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Robert Johnson - Theyre Red Hot Chords

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Theyre Red Hot Chords

(ver. 1)
Robert Johnson
[Intro]
C  D7  Dm6  C  Cmaj7  F  Fm  G7/B
 
 
[Verse 1]
C     G7/B              A   A7   D7      Dm6        C
Hot tameles and they’re red hot, yes she got'em for sale
C     G7/B              A   A7   D7                 G7
Hot tameles and they’re red hot, yes she got'em for sale
C
I got a girl, say she long and tall--
     F                             Dm7/B5
she sleeps in the kitchen with her feets in the hall
C     G7/B              A   A7   D7      Dm6        C
Hot tamales and they’re red hot, yes she got'em for sale,-- I mean--
D7      G7         C
Yes she got'em for sale
 
 
[Verse 2]
C     G7/B              A   A7   D7      Dm6        C
Hot tameles and they’re red hot, yes she got'em for sale
C     G7/B              A   A7   D7                 G7
Hot tameles and they’re red hot, yes she got'em for sale
        C
She got two for a nickel, got four for a dime--
       F                     Dm7/B5
Would sell you more but they ain't none of mine
C     G7/B              A   A7   D7      Dm6     C
Hot tamales and they're red hot, yes she got'em for sale, I mean --
D7      G7         C
Yes she got'em for sale, yes, yeah
 
 
[Verse 3]
C     G7/B              A   A7   D7      Dm6        C
Hot tameles and they’re red hot, yes she got'em for sale
C     G7/B              A   A7   D7                 G7
Hot tameles and they’re red hot, yes she got'em for sale
C
I got a letter from a girl in the room --
         F                            Dm7/B5
Now, she got somethin' good she got to bring home soon, now
     C     G7/B              A   A7   D7       Dm6         C
It's hot tamales and they're red hot, yes, she got'em for sale, I mean
D7      G7         C
Yes she got'em for sale, yeah
 
 
[Verse 4]
C     G7/B              A   A7   D7      Dm6        C
Hot tameles and they’re red hot, yes she got'em for sale
C     G7/B              A   A7   D7                 G7
Hot tameles and they’re red hot, yes she got'em for sale
C
The billy got back' in a bumble bee nest --
F                        Dm7/B5
Ever since that he can't take his rest, yeah
C     G7/B              A   A7   D7      Dm6        C
Hot tamales and they're red hot, yes you got'em for sale, I mean --
D7      G7         C
Yes she got'em for sale, yeah
 
 
[Verse 5]
C     G7/B              A   A7   D7      Dm6        C
Hot tameles and they’re red hot, yes she got'em for sale
C     G7/B              A   A7   D7                 G7
Hot tameles and they’re red hot, yes she got'em for sale
C
I'm 'onna upset your backbone, put your kidneys to sleep --
            F                                  Dm7/B5
I'll due to break'way your liver and dare your heart to beat
C               G7/B             A   A7
'bout my hot tamales 'cause they red hot --
D7         Dm6       C
Yes, they got'em for sale, I mean --
D7       G7          C
Yes, she got 'em for sale, yeah
 
 
[Verse 6]
C     G7/B              A   A7   D7      Dm6        C
Hot tameles and they’re red hot, yes she got'em for sale
C     G7/B              A   A7   D7                 G7
Hot tameles and they’re red hot, yes she got'em for sale
C
You know grandma left, and now grandpa too --
        F                           Dm7/B5
Well, I wonder what in the world we chillun gon' do, now.
C     G7/B              A   A7   D7       Dm6        C
Hot tamales and they're red hot, yes, she got'em for sale, I mean.
D7       G7         C
Yes, she got'em for sale.
 
 
[Verse 7]
C     G7/B              A   A7   D7      Dm6        C
Hot tameles and they’re red hot, yes she got'em for sale
C     G7/B              A   A7   D7                 G7
Hot tameles and they’re red hot, yes she got'em for sale
C
Me and my babe, bought a V-8-Ford --
         F                          Dm7/B5
Well, we wind that thing all on the runnin' board, yes.
C     G7/B              A   A7   D7       Dm6        C
Hot tamales and they're red hot, yes, she got'em for sale, I mean.
D7       G7           C
Yes, she got'em for sale, yeah.
 
 
[Verse 8]
C      G7/B             A   A7   D7      Dm6        C
Hot tameles and they’re red hot, yes she got'em for sale
C      G7/B             A   A7   D7                 G7
Hot tameles and they’re red hot, yes she got'em for sale
C
You know the monkey, now the baboon playin' in the grass --
          F                                    Dm7/B5
Well, the monkey stuck his finger in that old 'Good Gulf Gas', now.
C     G7/B              A   A7   D7       Dm6        C
Hot tamales and they're red hot, yes, she got'em for sale, I mean.
D7       G7         C
Yes, she got'em for sale, yeah.
 
 
[Outro]
C      G7/B             A   A7   D7      Dm6        C
Hot tameles and they’re red hot, yes she got'em for sale
C      G7/B             A   A7   D7                 G7
Hot tameles and they’re red hot, yes she got'em for sale
C
I got a girl, say she long and tall--
     F                             Dm7/B5
she sleeps in the kitchen with her feets in the hall, yes
C     G7/B              A   A7   D7      Dm6        C
Hot tamales and they're red hot, yes she got'em for sale, I mean.
D7       G7         C          Am
Yes, she got'em for sale yeah
            
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