Papas Got Your Bath Water On chords by Tuba Skinny

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Verse 1:
A                   A7
Shall you tell me who’s the flapper I see you with every night?
D7                    A
And she’s vampin’ so hard, I’m bound to lose my appetite
            E       D7         A
That’s my fairskinned mama, better known as Miss Jennie Rice

Verse 2:
A                   A7
I’m going to make you wish you never had been born
D7             A
I just went uptown, got my gun out of pawn
            E       D7         A
Said don’t start nothing mama your papa’s got your bath water on

Verse 3:
A                   A7
If you don’t have me, papa, you won’t have no gal at all
D7                  A
And it seems all the women you meet is bound to fall
            E       D7         A
Well your daddy said it straight mama you could back your mule up in my stall

instrumental verse:

Verse 4:
A                   A7
Come on, old papa, ‘cause mama ain’t mad at you
D7               A
But tell me makes you keep me so worried and blue
      E       D7         A
I said don't stop mama cos your papa got work to do