Corn Cob Blues
John Hartford
Looks At Life Album
Transcribed from a 40 sec sound byte
by: Verne Garrison 07012010
There may be more verses....v.g.
Corn Cob Blues
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Well the cowboy promoted the wedding you know
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Between the songs on his rock and roll show
The groom was thin and the bride was a tease
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Recorded to the sound of his latest release
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They both were members of the back up crew
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The thin man a thinkin' them corncob blues
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Well the rain came down and the crowd was slow
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And the cowboy hollered and he stubbed his toe
The signs on trees from here to town
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Hurricane Apple couldn't knock them down
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The thin man stands in his water-logged shoes
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And he keeps on thinking them corncob blues
Well the cowboy sweats and he walks the aisle
Watching his money in a sticky pile
He tears his napkin there at the gate
He promoted the wedding for two weeks straight
The thin man looks lot a lock on Sue
And he keeps on studying them corn cob blues
Well the bride sits there and she looks at the star
A hound dog licks his trusty guitar
The drummer tunes the the key of G
The fiddle player works for free
While scraping old popcorn off of his shoes
The thin man hums them corn cob blues
Mama makes the coffee boil
It's just as thick as crank case oil
The cowboy sends her a kiss and a flower
He drinks ten cups every quarter hour
The thin man wonders if he's adding booze
And he whistles out loud them corn cob blues
Well brother got mad at the skinny one
And the cowboy too for all of his fun
So brother talked to the bride backstage
And he talked of love in a white hot rage
The thin man wondered her love he'd lose
And he wrote another verse to the corn cob blues
Well the thin man smoked and he looked at his knees
And he wondered if the crowd would all be pleased
When the sun comes up on another day
And he and the bride were far away
He didn't think the cowboy would ever get through
So he could lose them corn cob blues
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