Yazoo Street Scandal chords by The Band

Chords with lyrics

(A augmentedA Hendrix Em7#9 sounds alright to bounce off of with the Em7, too)


E minor 7Em7
Standin' out in the night,

Elizah took me down

To see the Widow give

Rain to the town.

It's against the law

To be a tonic man,

But the Widow know

She's got the upper hand.
B7B7
So I went on in

Feelin' kinda wheezy.

You know she soothed my mind, boys,
   A7A7
She rocked me kinda slow and kinda easy
   E minor 7Em7
All day and all night.

E minor 7Em7     E minor 7Em7
"Pick a card 'fore you go--

It's a long trip to Mexico."

E minor 7Em7     E minor 7Em7
Elizah waited by the door,

"I can't stay here anymore, no, no."


B7B7
Then she took a pill

She washed her feet in the mud

She said "Look out son,
     A7A7
You know, I just started a flood

For forty days and forty nights".

Then I got my shoes,

And 'Lizah called my name.

She said it looked to her

Like it's gonna rain.

Then the Cotton King

He came in chokin'

And the Widow laughed and said:

"I ain't jokin'"--

B7B7
"Think what you want"

She said, "Now don't ya tease me.

I just fell in love, boy,
 A7A7
So rock me kinda slow and kinda easy,

All day and all night."


E minor 7Em7
Sweet William said

With a drunken head:

"If I had a boat,

I'd help y'all float".

Elizah stood there watching

William in a trance,

As the widowed saint done the St. Vitus dance.
B7B7
But just then an old man

With a boat named "Breezy"

Said: "You can ride with Clyde, boys,
   A7A7
If you rock it kinda slow and rock it kinda easy,
  E minor 7Em7
All day and all night".

(EADGBE)
E minor 7Em7 = 0 2 0 1 3 0
Em7#9 = 0 7 6 7 8 0
A7A7 = 5 7 5 6 8 5
B7B7 = 7 9 7 8 10 7