WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Jimmie Rodgers - Jimmie The Kid Chords | Ver. 1
[Verse 1]
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I'll tell you a story of Jimmie the Kid
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He's a brakeman you all know
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He was born in Mississippi a-way down south
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and he flagged on the TN&O
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He yodeled to fame on the Boston ‘n’ Maine
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The Wabash and the TP
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From the old Grand Trunk to the Cotton Belt
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he yodeled on the Santa Fe
[Chorus]
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Yodel-ee-dle-odle-ay-ee,
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Yodel-ee-dle-eedle-ay-ee-hee
[Verse 2]
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On the Lehigh Valley he yodeled awhile
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then he went to the Nickel Plate
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From the old Lake Shore and the Erie Line
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He yodels to a Cadillac Eight
[Chorus]
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Yodel-ayee-yodle-olde-ayee
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yodle-odle-odle-ay-ee,
[Verse 3]
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He yodeled his way to the C&A
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The Lackawanna and IC
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He rode a rattler called the Cannonball
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then he yodeled on the MK&T
[Chorus]
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Yodel-ayee,yodle-olde-ayee
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Yodel-odle-ayee
[Verse 4]
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Now the story goes that Jimmie the Kid
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Has a yodeling mama so sweet
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They go Cadillacin' every night
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and they yodel up and down the street
[Chorus]
G
Yodel-ayee,yodle-olde-ayee
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Yodel-odle-ayee
[Verse 5]
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He's rode freight trains from East to West
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he's fixed himself up nice
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He's got a beautiful home all of his own
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It's the yodeler's paradise
[Chorus]
G
Yodel-ee-dle-odle-ay-ee,
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Yodel-ee-dle-eedle-ay-ee-hee
[Verse 6]
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They've treated him good they've treated him bad
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he never done any wrong
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He yodels a yodel everybody knows
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is the yodeling brakeman's song
[Chorus]
G
Yodel-ayee,yodle-olde-ayee
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Yodel-odle-ayee
