Roosevelt And Ira Lee
Tony Joe WhiteVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
(Blues riff in )
The river was dark and muddy
And the moon was on the rise
And all of the creatures in the swampland
Had woke up to feed for the night
Roosevelt and Ira Lee were sitting there on a log
Ira Lee turned to Roosevelt and said
I'd sure like to have a mess of bullfrog
He said yeah yeah lawd sure would taste good
So they slipped on their rubber boots
And walked down to the water's edge
And right away they knew that the night would be a bummer
'Cause Ira Lee stepped on a water moccasin he said ugh ugh lawd
Somebody help me
Ira Lee turned to Roosevelt when he quit his screaming and kicking
And he said let's forget about those bullfrog legs
And go out and steal us some chickens
And Old Roosevelt said like this now
Yeah yeah ooh it sure would taste good
Yes it would, I love my chicken
The river was dark and muddy
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Readable chord sheet for Roosevelt And Ira Lee by Tony Joe White
(Blues riff in [E]) [E]The river was dark and muddy And the moon was on the rise And all of the creatures in the swampland Had woke up to feed for the night Roosevelt and Ira Lee were sitting there on a log Ira Lee turned to Roosevelt and said I'd sure like to have a mess of bullfrog He said [E]yeah y[G]eah la[A]wd sure would taste [E]good [E]So they slipped on their rubber boots And walked down to the water's edge And right away they knew that the night would be a bummer 'Cause Ira Lee stepped on a water moccasin he said [E]ugh u[G]gh l[A]awd Somebody he[E]lp me [E]Ira Lee turned to Roosevelt when he quit his screaming and kicking And he said let's forget about those bullfrog legs And go out and steal us some chickens And Old Roosevelt said like this now [E]Yeah y[G]eah o[A]oh it sure would taste g[E]ood Yes it would, I love my chicken The river was dark and muddy