----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kemba's Got the Cabbage Moth Blues - Shovels and Rope ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: syphaxe Tuning: standard [[MC blathering]] [[verse i]]

^CShe was a hot-shit singer in a low-rent dive C (G) Lookin' like she wanna eat a man alive ^CLegs get to kickin' in a worn-out shoe C (G) C Kemba's got the cabbage moth blues ^CLaundry in Los Angeles and old St. Lou(is) C (G) Left Carolina with a load or two ^CDown in Kentucky got them hanging on the line C (G) C Mama was dressed so fine

[[chorus]]

^FTell Kentucky how your turnip greens grow ^CTell California everything you know C (G) C Tell New York, tell Tennessee, come to Carolina your drink's on me

[[verse ii]]

^CThere's too much chicken in the hen house now C (G) Hens stay in, roosters stay out ^CSee that red chicken sittin' on an egg C (G) C Fox caught the rooster and the rooster got dead ^CGot the water rolling in a pot of beans C (G) Had to keep the cabbage moth off the greens ^CPut the hot pepper right on the leaf C (G) C You' better wash them off good 'fore you serve them to me

[[chorus]]

^FTell Kentucky how your turnip greens grow ^CTell California everything you know C (G) C Tell New York, tell Tennessee, come to Carolina your drink's on me

[[bridge]]

^FIt was a whiskey and a whiskey and a whiskey and a whiskey.... ^F...and a whiskey and a whiskey and a whiskey while the music did play ^CI hope my mama didn't float away C (G) G G7! Because I heard that the Cumberland was out of the banks

[[chorus x2]]

^FTell Kentucky how your turnip greens grow ^CTell California everything you know C (G) C Tell New York, tell Tennessee, come to Carolina your drink's on me

C G G! F come to Carolina and your drink's on meeeeeeeeeeeee..... [[redneck finish]]

^CHhhmmmmmmmmmmmm....^Cfis^Gh a^Gnd grit^Cs!

[[whew!!]] ...bikes...

Shovels & Rope - Kembas got the cabbage moth blues