7-8-9-|-------6-6-6-7-8-9--|
A|-7-7---------------|-7-7----------------|
E|-------------------|--------------------|

E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E q Q H Q Q Q Q

G|-----9-------------|-----9-------------|------------|--------------||
D|-------6-6-6-7-8-9-|-------6-6-6-7-8-9-|------------|----7---------||
A|-7-7---------------|-7-7---------------|-7----------|-------5------||
E|-------------------|-------------------|------------|----------7---||
 [Chorus]

Q E. S E E E E +Q E. S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E

G|-----------------|-------------------|-----9-------------|-----9--------------|
D|----7------------|------7------------|-------6-6-6-7-8-9-|-------6-6-6-7-8-9--|
A|-------0-4-5-7-0-|-(0)-----0-4-5-6-7-|-7-7---------------|-7-7----------------|
E|-5---------------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|

Q E. S E E E E Q E. S E E E E

G|-----12---------------|-----14----------------|
D|---------x-9-10-11-12-|---------x-11-12-13-14-|
A|-10-------------------|-12--------------------|
E|----------------------|-----------------------|

Q E. S E E E E Q E. S S S E E E

G|-----12---------------|-----x----------9------||
D|---------x-9-10-11-12-|-----------9-11---11-9-||
A|-10-------------------|-12-----12-------------||
E|----------------------|-----------------------||

[Interlude]

E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E

G|-----9-------------|-----9-------------|
D|-------6-6-6-7-8-9-|-------6-6-6-7-8-9-|
A|-7-7---------------|-7-7---------------|
E|-------------------|-------------------|

E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E 4x

G||------9-------------|-----9---------------||
D||o-------6-6-6-7-8-9-|-------6-6-6-7-8-9--o||
A||o-7-7---------------|-7-7----------------o||
E||--------------------|---------------------||

[Harmonica Solo]

E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E 3x E E E S S E E E E

G||------9-------------|-----9--------------||-----9--------------||
D||o-------6-6-6-7-8-9-|-------6-6-6-7-8-9-o||-------6-6-6-7-8-9--||
A||o-7-7---------------|-7-7---------------o||-7-7----------------||
E||--------------------|--------------------||--------------------||
 [3rd Verse]

E E E. S S S E E E Q E. S S S E E E

G|-------9--------------|----9--------------|
D|----------x-6-6-7-8-9-|-------x-6-6-7-8-9-|
A|-7--x-----------------|-7-----------------|
E|----------------------|-------------------|

Q E. S S S E E E Q E. S S S E E E

G|----9--------------|----9---------------|
D|-------x-6-6-7-8-9-|-------x-6-6-7-8-9--|
A|-7-----------------|-7------------------|
E|-------------------|--------------------|

E E E. S S S E E E Q E. S S S E E E q Q H Q Q Q Q

G|-------9--------------|----9--------------|------------|--------------||
D|----------x-6-6-7-8-9-|-------x-6-6-7-8-9-|------------|----7---------||
A|-7--x-----------------|-7-----------------|-7----------|-------5------||
E|----------------------|-------------------|------------|----------7---||

[Chorus]

Q E. S E E E E +E E E. S E E E E

G|-----------------|--------------------|
D|----7------------|-------7------------|
A|-------0-4-5-7-0-|-(0)-0----x-4-5-6-7-|
E|-5---------------|--------------------|

E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E

G|-----9-------------|-----9--------------|
D|-------6-6-6-7-8-9-|-------6-6-6-7-8-9--|
A|-7-7---------------|-7-7----------------|
E|-------------------|--------------------|

Q E. S E E E E Q E. S E E E E

G|-----12---------------|-----14----------------|
D|---------x-9-10-11-12-|---------x-11-12-13-14-|
A|-10-------------------|-12--------------------|
E|----------------------|-----------------------|

Q E. S E E E E Q E. S E E E E

G|-----12---------------|-----14-----------------|
D|---------x-9-10-11-12-|---------x-11-12-13-14--|
A|-10-------------------|-12---------------------|
E|----------------------|------------------------|
 [Interlude]

Q E S S S S E E E Q E S S S S E E E

G|----9---------------|----9---------------|
D|------6-6---6-7-8-9-|------6-6---6-7-8-9-|
A|-7------------------|-7------------------|
E|--------------------|--------------------|

Q E S S S S E E E Q E S S S S E E E

G|----9---------------|----9-----------------||
D|------6-6---6-7-8-9-|------6-6---6-7-8-9---||
A|-7------------------|-7--------------------||
E|--------------------|----------------------||

[Outro]

Q E S S S S E E E Q E S S S S E E E 8x Q E S S S S E E E

G||-----9---------------|----9----------------||----9----------------*|
D||o------x-6---6-7-8-9-|------x-6---6-7-8-9-o||------x-6---6-7-8-9--*|
A||o-7------------------|-7------------------o||-7-------------------*|
E||---------------------|---------------------||---------------------*|

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Duration Legend

W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; a - acciaccatura;

+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted;

Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it
represents the

duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent
rests.

Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration).

| (n) - note tied to previous

| \ - slide out of (to "nowhere")

| x - muted

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