Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key

{t:Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key}{st:Words: Woody Guthrie, music: Billy Bragg 1997}

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   |:  d - D u d u D u  :| slow swing
{eot}

[G] I lived in a place called Okfus[C]keeAnd I had a little girl in a holler [G]treeI said, little girl, it's plain to [C]seeAin't nobody that can sing like [G]me,
[D]ain't nobody that can sing like [Em]me

[G]She said it's hard for me to [C]seeHow one little boy got so [G]uglyYes, my little girly, that might [C]be, but thereAin't nobody that can sing like [G]me,
[D]ain't nobody that can sing like [Em]me

{c:Chorus:}
{soc}[C]Way over yonder in the minor [G]key
[D]Way over yonder in the minor [Em]key
[D]There ain't nobody that can sing like [Em]me
{eoc}

[G]We walked down by the Buckeye [C]CreekTo see the frog eat the goggle eye [G]beeTo hear that west wind whistle to the [C]east. thereAin't nobody that can sing like [G]me,
[D]ain't nobody that can sing like [Em]me

[G]Oh my little girly will you let me [C]seeWay over yonder where the wind blows [G]free[G]Nobody can see in our holler [C]tree, and thereAin't nobody that can sing like [G]me,
[D]ain't nobody that can sing like [Em]me

{c:Chorus:}
{soc}[C]Way over yonder in the minor [G]key
[D]Way over yonder in the minor [Em]key
[D]There ain't nobody that can sing like [Em]me
{eoc}

[G]Her mama cut a switch from a cherry [C]treeAnd laid it on to she and [G]meIt stung lots worse than a hive of [C]bees, but thereAin't nobody that can sing like [G]me,
[D]ain't nobody that can sing like [Em]me

[G]Now I have walked a long, long[C]waysAnd I still look back to my tanglewood [G]daysI've led lots of girls since then to [C]stray, sayingAin't nobody that can sing like [G]me,
[D]ain't nobody that can sing like [Em]me

{c:Chorus:}
{soc}[C]Way over yonder in the minor [G]key
[D]Way over yonder in the minor [Em]key
[D]There ain't nobody that can sing like [Em]me
{eoc}



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