They're Red Hot Tab par Robert Johnson

This song is also performed by the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

NOTE: C' is a barred C chord (5,4,3,3), or a B moved up one fret.


VERSE 1 
C'       B                         A    A7  D7        G7             C' 
Hot tamales and they're red hot, yes she got 'em for sale 
C'       B                         A    A7  D7                          G7 
Hot tamales and they're red hot, yes she got 'em for sale 
C                              C7 
I got a girls, say she long and tall 
       F                                             Adim 
She sleeps in the kitchen with her feets in the hall 
C'       B                         A    A7  D7        G7             C         A7 
Hot tamales and they're red hot, yes she got 'em for sale, I mean 
D7                G7       C'           
Yes, she got 'em for sale 

VERSE 2 
C'       B                         A    A7  D7        G7             C' 
Hot tamales and they're red hot, yes she got 'em for sale 
C'       B                         A    A7  D7                          G7 
Hot tamales and they're red hot, yes she got 'em for sale 
             C                               C7 
She got two for a nickel, got four for a dime 
F                                                Adim 
Would sell you more, but they ain't none of mine 
C'       B                         A    A7  D7        G7             C         A7 
Hot tamales and they're red hot, yes she got 'em for sale, I mean 
D7                G7       C'           
Yes, she got 'em for sale 

VERSE 3 
C'       B                         A    A7  D7        G7             C' 
Hot tamales and they're red hot, yes she got 'em for sale 
C'       B                         A    A7  D7                          G7 
Hot tamales and they're red hot, yes she got 'em for sale 
C                             C7 
I got a letter from a girl in the room 
F                                                              Adim 
Now she got something good she got to bring home soon, now 
C'       B                         A    A7  D7        G7             C         A7 
Hot tamales and they're red hot, yes she got 'em for sale, I mean 
D7                G7       C'           
Yes, she got 'em for sale 

VERSE 4 
C'       B                         A    A7  D7        G7             C' 
Hot tamales and they're red hot, yes she got 'em for sale 
C'       B                         A    A7  D7                          G7 
Hot tamales and they're red hot, yes she got 'em for sale 
       C                           C7 
The billy got back in a bumble bee nest 
F                                    Adim 
Ever since that he can't take his rest, yeah 
C'       B                         A    A7  D7        G7             C         A7 
Hot tamales and they're red hot, yes she got 'em for sale, I mean 
D7                G7       C'           
Yes, she got 'em for sale 

VERSE 5 
C'       B                         A    A7  D7        G7             C' 
Hot tamales and they're red hot, yes she got 'em for sale 
C'       B                         A    A7  D7                          G7 
Hot tamales and they're red hot, yes she got 'em for sale 
                 C                          C7 
You know grandma left and grandpa too 
                        F                                 Adim 
Well I wonder what in the world we chillun gon do now 
C'       B                         A    A7  D7        G7             C         A7 
Hot tamales and they're red hot, yes she got 'em for sale, I mean 
D7                G7       C'           
Yes, she got 'em for sale 

VERSE 6 
C'       B                         A    A7  D7        G7             C' 
Hot tamales and they're red hot, yes she got 'em for sale 
C'       B                         A    A7  D7                          G7 
Hot tamales and they're red hot, yes she got 'em for sale 
C                                        C7 
Me and my babe bought a V-8 Ford 
              F                                       Adim 
Well we wind that thing all on the runnin board, yes 
C'       B                         A    A7  D7        G7             C         A7 
Hot tamales and they're red hot, yes she got 'em for sale, I mean 
D7                G7       C'           
Yes, she got 'em for sale 

VERSE 7 
C'       B                         A    A7  D7        G7             C' 
Hot tamales and they're red hot, yes she got 'em for sale 
C'       B                         A    A7  D7                          G7 
Hot tamales and they're red hot, yes she got 'em for sale 
                 C                          C7 
 Me and my babe bought a V-8 Ford 
               F                                       Adim 
 Well we wind that thing all on the runnin board, yes 
C'       B                         A    A7  D7        G7             C         A7 
Hot tamales and they're red hot, yes she got 'em for sale, I mean 
D7                G7       C'           
Yes, she got 'em for sale 

VERSE 1