Tried another shot at it and I heard the following. Let me know if you folks agree. There's still one line about the preacher and rooster that's unclear. I proposed "{Who through the 'hind}, and didn't have a stew?", but I'm not sure. All else, I think works... === Tight Like That - lyrics (Huddie Ledbetter) Guitar intro [3 measures] Oh, it's tight like that. Ooooh! Tight like that. Ooooh! Hear me talkin' to you. Oh, it's tight like that Guitar break [2 measures] Oh, it's tight like that. Ooooh! Tight like that. Ooooh! Hear me talkin' to you. Oh, it's tight like that You take Sal and I'll take Jane They both good lookin', but they ain't the same It's tight like that. Ooooh! Tight like that. Ooooh! Hear me talkin' to you. Oh, it's tight like that If you want to see a preacher laugh Change a dollar and a-give him a half He's tight like that. Ooooh! Tight like that. Ooooh! Hear me talkin' to you. Oh, it's tight like that Some folks said that a preacher won't steal I caught two in my cornfield It's tight like that. Ooooh! Tight like that. Ooooh! Hear me talkin' to you. Oh, it's tight like that One had a match and one had a sack Gone out to cornfield just like rats It's tight like that. Ooooh! Tight like that. Ooooh! Hear me talkin' to you. Oh, it's tight like that Some folks said that a preacher won't steal I caught two in my chicken-roost It's tight like that. Ooooh! Tight like that. Ooooh! Hear me talkin' to you. Oh, it's tight like that Who through the 'hind, and didn't have a stew? Tryin' to catch a rooster, make rooster soup It's tight like that. Ooooh! Tight like that. Ooooh! Hear me talkin' to you. Oh, it's tight like that Preacher and rooster had a terrible fight Preacher knocked the rooster clean out of sight He's tight like that. Ooooh! Tight like that. Ooooh! Hear me talkin' to you. Oh, it's tight like that Preacher told the rooster, "That it'd be all right. Meet you at the hen house t'morrow night It's tight like that. Ooooh! It'd be tight like that. Ooooh! Hear me talkin' to you. Oh, it's tight like that Yeah! Guitar break [2 measures] Oh, it's tight like that. Ooooh! Tight like that. Ooooh! Hear me talkin' to you. Oh, it's tight like that Cold frog jumped in the bottom of da' well Oh, by God, he jumped into hell He's tight like that. Ooooh! Tight like that. Ooooh! Hear me talkin' to you. Oh, it's tight like that Funniest thing that I ever seen Tomcat sitting on a sewing machine He's tight like that. Ooooh! He's tight like that. Ooooh! Hear me talkin' to you. Oh, it's tight like that Guitar break [2 measures] Oh, it's tight like that. Ooooh! Tight like that. Ooooh! Hear me talkin' to you. Oh, it's tight like that.
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