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Cut The Mustard chords by Waylon Jennings

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"Cut The Mustard" written by Shel Silverstein and recorded by Mel Tillis and the Old Dogs
 (Mel Tillis, Jerry Reed, Waylon Jennings and Bobby Bare) on the 1998 album "Old Dogs Vol. 1"...lyrics...

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         Chord diagramC majorC     Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramFF      Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramC majorC          Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramFF        Chord diagramG+G
It was a sunny Sunday afternoon, Miss Dolly was a having a bar- b- que
    Chord diagramC majorC        Chord diagramG+G             Chord diagramFF              Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramC majorC    Chord diagramG+G     Chord diagramFF     Chord diagramG+G
And I just happened to be easily strolling by (my, my, what a strollin' guy)
             Chord diagramC majorC        Chord diagramG+G    Chord diagramFF         Chord diagramG+G    Chord diagramC majorC          Chord diagramG+G           Chord diagramFF        Chord diagramG+G
She hollered "Mel come in, have a taste, this stuff's too good to go to waste"
  Chord diagramC majorC       Chord diagramG+G             Chord diagramFF                       Chord diagramG+G          Chord diagramC majorC      Chord diagramG+G     Chord diagramFF      Chord diagramC majorC
"You aint' tried nothing 'til you tried this sauce of mine" (hey Hoss, her sauce is boss)

          Chord diagramC majorC           Chord diagramG+G            Chord diagramFF             Chord diagramG+G
I said "now, I don't wanna hurt your pride"
        Chord diagramC majorC              Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramFF         Chord diagramG+G
"You're cooking is known far and wide"
       Chord diagramC majorC         Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramFF                       Chord diagramG+G
"But I'm expected home for dinner so I must decline" (wonder why he must decline)
 Chord diagramC majorC          Chord diagramG+G     Chord diagramFF               Chord diagramG+G          Chord diagramC majorC        Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramFF           Chord diagramG+G
But Dolly yelled "what's the matter buster, Are you too old to cut the mustard "
Chord diagramA minorAm                      Chord diagramG+G              Chord diagramG7G7
I turned my silver head and I replied...

    Chord diagramC majorC                           Chord diagramA7A7           Chord diagramFF                      Chord diagramG+G            Chord diagramC majorC
"No, I ain't too old to cut the mustard, I'm just too tired to spread it around"
   Chord diagramFF                                         Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramFF    Chord diagramE minorEm   Chord diagramG7G7
"So I gotta turn you and your bar- b- que down, down, down, down
   Chord diagramC majorC                   Chord diagramC7C7                 Chord diagramFF                      Chord diagramD7D7
"So leave me alone, I'm goin' on home to the best home cookin in town"
   Chord diagramC majorC                   Chord diagramA7A7                  Chord diagramFF                      Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramC majorC
I ain't too old to cut the mustard, just too tired to spread it around

        Chord diagramC majorC          Chord diagramG+G               Chord diagramFF           Chord diagramG+G
And you ladies, you're watchin' me sing and play
        Chord diagramC majorC           Chord diagramG+G             Chord diagramFF            Chord diagramG+G
With my belly kinda flabby and my hair kinda gray
     Chord diagramC majorC          Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramFF              Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramC majorC     Chord diagramG+G
And I see you lookin' that old time way at me...and me
Chord diagramFF         Chord diagramG+G
And me, and me

     Chord diagramC majorC      Chord diagramG+G               Chord diagramFF         Chord diagramG+G
We hate to see you get your hopes deflated
     Chord diagramC majorC      Chord diagramG+G               Chord diagramFF         Chord diagramG+G
And uh, we hate to see you, uh, humiliated
     Chord diagramC majorC      Chord diagramG+G              Chord diagramFF                       Chord diagramG+G
So before you storm the stage so shamelessly

Slippin' us all them love notes...And flowers...And them motel ke
    Chord diagramG+G                  Chord diagramG7G7
Let us decline so graciously

    Chord diagramC majorC                      A7.                  Chord diagramFF                     Chord diagramG+G     Chord diagramC majorC
You see, we ain't too old to cut the mustard, just too tired to spread it around
   Chord diagramFF                                     Chord diagramG+G      Chord diagramFF    Chord diagramE minorEm     Chord diagramG7G7
On every juicy little hamburger in this town, town, town, town
     Chord diagramC majorC                            Chord diagramC7C7                   F.             Chord diagramD7D7
So leave me alone, I'm gonna go home to the best home cookin' I've found
      Chord diagramC majorC                       Chord diagramA7A7              Chord diagramFF          Chord diagramG+G                 Chord diagramC majorC       Chord diagramA7A7
And we ain't too old to cut the mustard, just to tired to spread it around (around)
 Chord diagramFF            Chord diagramG+G            Chord diagramC majorC    Chord diagramA7A7    Chord diagramFF   Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramC majorC

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