{t:TAKE AN OLD COLD TATER AND WAIT}
{st:Little Jimmy Dickens}
[G]When I was a little boy a-[C]round the table at [G]home
[G]I remember fairly well when [A]company would [D]come
[G]I would have to be right still un-[C]til the whole crowd [G]ate
My [G]mamma always said to me Jim [D]take a tater and [G]wait [G]
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Now [G]taters never did taste good with [C]chicken on the [G]plate
[G]But I had to [A]eat 'em just the [D]same [D]
[G]That is why I look so bad and [C]have these puny [G]ways
Be-[G]cause I always had to take, an [D]old cold tater and [G]wait [G]
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And [G]then the preachers they would come to [C]stay a while with [G]us
[G]I would have to slip around and [A]raise a little [D]fuss
In [G]fear that I would spill the beans or [C]break the china [G]plate
My [G]mamma always said to me Jim [D]take a tater and [G]wait [G]
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Now [G]taters never did taste good with [C]chicken on the [G]plate
[G]But I had to [A]eat 'em just the [D]same [D]
[G]That is why I look so bad and [C]have these puny [G]ways
Be-[G]cause I always, had to take, an [D]old cold tater and [G]wait [G]
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Well [G]I thought that I’d starve to death be-[C]fore my time would [G]come
[G]All that chicken they would eat and [A]just leave me the [D]bun
The [G]feet and neck were all that’s left up-[C]on the china [G]plate
It [G]makes ya pretty darn weak to take an [D]old cold tater and [G]wait [G]
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Now [G]taters never did taste good with [C]chicken on the [G]plate
[G]But I had to [A]eat 'em just the [D]same [D]
[G]That is why I look so bad and [C]have these puny [G]ways
Be-[G]cause I always, had to take, an [D]old cold tater and [G]wait [G]
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{t:TAKE AN OLD COLD TATER AND WAIT}
