What It Was Was Football - Andy Griffith
come up around me And got me to where I couldn'teat nothin up like And I dropped my big orange drink I did Well friends they commenced to move and they wasnt so much I could do except to move with em Well we commenced to go through all kinds of doors and gates And I don'tknow what all and I looked up over one of em And it says north gate and we kept on agointhrough there And pretty soon we come up on a young boy And he says Ticket please And I says Friend I don'thave a ticket I don'teven know where it is that I'magoinI did Well he says Come out as quick as you can And I says Ill do erIll turn around the first chance I get Well we kept on amovinthrough there and pretty soon everyone Got where it was that they was agoin because they parted And I could see pretty good I could And what I seen was this whole raft a people asettinon these Two banks and alookinat one another acrosst this purty little Green cow pasture well they was and somebody had took And drawed white lines all over it and drove posts in it and I don'tknow what all And I looked down there and I seen Five or six convicts arunninup and down and ablowinwhistles They was And then I looked down there and I seen these pretty girls Awearinthese little bitty short dresses and adancinaround An so I set down and thought id see what it was that was Agonnahappen I did And about the time I got set down good I looked down there And I seen thirty or forty men come arunninout of one end Of a great big outhouse down there they did An everybody where I was asettingot up and hollered And about that time thirty or forty come arunninout of the Other end of that outhouse and the other bank full THEY got up and hollered An I asked this feller that was asettinbeside me I says Friend what is it that they'reahollerinfor Well he whopped me on the back and he says Buddy have a drink Well I says I believe I will have another big Orange An I got it and set back down An when I got back down there again I seen that them men Had got in two little bitty bunches down there They voted and elected one man apiece And them two men come out in the middle of that cow pasture And shook hands like they hadnt seen one another in a long time And then a convict come over to where they was astandinan he Took out a quarter and they commenced to oddmanright there They did Well after a while I seen what it was that they was aoddmanninfor It was that both bunchesfullof them men wanted this funnylookinLittle punkin to play with they did and I know friends that they Couldn'taeat it cause they kicked it the whole evenin And it never busted But anyhow what I was atellinwas that both bunchesfullwanted That thang and one bunch got it an it made the other bunch Just as mad as they could be and friends I seen that evenin The awfullest fight that id ever seen in my life I did They would run at one another and kick one another And throw one another down and stomp on one another And grind their feet in one another and I don'tknow what all And just as fast as one would get hurt theyd tote him off And run anothern on Well they done that as long as I set there but pretty soon This boy that had said ticket please he come up to me and He says friend you'regonna have to leave because it is that You don'thave a ticket and I says well alright an I got up An left an I don'tknow friends until this day what it was that they Was adoindown there but I have studied about it and I think its Some kindly of a contest where they see which bunchfullof them Men can take that punkin an run from one end of that cow pasture To the othern without either gettin knocked down Er steppin in somethin Guitar score
What It Was Was Football Artist: Andy Griffith
Capo: 0
Key: A
Difficulty:
Tempo: 194
Time Signature: 4/4
Hot: 99
Creation time: 2023-05-28 What It Was Was Football Guitar Tab, arranged and transcribed by Chordance, complete with staff notation and numbered musical notation. The song was composed by and performed by Andy Griffith. This guitar tab is in the key of A and is a Beginner version, suitable for players at the Beginner level. A must-learn piece for guitar enthusiasts. Strum the guitar, open the piano, and experience the mood conveyed by Andy Griffith at that time~
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