A Bowl Of Red chords by Tom Russell

Verse:

                                    G
Well, you don't put beans in chilli


          C                  G
You never water good whiskey down


                   G/F#         E7
And you never play poker with a man named 'Doc'


       A7                  D
On the Spanish side of town

Verse:

           G
But if you wanna go sleeping with the doctor's daughter


          C                   A7
You gotta pay the old man his bread


       G                      E7
It's a short, short ride from Hell to heaven


C           D       G
Ridin' on a bowl of red


Verse:

Well, I'm a-talkin' 'bout sweet Lorene, the chilli queen

        C                 G
Down at number nine Pecos Street


                  G/F#        E7
She got bull meat hangin' up above her head


A7                         D
Chilli peppers down at her feet


Verse:

           G
She got an iron pot smokin' on a woodsmoke stove


           C               A7
She got an antique feather bed


       G                      E7
Pretty short, short ride from Hell to heaven


C           D       G
Ridin' on a bowl of red


Bridge:

G
Here's the recipe:


E
Bull meat, cow meat, pig's feet, chicken feet


E
I've even seen her use a rabbit's head


A7
Camino, oregano, cilantro, let it go


                         D
Sop it up with sourdough bread


Verse:

       G
Let it boil all day, you'll be rollin' in the hay


  C                     A7
Lorene keeps a man well fed


     G               E7
Just walk on down to number nine


      C            D       G
Say, "Gimme little bowl of red"


Instrumental:
G    C    G  E7  A7  D
G    C  A7  G  E7  C D G

Bridge:

          E
Well now, Peter Piper picked a bunch of chilli peppers


E
Tell me now, how many pipes did Peter Piper pick


         A7
Yeah, he took 'em on down to sweet Lorene


                                      D
And said, "I need a bowl of red, real quick"


Verse:

        G
She put Peter Piper's peppers in a pot on the stove


        C                          A7
She put Peter Piper in her feather bed


        G                            E7
And now Peter Piper's pickin' chilli peppers all day


        C             D       G
Just to get his daily bowl of red


Verse:

                  G
I said, well, you don't put beans in chilli


          C                  G
You never water good whiskey down


                   G/F#         E7
And you never play poker with a man named 'Doc'


       A7                  D
On the Spanish side of town


Verse :

           G
But if you wanna go sleeping with the doctor's daughter


          C                   A7
You gotta pay the old man his bread


       G                      E7
It's a short, short ride from Hell to heaven


C           D       G
Ridin' on a bowl of red


Bridge:

          E
Well now, Peter Piper picked a bunch of chilli peppers


E
Tell me now, how many pipes did Peter Piper pick


         A7
Yeah, he took 'em on down to sweet Lorene


                                      D
And said, "I need a bowl of red, real quick"


Verse:

        G
She put Peter Piper's peppers in a pot on the stove


        C                          A7
She put Peter Piper in her feather bed


        G                            E7
And now Peter Piper's pickin' chilli peppers all day


        C             D       G
Just to get his daily bowl of red


Verse:

                  G
I said, well, you don't put beans in chilli


          C                  G
You never water good whiskey down


                   G/F#         E7
And you never play poker with a man named 'Doc'


       A7                  D
On the Spanish side of town


Verse:

           G
But if you wanna go sleeping with the doctor's daughter


          C                   A7
You gotta pay the old man his bread


       G                      E7
It's a short, short ride from Hell to heaven


C           D       G
Ridin' on a bowl of red


               G                      E7
I said, it's a short, short ride from Hell to heaven


C           D       G
Ridin' on a bowl of red