It's Tight Like That chords by Clara Smith

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: E

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
E E E E

Verse 1:
E                             E
Listen here, folks. I'm gonna sing a little song,
        E                        E
But you mustn't get mad. I don't mean no wrong.
A                           A
There's an old maid name is Liza Beck
       E                          E
Always singin' the blues when she tumbles in bed.
         B               A         E                E
Oh, it's tight like that. Oh, it's tight like that.
B                      A                       E     E
Hear me talkin' to you. I mean it's tight like that.

Verse 2:
  E                              E
I know a hotel that's called the Cumberland Patch,
      E                       E
Got a million bedbugs just to make you scratch.
A                A
Monkey woke up a quarter to three,
       E                            E
And he said to the flea, "Quit your pickin' on me."
         B               A         E                E
Oh, it's tight like that. Oh, it's tight like that.
    B                      A                        E     E
Ah, hear me talkin' to you. I mean, it's tight like that.

Break 1:
E E E E
A A E E
B A E E

Verse 3:
E                      E
Mandy Lee Jones got to rappin' at night,
        E                         E
And she never gets home till it's comin' daylight.
A                         A
Old Uncle Bill came 'bout half-past ten,
        E                       E
Put the key in the hole, but he couldn't get in.
               B                A
He says: "It's tight like that. What's the matter with it,
        E                E
gettin' tight like that?
    B                      A                       E      E
Oh, hear me talkin' to you, I mean it's tight like that."

Verse 4:
       E                       E
If you see my man, tell him to hurry home.
        E                  E
I ain't had no bread since he's been gone.
A             A
 I love a man slender and slim.
        E                           E
When he struts his stuff, why, it's too bad, Jim.
         B               A         E               E
Oh, it's tight like that. Oh, it's tight like that.
    B                      A                       E     E
Ah, hear me talkin' to you. I mean it's tight like that.

Break 2:
E E E E
A A E E
B A E E

Verse 5:
        E                  E
Oh, the little red rooster said to the hen:
     E                     E
"You ain't laid a egg in I can't tell when."
    A              A
The little red hen said to the roosta:
     E                    E
"You don't come around as often as you used ta.
         B                  A
Now it's tight like that. A long delay
         E                E
Makes it tight like that. Hear what I say.
B                      A                       E      E
Hear me talkin' to you. I mean it's tight like that."