Biography:
Tony Joe White (Oak Grove, Louisiana, July 23, 1943 - October 24, 2018) was an American swamp rock singer-songwriter and guitarist, best known for his 1969 hit "Polk Salad Annie" and for "Rainy Night in Georgia", which he wrote but was first made popular by Brook Benton in 1970. He also wrote "Steamy Windows" and "Undercover Agent for the Blues", both hits for Tina Turner in 1989; those two songs came by way of Turner's producer at the time, Mark Knopfler, who is a friend of White.
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Other songs:
- Aint Going Down This Time
- Always The Song
- As The Crow Flies
- Backside Of Paradise
- Backwoods Preacher Man
- Bayou Woman
- Billy
- Closer To The Truth
- Clovis Green
- Delta Love
- Down By The Border
- Georgia Pines
- Goin Down Rockin
- High Horse
- High Sheriff Of Calhoun Parrish
- I Believe Ive Lost My Way
- I Get Off On It
- I Just Walked Away
- Ice Cream Man
- Lake Placid Blues
- Louisiana Rain
- Polk Salad Annie
- Rainy Night In Georgia
- Red Neck Women
- Robbin My Honeycomb
- Roosevelt And Ira Lee
- Save Your Sugar For Me
- Scratch My Back
- Soul Francisco
- Steamy Windows
- Susie Q
- The Guitar Dont Lie
- Tunica Motel
- Undercover Agent For The Blues
- Who You Ganna Hoodoo Now
- Willie And Laura Mae Jones
- Yo Yo Man
- Youre Gonna Look Good In Blues
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Undercover Agent For The Blues:Tony Joe White.
Album - Closer To The Truth - on REMARK Records
in 1991.
**(Had a request for chords for this one but I lost
their name. If you see this, please e-mail me??)
INTRO: A Em A..E D E Em..E Em E Em
#1.
E
She was my lover..she was workin' undercover..oh, the
Em
woman knew all of the moves.
Em
She really had me romping..we were barefoot stompin'
E Em E
she just kept ignitin' my fuse.
#2.
E Em
I was blinded by the blackness of her long silk stockins'..
E
she was rockin' with an optical illusion.
E
This ain't how I thought it'd be, she just kept on keepin' me
Em E Em
in a state of total confusion.
CHORUS:
D G A E
She took me for a ride..rattled me down to my shoes.
E C B Em
I found out she was an undercover agent for the blues.
#3.
Em E
She never really needed love, omni-directional..I was just an
Em
innocent bystander.
Em E
She kept on getting kinkier..I say hook, line, and sinker, she was
just, just too hot to handle.
CHORUS:
G A E
She took me by storm..it must have been a season for the fools.
C Bm Em
She was so bad..an undercover agent for the blues.
INTERLUDE: Em..A E Em..E C B E
#4.
E A D Em
I was blinded by the blackness of her long silk stockins'..
Em
she was rockin' with an optical illusion.
Em E
This ain't how I thought it'd be, she just kept on keepin' me
Em
in a state of total confusion.
CHORUS:
G A Em
She took me for a ride..rattled me down to my shoes.
C B E
I found out, she was an undercover agent for the blues.
C B E
She was so bad..an undercover agent for the blues.
C Bm Em D Em D Em
Mmmmm..mmmmmmmm..mmmmm..mmmmmmmm...........(Fade.)
A nineties smash from Kraziekhat.
Album - Closer To The Truth - on REMARK Records
in 1991.
**(Had a request for chords for this one but I lost
their name. If you see this, please e-mail me??)
INTRO: A Em A..E D E Em..E Em E Em
#1.
E
She was my lover..she was workin' undercover..oh, the
Em
woman knew all of the moves.
Em
She really had me romping..we were barefoot stompin'
E Em E
she just kept ignitin' my fuse.
#2.
E Em
I was blinded by the blackness of her long silk stockins'..
E
she was rockin' with an optical illusion.
E
This ain't how I thought it'd be, she just kept on keepin' me
Em E Em
in a state of total confusion.
CHORUS:
D G A E
She took me for a ride..rattled me down to my shoes.
E C B Em
I found out she was an undercover agent for the blues.
#3.
Em E
She never really needed love, omni-directional..I was just an
Em
innocent bystander.
Em E
She kept on getting kinkier..I say hook, line, and sinker, she was
just, just too hot to handle.
CHORUS:
G A E
She took me by storm..it must have been a season for the fools.
C Bm Em
She was so bad..an undercover agent for the blues.
INTERLUDE: Em..A E Em..E C B E
#4.
E A D Em
I was blinded by the blackness of her long silk stockins'..
Em
she was rockin' with an optical illusion.
Em E
This ain't how I thought it'd be, she just kept on keepin' me
Em
in a state of total confusion.
CHORUS:
G A Em
She took me for a ride..rattled me down to my shoes.
C B E
I found out, she was an undercover agent for the blues.
C B E
She was so bad..an undercover agent for the blues.
C Bm Em D Em D Em
Mmmmm..mmmmmmmm..mmmmm..mmmmmmmm...........(Fade.)
A nineties smash from Kraziekhat.
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