Jump the Broom chords
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By Adrienne Young and Will Kimbrough
"Join two hands, this broom step over,take a sweet kiss from your own true lover”
C
Diamond birthright, Painted Flower
F Am
Seventeen years and six long hours
C Am
Out the window stares a girl
C G1 C
Kentucky wonder head full of curls
C
Thoughts are racin’, restless night
F Am
Damn fools sham bakin’ and iron right*
C Am
She ain’t my mama this ain’t my world
C G C
Too much swine for just one Pearl
[CHORUS]
C F C
Jump the broom, jump the broom
Am G
Fly me away from this dark room
F Am
Can’t go too far can’t leave too soon
C G C
Love take my hand let’s jump the broom
Broken bottle on the floor
Whiskey drippin’ down through the boards
Old man shoutin’ come back and fight
Young man run into the night
Was late last summer down by the creek
Two young lovers fell warm and sweet
Kindred spirits kindred scars
Jordan’s banks didn’t seem so far
[CHORUS]
New moon risin’ dark and still
Pearl’s a droppin’ from her windowsill
Tears burn and gather in brown eyes
Little sister waves goodbye
Now young Corey’s waitin’ down by the gate
Can’t call the preacher, it’s much too late
But that don’t stop his bended knee NO NO
Pretty Pearl girl, marry me!
[CHORUS]
* Can't for the life of me figure out this line. It is left off the liner notes and lyric web page, and e-mails and notes
on the community board have been unanswered. I'd love for someone to correct this.
[Thanks to Jenine Abarbanel for tabs]