Biography:
Cory Branan is a singer/songwriter, born in Southaven, Mississippi. He garnered comparisons to Ryan Adams, Pete Yorn, and Bright Eyes' Conor Oberst with the release of his 2002 debut album The Hell You Say.
By his teens, Branan was playing hard rock and heavy metal, eventually fronting a Black Sabbath cover band. In his early 20s he began to explore the music of John Prine, a move which urged him to pick up a guitar and start writing songs. In 2000, the Memphis chapter of NARAS awarded Branan with the Phillips Award for "Newcomer of the Year.
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Miss Ferguson
By Cory Branan
Capo: 2 Fret
Intro: G D C D (4X)
G D C
In a town where you can sum up every girl with just
D
one sentence
G D C D
Give or take the subject or the verb
G D C D
She shows up like the devil said penance
G D C D
Won't nothin' ever be clear no more
G D C D (2X)
G D C D
She got hired on down at the Last Chance Diner
G D C D
She works all the same shifts as me
G D C D
I've never been one for too much conversation
G D C D
But now I choose my words so carefully
G D C
'Cause the angle of her cheek is the math of
D
persuasion
G D C
First time you saw the ocean, she's got tucked
D
behind her knee
G D C
She is swallowing lightning and she is spittin'
D
thunder
G D C D
Waftin' California, reekin' Tennessee
G D C D
She is waftin' California and reekin' Tennessee
Pre Chorus:
C
Now I wanna tell her how I feel
D
But each time that I start
G D
My tongue wraps like a tether ball
C D
Six times around my heart and I say
Chorus:
G D C D
Hey, hey, hey, Miss Ferguson
G D C D
It's Cory from work callin' to say
G D C D
Hey, hey, hey, Miss Ferguson
G D C
I was wonderin' what you was doing, a little later
D
on today
G D C
Just wonderin' what you was doing, a little later on
D
today
G D C D (2X)
G D C
Now I'm curious to see just where them eight pounds
D
will end up
G D C D
I wanna be around to watch the southern kick in
G D C D
Ain't got no purple heart, no blue ribbon
G D C
Blow out them candles now I'll show you where I've
D
been
G D C
Now she comes around at midnight like a Sunday
D
afternoon
G D C
With a purpose and a manner like a needle and a
D
spoon
G D C
A bad thing waitin' 'round to happen like a lake of
D
gasoline
G D C
The way that woman does me is like nothing, I've
D
ever seen
Pre Chorus:
C
Now I wanna tell her how I feel
D
But each time that I start
G D
My tongue wraps like a tether ball
C D
Six times around my heart and I say
Chorus:
G D C D
Hey, hey, hey, Miss Ferguson
G D C D
It's Cory from work callin' to say
G D C D
Hey, hey, hey, Miss Ferguson
G D C
I was wonderin' what you was doing, a little later
D
on today
G D C
Just wonderin' what you was doing, a little later on
D
today
G D C D (4X)
G D C
Don't think I'll ever wake up on the wrong side of
D
her bed
G D C D
She brings the sun, she brings the shine
G D C
These days every time I try and start to sing some
D
sad song
G D C
I open up my mouth and the only words that I can
D
find is just
G D C D G D C D
Sha-la-la-la, sha-la-la-la-la-la-la
G D C D G D C D
Sha-la-la-la, sha-la-la-la-la-la-la
Chorus:
G D C D
Hey, hey, hey, Miss Ferguson
G D C D
It's Cory from work callin' to say
G D C D
Hey, hey, hey, Miss Ferguson
G D C
I was wonderin' what you was doing, a little later
D
on today
G D C
Just wonderin' what you was doing, a little later on
D
today
G D C D
I ain't even thinkin' about the rest of our day
G D C
I was wonderin' what you was doing, a little later
D
on today
G D C D G
I said hey, hey, Miss Ferguson, it's me
By Cory Branan
Capo: 2 Fret
Intro: G D C D (4X)
G D C
In a town where you can sum up every girl with just
D
one sentence
G D C D
Give or take the subject or the verb
G D C D
She shows up like the devil said penance
G D C D
Won't nothin' ever be clear no more
G D C D (2X)
G D C D
She got hired on down at the Last Chance Diner
G D C D
She works all the same shifts as me
G D C D
I've never been one for too much conversation
G D C D
But now I choose my words so carefully
G D C
'Cause the angle of her cheek is the math of
D
persuasion
G D C
First time you saw the ocean, she's got tucked
D
behind her knee
G D C
She is swallowing lightning and she is spittin'
D
thunder
G D C D
Waftin' California, reekin' Tennessee
G D C D
She is waftin' California and reekin' Tennessee
Pre Chorus:
C
Now I wanna tell her how I feel
D
But each time that I start
G D
My tongue wraps like a tether ball
C D
Six times around my heart and I say
Chorus:
G D C D
Hey, hey, hey, Miss Ferguson
G D C D
It's Cory from work callin' to say
G D C D
Hey, hey, hey, Miss Ferguson
G D C
I was wonderin' what you was doing, a little later
D
on today
G D C
Just wonderin' what you was doing, a little later on
D
today
G D C D (2X)
G D C
Now I'm curious to see just where them eight pounds
D
will end up
G D C D
I wanna be around to watch the southern kick in
G D C D
Ain't got no purple heart, no blue ribbon
G D C
Blow out them candles now I'll show you where I've
D
been
G D C
Now she comes around at midnight like a Sunday
D
afternoon
G D C
With a purpose and a manner like a needle and a
D
spoon
G D C
A bad thing waitin' 'round to happen like a lake of
D
gasoline
G D C
The way that woman does me is like nothing, I've
D
ever seen
Pre Chorus:
C
Now I wanna tell her how I feel
D
But each time that I start
G D
My tongue wraps like a tether ball
C D
Six times around my heart and I say
Chorus:
G D C D
Hey, hey, hey, Miss Ferguson
G D C D
It's Cory from work callin' to say
G D C D
Hey, hey, hey, Miss Ferguson
G D C
I was wonderin' what you was doing, a little later
D
on today
G D C
Just wonderin' what you was doing, a little later on
D
today
G D C D (4X)
G D C
Don't think I'll ever wake up on the wrong side of
D
her bed
G D C D
She brings the sun, she brings the shine
G D C
These days every time I try and start to sing some
D
sad song
G D C
I open up my mouth and the only words that I can
D
find is just
G D C D G D C D
Sha-la-la-la, sha-la-la-la-la-la-la
G D C D G D C D
Sha-la-la-la, sha-la-la-la-la-la-la
Chorus:
G D C D
Hey, hey, hey, Miss Ferguson
G D C D
It's Cory from work callin' to say
G D C D
Hey, hey, hey, Miss Ferguson
G D C
I was wonderin' what you was doing, a little later
D
on today
G D C
Just wonderin' what you was doing, a little later on
D
today
G D C D
I ain't even thinkin' about the rest of our day
G D C
I was wonderin' what you was doing, a little later
D
on today
G D C D G
I said hey, hey, Miss Ferguson, it's me
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