C                                        G
Slap her down again, paw… slap her down again (slap)
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Make her tell us more, paw… tell us where she's been (slap)
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We don't want our neighbors talkin' 'bout our kin
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Slap her down again, paw… slap her down again (slap)


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Well paw and ma were so darn sore, they woke me up one night 
G                                                   C
There was some awful cussin'… and ma said paw was right 
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They was awaitin' sister Bess, who never kept her word 
G                                                     C
The sun came up as Bess came in, and this is what I heard 

CH:
         C                                       G
Quote  Slap her down again, paw… slap her down again
G                                                 C 
Make her tell us more, paw… tell us where she's been
C                                              G
We don't want our neighbors talkin' 'bout our kin
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Slap her down again, paw… slap her down again unquote 

C                     G                 C            G
Now poor old Bess got so darn mad, she ran away one day 
G                                                     C
To meet that travellin' salesman, with city-skickin' ways 
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We ran and stood beside them though, with shotguns by our sides 
G                                                   C
Me and Deke and paw and ma, who yelled as they came by 


CH: (sing this chorus line for line as different voices with a drawl)

                C                                       G
Why don't you slap her down again, paw… slap her down again
G                                                 C 
Make her tell us more, paw… tell us where she's been
C                                              G
We don't want our neighbors talkin' 'bout our kin
G               C          G              C 
Slap her down again, paw… slap her down again 

C                       G                  C            G
Now ma and paw, they planned for Bess to marry Deacon Brown 
G                                                   C
And not that travellin' salesman, who always came around
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They made poor Bessie go to church, her face was mighty red 
G                                                     C
The deacon took one look at her, and this is what he said 

CH:
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Oh slap her down again, paw… slap her down again
G                                                C 
Make her tell us more, paw… tell us where she's been
C                                              G
We don't want our neighbors talkin' 'bout our kin
G               C           G             C 
Slap her down again, paw… slap her down again unquote

(Play chorus chords and trickle in the following phrases)
Doesido 
Oh yeah, that’s hot stuff ain’t it?

C                        G               C                 G
Well the moral of this story girls, is don't stay out too late 
G                                                     C
Unless you take your shoes off, outside your pappy's gate 
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If ma don't hear you comin' in, she won't lay down the law 
C                                                          G
And you won't have to worry, ‘cause she won't sing out to paw

CH:
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Slap her down again, paw… slap her down again
G                                                C 
Make her tell us more, paw… tell us where she's been
C                                              G
We don't want our neighbors talkin' 'bout our kin
G               C          G              C 
Slap her down again, paw… slap her down again