Chords for Austin Lounge Lizards — "Old Blevins" — Armadillo Xmas Bazaar 2008
Tempo:
75.4 bpm
Chords used:
D
A
E
B
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Oh, [D] Lord.
[A]
[E] [D] [A]
We had a little girl, she and I.
[D] She told me just to curl up and die.
[D#] I'd [E] criss-crossed out to drown my sorrows
at a joint called No Tomorrows
[B] where the old man [D] came and he looked [E] me in the eye.
[A] Oh, bless.
[D] [A]
Well, I could see he had some wisdom to impart.
[D] Some stories of what's etched [Bm] and burned and stamped [D] upon his heart.
[D#] And [E] then his eyes began to glimmer
and he could see that I would listen.
[Bm] He sat [D] there at that bar till care [E] was free.
He told what old man said [A] to me.
He [D] said, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, [A] blah, blah.
That is, get this, nigger.
Blah, [D] blah, blah, [B] back in 1963.
[E] He [D] said, blah, blah, blah, blah, [A] blah, blah, blah.
Go up in tail with Eliot Spitzer.
Blah, [E] blah, blah.
[D] What old man said [A] to me.
Remember that?
Well, I sat there and I listened to his words.
[D] And they fluttered around my head like little birds.
[E] Had he gone somewhere else with them?
Or could I just not comprehend?
[B] His lips were writing [D] lines [A] I could [E] not read.
When suddenly it all came [A] clear today.
As he [D] said, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, [A] blah, blah.
Them crazy hippies.
[D] Blah, blah, blah, [B] blah, no effect [E] on me.
He [D] said, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, [A] blah, blah.
If they drop the bomb on this place,
hand me in to the hippies.
[E] Blah, blah, blah.
[D] What old man said [A] to me.
[D]
[A] [D] [B]
[E] Old [A] [D]
[C#m] [A] [D] [E] [Bm]
[A] [D] [A] [B] man, you are still young.
And I see my chance to flee.
[D] Back home she's never known.
I'm [E] not the fool I used to be.
[D] I know that a man and a [A] woman's lives were somehow changed.
[D] By a motion in this teaser.
[Em] Incoherent and deranged.
[D] And the memory's one that even [A] you look in her copy.
I'm afraid [D] that I might become old withers.
[E] Anywhere that they sell beer.
And I'll [D] say, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, [A] blah, blah.
I don't [D] remember.
Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
[B] [Em] Mistakes were made.
I'll [D] say, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, [A] blah, blah.
Yes we can.
[E] Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
[D] Like old lovers [A] do.
Old [E] lovers.
[B] [A] [F#m]
[A] [F] Thank [N]
you.
[A]
[E] [D] [A]
We had a little girl, she and I.
[D] She told me just to curl up and die.
[D#] I'd [E] criss-crossed out to drown my sorrows
at a joint called No Tomorrows
[B] where the old man [D] came and he looked [E] me in the eye.
[A] Oh, bless.
[D] [A]
Well, I could see he had some wisdom to impart.
[D] Some stories of what's etched [Bm] and burned and stamped [D] upon his heart.
[D#] And [E] then his eyes began to glimmer
and he could see that I would listen.
[Bm] He sat [D] there at that bar till care [E] was free.
He told what old man said [A] to me.
He [D] said, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, [A] blah, blah.
That is, get this, nigger.
Blah, [D] blah, blah, [B] back in 1963.
[E] He [D] said, blah, blah, blah, blah, [A] blah, blah, blah.
Go up in tail with Eliot Spitzer.
Blah, [E] blah, blah.
[D] What old man said [A] to me.
Remember that?
Well, I sat there and I listened to his words.
[D] And they fluttered around my head like little birds.
[E] Had he gone somewhere else with them?
Or could I just not comprehend?
[B] His lips were writing [D] lines [A] I could [E] not read.
When suddenly it all came [A] clear today.
As he [D] said, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, [A] blah, blah.
Them crazy hippies.
[D] Blah, blah, blah, [B] blah, no effect [E] on me.
He [D] said, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, [A] blah, blah.
If they drop the bomb on this place,
hand me in to the hippies.
[E] Blah, blah, blah.
[D] What old man said [A] to me.
[D]
[A] [D] [B]
[E] Old [A] [D]
[C#m] [A] [D] [E] [Bm]
[A] [D] [A] [B] man, you are still young.
And I see my chance to flee.
[D] Back home she's never known.
I'm [E] not the fool I used to be.
[D] I know that a man and a [A] woman's lives were somehow changed.
[D] By a motion in this teaser.
[Em] Incoherent and deranged.
[D] And the memory's one that even [A] you look in her copy.
I'm afraid [D] that I might become old withers.
[E] Anywhere that they sell beer.
And I'll [D] say, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, [A] blah, blah.
I don't [D] remember.
Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
[B] [Em] Mistakes were made.
I'll [D] say, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, [A] blah, blah.
Yes we can.
[E] Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
[D] Like old lovers [A] do.
Old [E] lovers.
[B] [A] [F#m]
[A] [F] Thank [N]
you.
Key:
D
A
E
B
Bm
D
A
E
Oh, [D] Lord.
_ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _
_ We had a little girl, she and I.
[D] She told me just to curl up and die.
[D#] I'd [E] criss-crossed out to drown my sorrows
at a joint called No Tomorrows
[B] where the old man [D] came and he looked [E] me in the eye.
_ [A] Oh, bless.
_ [D] _ [A]
Well, _ I could see he had some wisdom to impart.
_ [D] Some stories of what's etched [Bm] and burned and stamped [D] upon his heart.
[D#] And [E] then his eyes began to glimmer
and he could see that I would listen.
[Bm] He sat [D] there at that bar till care [E] was free.
_ He told what old man said [A] to me.
He [D] said, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, [A] blah, blah.
That is, get this, nigger.
Blah, [D] blah, blah, [B] back in 1963.
[E] _ _ He [D] said, blah, blah, blah, blah, [A] blah, blah, blah.
Go up in tail with Eliot Spitzer.
Blah, [E] blah, blah.
[D] What old man said [A] to me.
Remember that?
Well, I sat there and I listened to his words.
_ [D] And they fluttered around my head like little birds.
_ [E] Had he gone somewhere else with them?
Or could I just not comprehend?
[B] His lips were writing [D] lines [A] I could [E] not read.
_ When suddenly it all came [A] clear today.
As he [D] said, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, [A] blah, blah.
Them crazy hippies.
[D] Blah, blah, blah, [B] blah, no effect [E] on me.
He [D] said, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, [A] blah, blah.
If they drop the bomb on this place,
hand me in to the hippies.
[E] Blah, blah, blah.
[D] What old man said [A] to me.
_ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [B] _
_ [E] Old _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _
[C#m] _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ [E] _ _ [Bm] _
_ [A] _ [D] _ [A] _ [B] man, you are still young.
And I see my chance to flee.
[D] Back home she's never known.
I'm [E] not the fool I used to be.
[D] I know that a man and a [A] woman's lives were somehow changed.
[D] By a motion in this teaser.
[Em] Incoherent and deranged.
[D] And the memory's one that even [A] you look in her copy.
I'm afraid [D] that I might become old withers.
[E] Anywhere that they sell beer. _
And I'll [D] say, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, [A] blah, blah.
I don't [D] remember.
Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
[B] [Em] Mistakes were made.
I'll [D] say, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, [A] blah, blah.
Yes we can.
[E] Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
[D] Like old lovers [A] do. _
Old [E] _ _ lovers.
[B] _ [A] _ [F#m] _
_ [A] _ _ [F] Thank _ _ [N] _
_ _ you. _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _
_ We had a little girl, she and I.
[D] She told me just to curl up and die.
[D#] I'd [E] criss-crossed out to drown my sorrows
at a joint called No Tomorrows
[B] where the old man [D] came and he looked [E] me in the eye.
_ [A] Oh, bless.
_ [D] _ [A]
Well, _ I could see he had some wisdom to impart.
_ [D] Some stories of what's etched [Bm] and burned and stamped [D] upon his heart.
[D#] And [E] then his eyes began to glimmer
and he could see that I would listen.
[Bm] He sat [D] there at that bar till care [E] was free.
_ He told what old man said [A] to me.
He [D] said, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, [A] blah, blah.
That is, get this, nigger.
Blah, [D] blah, blah, [B] back in 1963.
[E] _ _ He [D] said, blah, blah, blah, blah, [A] blah, blah, blah.
Go up in tail with Eliot Spitzer.
Blah, [E] blah, blah.
[D] What old man said [A] to me.
Remember that?
Well, I sat there and I listened to his words.
_ [D] And they fluttered around my head like little birds.
_ [E] Had he gone somewhere else with them?
Or could I just not comprehend?
[B] His lips were writing [D] lines [A] I could [E] not read.
_ When suddenly it all came [A] clear today.
As he [D] said, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, [A] blah, blah.
Them crazy hippies.
[D] Blah, blah, blah, [B] blah, no effect [E] on me.
He [D] said, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, [A] blah, blah.
If they drop the bomb on this place,
hand me in to the hippies.
[E] Blah, blah, blah.
[D] What old man said [A] to me.
_ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [B] _
_ [E] Old _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _
[C#m] _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ [E] _ _ [Bm] _
_ [A] _ [D] _ [A] _ [B] man, you are still young.
And I see my chance to flee.
[D] Back home she's never known.
I'm [E] not the fool I used to be.
[D] I know that a man and a [A] woman's lives were somehow changed.
[D] By a motion in this teaser.
[Em] Incoherent and deranged.
[D] And the memory's one that even [A] you look in her copy.
I'm afraid [D] that I might become old withers.
[E] Anywhere that they sell beer. _
And I'll [D] say, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, [A] blah, blah.
I don't [D] remember.
Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
[B] [Em] Mistakes were made.
I'll [D] say, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, [A] blah, blah.
Yes we can.
[E] Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
[D] Like old lovers [A] do. _
Old [E] _ _ lovers.
[B] _ [A] _ [F#m] _
_ [A] _ _ [F] Thank _ _ [N] _
_ _ you. _ _ _ _