Checkin Her Over chords by The Osborne Brothers

• Capo on 3rd
• Difficulty: Beginner 👶

Key: Bb

Intro:

G  Em  G   G   D7   G

Verse 1:
G       G7        C          G
Babbit Smith is a backwoods fellow
G           G7             C        D7
He raises chickens on the edge of town
  G                     C          G
He sleeps with a rifle under his pillow
  G                 D7                       G
And he ain't very friendly when the sun goes down

Verse 2:
G                  C           G
Jethro Jones has a right bad habit
G                             C         D7
He picks up chickens that he don't put back
  G                    C        G
He once got caught by old man Babbit
 G                       D7                      G
With a speckled dove, a necker, and an old feed sack

Chorus 1:
D7     G      D7            G
He  . said  . I was only a-checkin' her over
G                                 D7
I never meant to harm a single feather on her head
     C                       G
The old man said I reckon you're through checkin'
  G                              Em
You better make tracks fore you check up dead
G                                   D7            G
You're liable to be checkin' on a bullet in the head

Verse 3:
 G        G7          C        G
Shotgun Joe had an antique flivver
G                             C         D7
He prized it more than he prized his wife
G                       C           G
He kept it shiny as a fresh pig's liver
 G                       D7               G
I reckon to defend it he'd a-gived his life

Verse 4:
 G        G7          C        G
Well, along comes one of them hotrod zoomers
G                          C           D7
He took a notion he could steal Joe's Ford
G                           C           G
He turned as white as your grandma's bloomers
 G                       D7               G
When old Joey caught him on the running board

Chorus 2:
D7     G      D7            G
He  . said  . I was only a-checkin' her over
G                         D7
She'd be a beauty if you painted her red
     C                       G
Old Joe said you'd better get through checkin'
  G                              Em
Or you'll be checkin' on a hospital bed
G                                   D7           G
The nurse'll be a-checkin on the crack in your head

Instrumental:
D7   G   D7   C   G   Em   G   D7   G

Verse 5:
 G        G7          C        G
I went one night to see my girlie
G                           C       D7
Her folks were takin' in a movie show
G                           C           G
The show was short and they came home early
 G                     D7                       G
And caught us on the sofa with the lights down low

Chorus 3:
D7     G      D7            G
I  . said  . I was only a-checkin' her over
G                                 D7
I never meant to harm a single hair on her head
     C                        G
The old man said you'd better be through checkin'
   G                                 Em
You'd better start checkin' down the road instead
   G                           D7            G
Or you'll be a checkin' on a bottom full of lead
  G                         D7             G
You'll be a checkin' on a bottom full of lead