Intro
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Spoken, but around the b3 and the 1
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Wanna tell you a story |
About the house rent blues
I come home one Friday
Had to tell the landlady I done lost my job
She said that don't befront me
Long as I get my money next Friday
Now next Friday come I didn't get the rent
Hard stop before this line
And out the door I went
Fancy riff, and the band comes back in, still spoken, vox around the b7 now
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So I goes to the landlady |
I said, you let me slide?
I'll have the rent for you tomorrow or the next day I don't know
So said let me slide it on you know people
I notice when I come home in the evenin'
She ain't got nothing nice to say to me
But for five year she was so nice
Lord, she was lovey-dovey
I come home one particular evenin'
The landlady said, you got the rent money yet?
I said, no, can't find no job
Therefore I ain't got no money to pay the rent
She said I don't believe you're tryin' to find no job
Said I seen you today you was standin' on a corner
Leaning up against a post
I said but I'm tired, I been walkin' all day
She said that don't befront me
Long as I get my money next Friday
Now next Friday come I didn't have the rent
Hard stop again, same deal
And out the door I went
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So I go down the streets |
Down to my good friend’s house
I said Look man, I'm outdoors, you know
Can I stay wicha maybe a couple days?
He said uh, let me go and ask my wife
He come out of the house, I could see in his face
I knowed it was "no"
He said I don't know man, ah she kinda funny, an' all
I said I know, everybody funny, now you funny, too
So I go back home, I tell the landlady I got a job, I'm gonna pay the rent
She said yeah, I said aw yeah
And then she was so nice
Lord, she was lovey-dovey
So I go in my room, pack up my things and I go
I slip on out the back door and down the streets I go
She a-hollerin' about the front rent, she be lucky to get any back rent
She ain't gonna get none of it
So I stop in the local bar, you know, people
I go to the bar, I hang my coat, I call the bartender
I said look man, come down here, he got down there
Said, whatchoo want?
Vox on the b3 on “bourbon”
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One bo | urbon, one s | cotch, one b | eer |
Now sung, more or less, around the b3
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Well I a | in’t seen my baby since I don’t know when |
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I been d | rinking bourbon whiskey, scotch and gin |
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Gonna get high man, I’m gonna get loose |
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Need me a triple shot o’ that juice |
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Gonna get drunk, don’t you have no fear |
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I w | ant one bourbon, one scotch, and one beer |
Vox on the b3 on “bourbon”
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One bo | urbon, one s | cotch, one b | eer |
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But I’m sittin’ there, at the bar |
I’m gettin’ drunk, I’m feelin’ mellow
I'm drinkin' bourbon, I'm drinkin' scotch, I'm drinkin' beer
Looked down the bar, here come the bartender
I said look man, come down here, he got down there
Said, whatchoo want?
Vox on the b3 on “bourbon”
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One bo | urbon, one s | cotch, one b | eer |
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No, I a | in’t seen my baby since the night before last |
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Gotta get a drink man, I’m gonna get gassed |
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Gonna get high man, I ain’t had enough |
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Need me a triple shot of that stuff |
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Gonna get drunk, won’tcha listen right here |
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I w | ant one bourbon, one shot ‘n one beer |
Vox on the b3 on “bourbon”
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One bo | urbon, one s | cotch, one b | eer, well all right |
Solo
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Spoken again
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Now by this time I’m plenty high |
You know when your mouth a-getting dry, you’re plenty high
Looked down the bar, I see'da my bartender
I said look man, come down here, he got down there
He said whatchoo want this time?
I said look man, a-what time is it?
He said the clock on the wall say three o'clock
Last call for alcohol, so what you need?
Vox on the b3 on “bourbon”
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One bo | urbon, one s | cotch, one b | eer, well all right |
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Lord, I a | in’t seen my baby since a-nigh on a week |
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Gotta get drunk man, so I can’t even speak |
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Gonna get high man, listen to me |
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One drink ain’t enough Jack, you better make it three |
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Gonna get drunk, I’m gonna make it real clear |
Hard stop on “want”
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I | want one bourbon, one scotch ‘n’ one beer |
Vox on the b3 on “bourbon”
E | B | E | B | |
One bo | urbon, one s | cotch, one b | eer, well all right |
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