Capo 4th fret (sounding key e major)



C



C

After a while we took in the clothes



Nobody said very much.



Just some old wild shirts and a couple pairs of pants



Which nobody really wanted to touch.

F

Mama come in and picked up a book



An' papa asked her what it was.

C

Someone else asked"what do you care? "



Papa said"welljust because."

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Then they started to take back their clothes



Hang 'em on the line.

C

It was january the thirtieth



And everybody was feelin' fine.



The very next day everybody got up

Seein' if the clothes were dry.

The dogs were barkinga neighbor passed

Mamaof courseshe said"hi!"

"have you heard the news? " he saidwith a grin

"the vice-president's gone mad!"

"where? " "downtown." "when? " "last night."

"hmmsaythat's too bad!"

"wellthere's nothin' we can do about it" said the neighbor

"it's just somethin' we're gonna have to forget."

"yesI guess so" said ma

Then she asked me if the clothes was still wet.



I reached uptouched my shirt

And the neighbor said"are those clothes yours? "

I said"some of 'emnot all of 'em."

He said"ya always help out around here with the chores? "

I said"sometimenot all the time."

Then my neighborhe blew his nose

Just as papa yelled outside

"mama wants you t' come back in the house and bring them clothes."

WellI just do what I'm told

SoI did itof course.

I went back in the house and mama met me

And then I shut all the doors.