Artist: | Song: Corncob Blues

Artist/Band: John Hartford Tabs
Song: Corncob Blues Tab

Corn Cob Blues
John Hartford
Looks At Life Album
Transcribed from a 40 sec sound byte
There may be more verses....v.g.

Corn Cob Blues
  D
Well the cowboy promoted the wedding you know
             G                         D
Between the songs on his rock and roll show

The groom was thin and the bride was a tease
    G             G                      D
Recorded to the sound of his latest release
                 G                    D
They both were members of the back up crew
                                    A        D
The thin man a thinkin' them corncob blues

  D
Well the rain came down and the crowd was slow
               G                      D
And the cowboy hollered and he stubbed his toe
                                        
The signs on trees from here to town
    G            G                   D
Hurricane Apple couldn't knock them down
                 G                     D
The thin man stands in his water-logged shoes
                                A       D 
And he keeps on thinking them corncob blues

Well the cowboy sweats and he walks the aisle

Watching his money in a sticky pile

He tears his napkin there at the gate

He promoted the wedding for two weeks straight

The thin man looks lot a lock on Sue

And he keeps on studying them corn cob blues

Well the bride sits there and she looks at the star

A hound dog licks his trusty guitar

The drummer tunes the the key of G

The fiddle player works for free

While scraping old popcorn off of his shoes

The thin man hums them corn cob blues



Mama makes the coffee boil

It's just as thick as crank case oil

The cowboy sends her a kiss and a flower

He drinks ten cups every quarter hour

The thin man wonders if he's adding booze

And he whistles out loud them corn cob blues

Well brother got mad at the skinny one 

And the cowboy too for all of his fun

So brother talked to the bride backstage

And he talked of love in a white hot rage

The thin man wondered her love he'd lose

And he wrote another verse to the corn cob blues

Well the thin man smoked and he looked at his knees

And he wondered if the crowd would all be pleased

When the sun comes up on another day

And he and the bride were far away

He didn't think the cowboy would ever get through

So he could lose them corn cob blues