Guy Clark - Sis draper
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Tuning: E A D G B E
Sis Draper
Guy Clark (from Cold Dog Soup)
Most verses and chorus' use pickup notes. These are on the 4 & (or just last &) beats
of the previous measure. I wrote these out like:
E (pickup notes)
Kick your
E A E (first beat of the measure is on Shoes)
shoes off in the corner Mama
[Intro]
E A E B
E B E B
E A E B
E A B E
[Verse]
EKick your
Eshoes off Ain the Ecorner Mama
BTuck the babies all up snug
E Sis ADraper's Ecomin' over,
Ewe all Agonna Bcut a Erug
[Verse]
EWhen you
Esee that lAantern Eswingin' yonder
BComin' up the Holler Road
Them Edogs'll Aget to Ebarkin'
EOught to tie em Aall up Bwith a Erope
[Chorus]
EYou boys Abetter Eget in Btune
Sis EDraper's Bgonna Ebe here Bsoon
Don't Eshoot no dAice nor Eget too Btight
If you're Egonna Apick with BSis Etonight
[Verse]
ENow
EShe came Adown from the EBoston mountains
BThere was lightnin' in the air
EHoney Aon them Efiddle strings
E AMagnolia Bin her Ehair
[Verse]
ENow
EShe's a Adiamond Ein the rough
BIf you can't see the shine that's tough
EPlay all Anight for the Elikes of us
ESis ADraper's Bgot the Etouch
[Chorus]
EShe'll
Eplay all Anight if Eshe feels Blike it
EHave some Bfruit punch Eif you Bspike it
ESis don't Acare who Edon't Blike it
See, ol' ESis has Agot a BHell of a Ebow arm on her
[Verse]
EShe stepped Aup and Esawed one off
BAnd uncle Cleve dropped his jaw
ESaid she's the Abest I eveEr saw
EShe must Abe from BArkanEsas
[Verse]
EI think AGrandpa Eused to date her
BGrandma says she still hates her
EAll the Afellas Estand up straighter
EIn the Apresence Bof Sis EDraper
[Chorus]
E
Sis
EDraper Ais the Edevil's Bdaughter
EPlays the Bfiddle EDaddy Bbought her
EPlays it Alike her Emama Btaught her
EShe's a Atravelin' BArkanEsawyer
[Verse]
EPut her Afiddle Ein a box
BSaid it's getting awful late
She's Eon her Away to ELittle Rock
And Little ARock can't Ewait
[spoken]
ESo we all stood out in the yard
BHands all full of watermelon
EWatcher her leave watched her go
AWishin' Bwe was iEn that wagon
[Chorus]
E
Sis
EDraper Ais the Edevil's Bdaughter
EPlays the Bfiddle EDaddy Bbought her
EPlays it Alike her Emama Btaught her
EShe's a Atravelin' BArkanEsawyer