Verse
F#m Bm F#m Bm F#m
People say she used to dance with the fish,
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Some people say she juggled fire in a dish.
Bm F#m Bm F#m
Clear days on the Bayou St John,
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She raised her hands and caused e-lectrical storms.
Bridge 1:
Bm D G7 F#7
She was a treacherous lady; she never meant much harm.
E D
One day she ducked past the station house;
C#7 F#7
She turned on the fire a-larm.
Verse 2:
Bm F#m Bm F#m
Somehow she got tangled up with Queen Julia Jackson,
Bm F#m Bm F#m
Down on Melpomeme and Erato Street.
Bm F#m Bm
Queen Julia Jackson dropped a zozola brick,
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And Jump Sturdy died with her soul, in defeat.
Chorus 2:
Bm D
Jump Sturdy, Jump Sturdy, was her name;
G7 F#7
She came out the swamps like a crazy fool.
E D
Jump Sturdy, Jump Sturdy, was her name;
G7 F#7 Bm
She came out the swamps like a crazy fool.
Bm D
Jump Sturdy, Jump Sturdy, was her name;
G7 F#7
She came out the swamps like a crazy fool.
E D
Jump Sturdy, Jump Sturdy, was her name;
G7 F#7 Bm
She came out the swamps like a crazy fool.
Coda:
Bm D G7 F#7
Jump Sturdy... Jump Sturdy... was her... name.
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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Bm D G7 F#7 E F#m
C#ADGBC# C#ADGBC# C#ADGBC# EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
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