Karen Marie (Hull / Craggs)   from: Buried Treasures Vol. 1
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Vocal only:
Karen Marie, Karen Marie, fighting like a pole-cat to keep her family.
she cries in the night, daddy's got a gun,
take your little girl and run, run, run.

Instrumental:  Sax-part:  G, D, Bm, A  -  G, D,  A
                          G, A, D,  G  -  G, Bm, A, G

1.)
Well Karen Marie she said "Pray for me.
      D	     Bm		    A       D
I'm living my life on a stormy sea.
     D		Bm	 A	D
I got nowhere to run, nowhere to hide.
       D          Bm	A	  D
He's under my skin and I'm terrified.
      Em		    A

Baby's going five, she's a beautiful child
 D			    A        D
But her daddy's so mean it's driving me wild.
	 D		      A          D
No Judge and Jury's going to sentence me
     D			      A	      D
Going to fight like a pole-cat to keep my family."
	  G		D	    A	    Bm	     A


Chorus:
Karen Marie, Karen Marie, Fighting like a pole-cat to keep her family.
 D	      G      D	   G		   D		A
She cries in the night, daddy's got a gun,
     G	   	  D	 G		D
Take your little girl and run, run, run.
  G		  D	   G    A    D


Sax-part:  G, D, Bm, A  -  G, D,  A
           G, A, D,  G  

Whoooaa, Take your little girl and run, run, run.
	   G               Bm	    G    A    D


2.)
"Well I been to see a man about my case 
         D			    G
Five Hundred dollars just to look in his face
 D			      G
And I'm telling you boys as we ride this train
  	 D			G
Five Hundred dollars didn't ease the pain.
 Em			     A
Cos' he said to me I might loose this case
     D			    G
I mean, how could he say that with a smile on his face?
	 D			      G
Ain't he got children, can't he see
 D			 G
You got to fight like a pole-cat to keep your family."
	    G		 D	     A		Bm	A


Chorus:
Karen Marie, Karen Marie, Fighting like a pole-cat to keep her family.
 D	      G      D	   G		   D		A
She cries in the night, daddy's got a gun,
     G	   	  D	 G		D
Take your little girl and run, run, run.
  G		  D	   G    A    D


Sax-part:  G, D, Bm, A  -  G, D,  A
           G, A, D,  G  

Whoooaa, Take your little girl and run, run, run.
	   G               Bm	    G    A    D


3.)
"Well I come from New York, we say 'Yo! Shine On'
	 D			    G
A hundred years of living and I'm going to hold on
   D				   G
Got a good man now and he's right here by my side
	D			    G
Gonna push this case, gonna turn the tide"
       Em		     A
The train pulled in, it was late at night
     D			     G
Two close-knit figures in the station light
     D			        G
One was a little baby, one was a man
     D			    G
She turned to me and said "Yo! Shine On"
     D			   G
I turned by the hell shit, baby we will
     D			    G
One of these days your gonna be free."
 G	      D	        A	 Bm	A


Chorus:
Karen Marie, Karen Marie, Fighting like a pole-cat to keep her family.
 D	      G      D	   G		   D		A
She cries in the night, daddy's got a gun,
     G	   	  D	 G		D
Take your little girl and run, run, run.
  G		  D	   G    A    D

Chorus:
Karen Marie, Karen Marie, Fighting like a pole-cat to keep her family.
 D	      G      D	   G		   D		A
She cries in the night, daddy's got a gun,
     G	   	  D	 G		D
Take your little girl and run, run, run.
  G		  D	   G    A    D



Sax-part:  G, D, Bm, A  -  G, D,  A
           G, A, D,  G 

Whoooaa, Take your little girl and run, run, run.
	   G               Bm	    G    A    D


Sax-part:  G, D, Bm, A  -  G, D,  A
           G, A, D,  G 

Whoooaa, Take your little girl and run, run, run.
	   G               Bm	    G    A    D

Whoooaa, Take your little girl and run, run, run.
 	   G		   D	    G    A    D
Yeah,    Take your little girl and run, run, run.
           G		   D	    G    A    D