20 fans Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[C]It was the nicest little
whorehouse you ever saw.
It lay about a mile down this old dirt road,
and if you just happened to stumble on it,
you couldn't help but notice
that the barns were painted,
the fences were up,
and you might think to yourself, why,
folks that live there might just
do to run the river with.
Oh, the little house lay in
green Texas glade
Where the [F]trees were as cool
and [C]as fresh lemonade
[G]Soft summer wind had
a [C]trace [G]of per[Am]fume
And a [D]fan was turning in [G]every room
20 fans re[C]turning, [F]they were [C]turning
20 fans returning in [D]every room
[G]Fevers were bur[C]ning, the[F]y were bur[C]ning
And they [F]had to have [G]a way
to cool [F]down[C]
Since the 1890s,
this had been one of the better pleasure
palaces in all Texas
In fact, they say [F]some of our Lanville
County boys
celebrated here
Before go[C]ing off to fight
with Teddy Roosevelt
at San Juan Hill
[G]It was during the Hoover Depression
that [C]Miss Wuller -Jean come along.
[Am]She put in a set of rules
[D]and made the place sort of special.
She liked her [G]ladies, as she called them,
to treat [C]a customer real nice.
It had nice watermelons all
covered with vines
And a [F]vegetable garden on
[C]a few slender pines
[G]White painted fence with
[C]the roses in [Am]bloom
And a [D]fan was turning in [G]every [C]room
[G]She put a jukebox in the parlor
to sort of help break the ice
A guest could ask a girl to dance
Or [D]if he held back [G]a little,
why, she'd ask him
And pretty soon they'd get
a little business [A]on
Three dollars [D]worth
When the sun would go down
in a wild blaze of light
And the [G]little house lay in the
[D]stillness of night
[A]Fireflies would flicker and [D]float in the gloom
[Bm]While a fan [E]was turning in every[A] room
20 pounds were [D]turning, they were turning
20 pounds were turning in every room
Fevers were all burning, they were burning
And they had to have a
way to cool [G]down[D]
Now I told you, honey, I [G]have to have my 3 first [Bm]Miss
[G]Waller -Jean [D]don't allow noth[G]ing till I pay my rent
Well, [D]it wasn't always
easy to come up with 3,
[G]especially during the hard times
Bawk! Bawk! Bawk! Bawk!
[D]Oh, you just keep the chicken [G]in the bag
and I'll take him out back
soon [D]as you're finished.
So the girls began accept
[G]ing poultry in [Bm]trade.
[D]That's how the place got its name,
the Chicken Ranch.
[G]And if you grew up anywhere in Texas,
you knew at an early age
they were selling something
out there other than pullets.
[D]["I[E]'m 20 fans were tur[A]ning,
[D]they were tur[A]ning
20 fans were turning
in [E]every room
Speakers were [A]all burning,
[D]they wer[A]e burning
And they had to have a [E]way to cool [A]down
20 fans were [C]humming,
[F]they wer[C]e humming
20 fans were humming
in [D]every [G]room
Customers were [C]coming,
[F]they were com[C]ing
And they [G]had to have a way
to cool [C]down[F]
I'm coming, I'm coming
Thank you, thank you, Jesus
Twenty fans [C]were turnin'
[F]They were tur[C]nin'
Twenty fans were turnin'
[D]In every [G]room
We were sort [C]of burnin'
[F]They wer[C]e burnin'
And they [D]had to have a
[G]way to cool [C]down
Twenty fans were [D]hummin'
[G]They were hum[D]min'
Twenty fans were hummin'
In [E]every [A]room
Customers were [D]comin'
[G]They were com[D]in'
And [Em]they had to have a [A]way to cool [G]down
Y 'all come back now, hear?
BYE [D]BYE!