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Sioux City Sue

Moe Bandy

Written by Ray Freedman and Dick Thomas

Key of G · Chords: I II IV V VI VII

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Verse 1

C              D7
Sioux City Sue Sioux City Sue
     G7
Your hair is red your eyes are blue
    C       F         C       G7
I'd swap my horse and dog for you
   C              D7
Oh Sioux City Sue Sioux City Sue
      G7
There ain't no gal as true
                       C
As my sweet Sioux City Sue

Verse 2

          E7      A7               D7
I drove a herd of cattle down from old Nebraska way
       G7                                   C
That's how I come to be in the state of I-o-way
                                  D7
I met a little gal in I-o-way her eyes were big and blue
  G7                                              C
I asked her what her name was she said Sioux City Sue

Verse 1

C              D7
Sioux City Sue Sioux City Sue
     G7
Your hair is red your eyes are blue
    C       F         C       G7
I'd swap my horse and dog for you
   C              D7
Oh Sioux City Sue Sioux City Sue
      G7
There ain't no gal as true
                       C
As my sweet Sioux City Sue

Verse 3

            E7     A7             D7
I asked her if she had a beau she said yes quite a few
    G7                                           C
But still I started courting my sweet Sioux City Sue
                                         D7
And the first time that I stole a kiss I caught her stealing two
    G7                                        C
I'm gonna put my brand on my sweet Sioux City Sue

Verse 1

C              D7
Sioux City Sue Sioux City Sue
     G7
Your hair is red your eyes are blue
    C       F         C       G7
I'd swap my horse and dog for you
   C              D7
Oh Sioux City Sue Sioux City Sue
      G7
There ain't no gal as true
                       C
As my sweet Sioux City Sue

Verse 4

      G7                                          C
There ain't no gal as true as my sweet Sioux City Sue