Bob Wills - Roly Poly Chords

ROLY POLY
Recorded by Bob Wills
Vocal by Tommy Duncan
Written by Fred Rose


INTRO: INSTRUMENTAL ( PLAY VERSE ONE AND BRIDGE, 
                  THEN BEGIN VOCALS OVER VERSE ONE)

VERSE ONE

(G) Roly Poly, (C) eatin' corn n' (G) 'taters

Hungry ev'ry minute of the (D) day

(G) Roly Poly, (C) gnawin' on a (G) biscuit

Long as he can (D) chew it, it's (G) OK.

BRIDGE

(C) He can eat an apple pie

An' (G) never even bat an eye

(A) He likes everything from (A7) soup to (D) hay

(G) Roly Poly, (C) daddy's little (G) fattie

Bet he's gonna (D) be a man some-(G) day.



REPEAT INSTRUMENTAL (OVER VERSE ONE AND BRIDGE AFTER VOCALS)


VERSE TWO

(G) Roly Poly, (C) scrambled eggs for (G) breakfast

Bread n' jelly twenty times a (D) day

(G) Roly Poly, (C) eats a hardy (G) dinner

It takes lots of (D) strength to run and (G) play.

BRIDGE

(C) Pulls up weeds and does the chores

And (G) he runs both ways to all the stores

(A) He works up an (A7) appetite that (D) way

(G) Roly Poly, (C) daddy's little (G) fattie

Bet he's gonna (D) be a man some (G) day.


OUTRO: PLAY VERSE INSTRUMENTALLY (NO
BRIDGE)