Chords for A Boy Named Sue' 69

_ _ _ _ The next thing we have on our show [F#] tonight_
Spruce.
_ [N] _ _ _
Spruce?
Spruce who?
_ It's me, no?
Thirsty!
[D] Thirsty, your turn in barrel! _ _ _ _
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Thousand pardons there.
_ Good area there.
Lower area magic zone.
Now, let's see. _ _
My name Nakuru.
I am big fan of yours.
Oh, yes?
Also a reverend.
A reverend of my family.
Love you.
You know, we_
We probably_
You are biggest fan all over Japan.
Oh, really?
Yes.
You're from Japan?
Oh, yes.
From the south.
South.
Oh, I thought I_
Did you recognize?
Yes.
Of course, we know_
We see you, you know.
We see you on television.
Television?
I saw a movie.
_ And listen to you on record.
I see.
Yes.
If we had a lost war, we'd be even bigger fan of you. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Inside I have goldfish for you.
Goldfish?
Open your hand.
A little one.
You take.
_ You squash. _
_ _ _ Or bird. _ _
_ You see bird?
I saw bird.
You're in trouble. _ _
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_ _ _ My name is Ojo. _
_ My name is Mud Freaker.
[B] _
My name is Sue.
How do you do? _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ All right.
_ _ Well, my daddy left home when I was three.
[F#] Didn't leave very much to my ma and me.
Just this old guitar and an empty [B] bottle of booze.
_ Now, I don't blame him, cause he's running [C#] head.
But the meanest thing that my daddy ever did,
before he left, he went and named me Sue.
_ Well, he must have thought that it was quite a joke.
But then [E] he got a lot of laughs from lots [F#] of folks.
Seems I had to fight my whole [B] life through.
_ [F#] _
[B] Some gal would giggle and I'd turn red.
[E] And some guy'd laugh and I'd bust his head.
[F#] I'll tell you, life ain't easy for a [B] boy named Sue. _
But I grew up quick and I grew up mean.
[E] My fist got hard, my wits got keen.
[F#] Go home from town to town to hide [B] my shame.
[F#] _
[B] But I made me a vow to the moon and [E] stars.
I'd search the honky-tonks and [F#] bars.
And kill that man that'd give me that [B] awful name.
_ Well, it was Gatlinburg in mid [E]-July.
And I'd just hit town and my throat was [F#] dry.
Thought I'd stop and have [B] myself a brew.
[F#m] _
[B] At an old saloon on a street of [E] mud.
There at a table dealing [F#] stud.
That's the dirty mangy dog that [B] named me Sue. _
Well, I knew that snake was my own sweet [E] dad.
From a worn out picture that my mother'd [F#] had.
I knew that scar on his cheek [B] and his evil eye.
[F#] _
He [B] was big and bent and gray and old.
And [E] I looked at him and my blood [F#] ran cold.
And I said, my name is Sue.
How do you do?
Now you're gonna die.
That's what [B] I told him.
_ _ _ _ _ Well, I hit him hard right between the eyes.
[E] And he went down.
But to my surprise, [F#] come up with a knife.
And cut off a piece of my [C#] ear.
_ [B] Well, I busted a chair right across his teeth.
[E] And we crashed through the walls and into the street.
[F#]
Kicking and a gouging in the mud and the [B] blood and the beer.
_ Well, I tell you, I saw tougher men.
But I really can't remember [F#] when.
He kicked like a mule and he bit like [C#] a crocodile.
_ [F#] I [B] heard him laughing and I heard [E] him cuss.
And he reached for his gun.
But a full mind first.
[F#] He stood there looking at me and I saw [B] him smile.
_ He said, son, this world is rough.
And if a man's gonna [E] make it, he's gotta be tough.
And I knew I [F#] wouldn't be there to help you along.
[B] _ So I give you that name and I said goodbye.
And I [E] knew you'd have to get tough or [F#] die.
And it's that name that helps to make you [C#] strong.
But now [B] you just want one hell of a fight.
[E] And I know you hate me and you got the right.
[F#] To kill me now and I wouldn't blame you if [B] you do.
_ _ But you ought to thank me before I die.
[E] For the gravel in your gut and the spit in your [F#] eye.
And I'm the_ Ooooooh! _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ I can't say it.
_ All right, what could I do?
_ Well, he threw down his knife and I threw down my gun.
[E] I called him a pawn, he called me his [F#] son.
And I come away with a different [B] point of view.
[F#] _ [B] And I think about it every now and [Em] then.
Every time I try it, every time I [F#] win.
If I ever have a boy, I think I'm gonna name him_
Bill George!
I'm part of it!
_ [G#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _