Mary Ann's Walla Walla Woman Blues by Amos
(Words and music by Amos Jessup, dedicated to Mary Ann)

Amos' Comments:  This song was commissioned by our own MAG in exchange for some support flow to the Mudcat, as promised on a couple of threads.  It is a slow, rolling barrel-house blues reminiscent of Bessie Smith's "Pigfoot and a Bottle of Beer", or her "Ain't Done Runnin' Around" blues.  Dedicated to Mary Ann, and to women everywhere who wish men could be just a little different... Affectionately, Amos


E~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 
You know, flakie cats just want to stone you 
B7~~~~~~~~ 
And big cowboys they just want to own you 
A~~~~~~~~~~~A7 
For a reg'lar jelly  roll 
~~C#m~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 
And the losers want you to roll them 
~~C#7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 
And beg you to control them 
F#7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~F#6~~~~~~~~~~~~~B7~~ 
And grind 'em til they find they souls , oh, 
E~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~E7 
I 'm not about to start contraction 
B~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~B7~~~~~~ 
From a masculine reaction 
~~~~~~~~C#m~~~~~~~~~G#7~~~~~~A~~ 
Cuz I'm a real woman right down to my shoes, 
A7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 
But I'm getting those 
E7~~~~~~~~~~C#7 
Walla Walla's wasting 
F#7~~~~~~B7~~B7aug(?) E 
A Walla Walla Woman blues 

Big bikers want to play you 
And maybe want to flay you 
Hey, wouldn't you rather burn a bra? 
Then the SNAGS want easy living 
Got no-o-o sense of rhythm 
And can't figure out just who they really are 
Mister big iron pumper 
Got a motion, like a bumper 
Ain't got enough plain soul to shine my shoes 

But I'm gettin' those 
Walla Walla's wastin' 
A Walla Walla Women blues. 

Bridge: 
~~~~~G#7~~~~~~~~~C#m 
I like to do that hootchie kootchie thing 
~~~~~G#7~~~~~~~~~~C#m 
But no-one here to kootchie me 
~~~~~~F#~~~~~~~~F#7 
I like to run a nice strong coffee grinder 
~~~~~~~~B~~~~~~~~~Bm~~~~~~~~B7~~~~~~~ 
And the men around here drink tea, cold tea, oh 

I got three hot kitties 
Begging, pretty pretty, 
Just to go out on the town at night 
Jes' see how they carry on 
Hear them whine an' moan 
They don' believe its right 
Sometimes I turn a my back 
And they slip through a crack 
And those pussies down town 
Get more than I do 

Leaves me them 
Walla Walla's wastin' 
A Walla Walla Women blues. 

Bridge: 
~~~~~G#7~~~~~~~~~C#m 
I'm not not excessively demanding 
~~~~~G#7~~~~~~~~~C#m 
That's no way for a good woman to be 
~~~~~F#~~~~~~~~F#7 
All I want is some plain understanding 
~~~~~~~B~~~~~~~~~Bm~~~~~~~~B7~~~~~~~ 
And some con-geni-ality, Oh, 

I don't want a man on booze 
They always seem to lose 
Except for that one out Chicago way 
Cuz I can still recall 
He would play that Cannonball 
And that was what he did to steal 
My heart away 
I'm gonna move it, yes move it 
Til someone finds that groove, 
Go out in whitebread city and cruise 
Gonna shake them Walla Walla.... 
Wasting a Walla Walla.... 
A Walla Walla Woman Blues....oh, yes.