Got Me a Woman — Levon Helm
Chords and lyrics for Got Me a Woman by Levon Helm (key of G).
Verse 1
Oh, I [G]got me a woman she's a [C]pretty good woman at [G]that
We [G]live with a monkey and a [C]Chinese [G]acrobat
She [C]calls me 'Tex', makes me wear a cowboy [G]hat
But I don't care she's a pretty [D]good woman at [G]that
Verse 2
[G]Nothing in the world make me [C]treat that woman [G]mean
She shaves my beard and she [C]keeps my tractor [G]clean
She [C]burns my bread, makes me eat turnip [G]greens
But I don't care she's a [D]best little woman I've [G]seen
Chorus
[C]Some folks they move out to [G]California
[C] And some folks they stay in [G]Tennessee
[G] And I don't care where I'm a [C]headed
Just as [G]long as that [D]woman stands by [G]me
Solo
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Chorus
[C]Some folks they move out to [G]California
[C] And some folks they stay in [G]Tennessee
[G] And I don't care where I'm a [C]headed
Just as [G]long as that [D]woman stands by [G]me
Verse 3
[G]Nothing I'd rather do than [C]spend my nights at [G]home
Talking with my baby and [C]blowing on the slide [G]trombone
She [C]talks in tongues, oh, she really turns me [G]on
With a [G]woman like that a [D]man never wants to [G]roam
Chorus
[C]Some folks they move out to [G]California
[C] And some folks they stay in [G]Tennessee
[G] And I don't care where I'm a [C]headed
Just as [G]long as that [D]woman stands by [G]me
Just as [G]long as that [D]woman stands by [G]me
Just as [G]long as that [D]woman stands by [G][D]me[G]
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