you play this riff also during each line of the verse
E – – – – – – 5 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
B – – – – – – 5 – – – 5 – – 5 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
G – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 7 – – 5 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
D – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 7 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
A – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
E – – 5 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |

A7
i take a little powder , take a little salt ,
A7
put it in my shotgun , i go walkin’ out
D7 A7
joo – ba joo – ba , rolly polly , looking high , looking low ,
E7 A7
gonna scare you up and shoot ya , mister charlie told me so .

i won’t even take your life , won’t even take a limb ,
just unload my shotgun , and take a little skin .
juba juba , wolly bully , looking high , looking low ,
gonna scare you up and shoot ya , mister charlie told me so .

C C# D
well you take a silver dollar ,
C C# D
take a silver dime ,
C C# D
mix it up together
E E7
with some alligator wine .

i can hear the drums , voodoo all night long ,
mister charlie tellin’ me i can’t do nothing wrong .
juba juba , wolly bully , looking high , looking low ,
gonna scare you up and shoot ya , mister charlie told me so .

now mister charlie told me , thought you’d like to know ,
just a little warning just before you go .
joo – ba joo – ba , rolly polly , looking high , looking low ,
gonna scare you up and shoot ya , mister charlie told me so .

gonna scare you up and shoot ya ,
’cause mister charlie told me ,
mister charlie told me so .