Polk Salad Annie Chords

KeyE CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays589

Polk Salad Annie by Elvis Presley is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, A and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			(verse 1)  
E  
Down in Louisiana,  
E  
Where the alligators grow so mean,  
E  
There lived a young girl that I swear to the world,  
E  
Made the alligators look tame,  


            A  
Polk salad Annie,  
                 E  
'Gators got your granny,  
     G                  A  
Everybody said it was a shame,  
        G                       A           E  
That the mama was working on the chain gang,  
E  
What a mean, vicious woman,  
  
  
(verse 2)  
E  
Everyday before suppertime,  
E  
She'd go down by the truck patch,  
E  
And pick her a mess of Polk salad,  
E  
And carry it home in a tote sack,  
  
  
           A  
Polk salad Annie,  
                E  
'Gators got you granny,  
     G                  A  
Everybody said it was a shame,  
           G                       A          E  
'Cause the mama was working on the chain gang,  
E  
Whoo, a wretched, spiteful, straight-razor totin woman,  
E  
Lord have mercy,  
  
  
(bridge)  
E  
Sock a little Polk salad to me,  
E  
Yeah, you know i need me a mess of it yeah,  
  
  
(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 stealing watermelons out of my truck,  
  
  
(chorus)  
                    A  
 Polk salad Annie,  
                 E  
'Gators got your granny,  
     G                  A  
Everybody said it was a shame,  
        G                       A         E  
For the mama was working on the chain-gang,  
E  
Sock a little Polk salad to me,  
E  
You know i need me a mess of it,  
E  
You sock a little,  
E  
Hey, hey, hey, yeah, yeah,  
E  
Chic a bon, chic a bon, chic a bon bon bon bon,  
E  
Chic a bon, chic a bon, chic a bon bon bon bon,  
E  
Sock a little Polk salad to him,  
E  
You know what meets a meal mention,  
E  
Sock a little Polk salad to him,  
E  
You know i need me a mess of it,  
E  
Chinc, chinc, chinc, chin, ling, ling ling
    	

Chord diagrams

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100 BPM Andante