Tannin Bed Song — Shawn Mullins
Chords and lyrics for Tannin Bed Song by Shawn Mullins (key of C).
Verse
[D]Maria lays in the [C]tannin bed
[Bm]And reads the [C]tuesday [D]news
[Bm]She's down [C]there [Bm]every week at the
[C]Same time with the same ol' [D]blues
[D]She reads the funny [C]papers
[Bm]And [C]then the [D]classifieds
[Bm]And if [C]she ain't too [Bm]lseepy [C]there's the
Weather report on the flip [D]side
Bridge
[Bm]And this [C]kansas life is a[D] hard one
[Bm]For a girl [C]from [D]Miami
[Bm]You're just[C] [Bm]staring out at [C]the oil fields
[C]And that's all [D]that I can see......
Verse
[D]Her old man's in the same [C]place
[Bm]Since the [C]company [D]let him go.....
[Bm]Just [C]sippin the [Bm]pabst blue [C]ribbon and
[C]Cussin [D]amoco......
[D]Maria drives home
From the[C] tannin bed
[Bm]And the black clouds
[C]Roll across the [D]sky....
[Bm]She pulls [C]into the trailer[Bm] park, pops [C]the
[C]Trunk and calls the kids [D]outside.....
Chorus
[Bm]Said there's [C]a twister[D] comin
[Bm]And you [C]haven't got a [D]clue....
[Bm]I ain't [C]going to sit [Bm]here in this [C]double
Wide [D]and wait around for you
[Bm]Cause I'm [C]taking the microwave [D]oven
[Bm]And I'm [C]takin the color [D]tv.....
[Bm]And I'm [C]packin [Bm]up the [C]chevy
[C]With the kids and what's [D]left of me......
Outro
[Bm]This [C]kansas life is a [D]hard one
[Bm]For a girl [C]from miami[D]
[Bm]Just [C]staring out [Bm]at the oil [C]fields...
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