Chords for Barefoot Jerry Woes of the Road
Tempo:
84.65 bpm
Chords used:
E
A
B
Abm
Gbm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[E] [E] [A] [Abm]
[E] The record company said if we'd be good and practice every [D] day,
[A] [B] you could get us a gig in a coffeehouse circuit where the up-and-coming [E] songwriters play.
There'll be one man up for a one-man band who impersonates a [A] tree.
[B] But the press'll be there, so what the hell do we care if you're gonna be working [E] for free?
Well, we all piled into a 1955 Packard with Torsh [A] and Hare,
[B] looking like a Fender showroom window full of paraphernalia [E] and hair.
We rolled into a self-service station for a Moon Pie and a [A] Coke.
[E] Bill [B] would cost us ninety cents a gallon and the Coke machine was [E] broke.
Three big nights later we pulled into L.A., ready to knock them [A] all dead.
[B] Started us a bar tab for the band just like the club owner [E] said.
When eight o'clock rolled around, we found ourselves playing for a measly [A] few.
[B] Big Band Freak from the Times came by to get drunk and throw up on [E] his shoes.
And there were three old boys from the Narco Squad who came by [Bm] to watch the pretty girls [A] dance.
[B] They had laptop hair and long underwear sticking out below their high [E]-water pants.
And Elfman DJ overheard us say that we ought to play some Fanny [A] O's Rock.
[B] But when we played the blues, he took off his shoes and we left the little present [Gbm] in his sock.
[Abm]
[Gb] [E]
[A] [B]
[E]
[A] [B]
[E] [Gbm] [Abm]
[E] When we got through with our songs that night, the barmaid [A] gave us a hand.
[B] And it was a bill for the drinks of all the press who were [E] guests of the band.
We had to hock our best little twin after paying for [A] the damage we'd done.
[B] She redecorated that place inside with a [E] chainsaw and a gun.
The crowd did this to save our noon.
The next day we were heading back to [A] Tennessee.
[B] Where the air is fantastic and they don't grow plastic hippies [Ebm] on a [E] tinsel tree.
Where they take off their shoes and understand the blues, cause that's where it all [A] began.
To [B] the C-U-D-B and you and me and the South [E] Agona Good or Kim.
[N] [E]
[E] The record company said if we'd be good and practice every [D] day,
[A] [B] you could get us a gig in a coffeehouse circuit where the up-and-coming [E] songwriters play.
There'll be one man up for a one-man band who impersonates a [A] tree.
[B] But the press'll be there, so what the hell do we care if you're gonna be working [E] for free?
Well, we all piled into a 1955 Packard with Torsh [A] and Hare,
[B] looking like a Fender showroom window full of paraphernalia [E] and hair.
We rolled into a self-service station for a Moon Pie and a [A] Coke.
[E] Bill [B] would cost us ninety cents a gallon and the Coke machine was [E] broke.
Three big nights later we pulled into L.A., ready to knock them [A] all dead.
[B] Started us a bar tab for the band just like the club owner [E] said.
When eight o'clock rolled around, we found ourselves playing for a measly [A] few.
[B] Big Band Freak from the Times came by to get drunk and throw up on [E] his shoes.
And there were three old boys from the Narco Squad who came by [Bm] to watch the pretty girls [A] dance.
[B] They had laptop hair and long underwear sticking out below their high [E]-water pants.
And Elfman DJ overheard us say that we ought to play some Fanny [A] O's Rock.
[B] But when we played the blues, he took off his shoes and we left the little present [Gbm] in his sock.
[Abm]
[Gb] [E]
[A] [B]
[E]
[A] [B]
[E] [Gbm] [Abm]
[E] When we got through with our songs that night, the barmaid [A] gave us a hand.
[B] And it was a bill for the drinks of all the press who were [E] guests of the band.
We had to hock our best little twin after paying for [A] the damage we'd done.
[B] She redecorated that place inside with a [E] chainsaw and a gun.
The crowd did this to save our noon.
The next day we were heading back to [A] Tennessee.
[B] Where the air is fantastic and they don't grow plastic hippies [Ebm] on a [E] tinsel tree.
Where they take off their shoes and understand the blues, cause that's where it all [A] began.
To [B] the C-U-D-B and you and me and the South [E] Agona Good or Kim.
[N] [E]
Key:
E
A
B
Abm
Gbm
E
A
B
[E] _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _ [Abm] _
_ [E] The record company said if we'd be good and practice every [D] day,
[A] [B] you could get us a gig in a coffeehouse circuit where the up-and-coming [E] songwriters play. _
_ There'll be one man up for a one-man band who impersonates a [A] tree.
[B] But the press'll be there, so what the hell do we care if you're gonna be working [E] for free? _
_ Well, we all piled into a 1955 Packard with Torsh [A] and Hare,
[B] looking like a Fender showroom window full of paraphernalia [E] and hair. _
_ We rolled into a self-service station for a Moon Pie and a [A] Coke.
[E] Bill [B] would cost us ninety cents a gallon and the Coke machine was [E] broke. _
_ Three big nights later we pulled into L.A., ready to knock them [A] all dead.
[B] Started us a bar tab for the band just like the club owner [E] said. _
_ When eight o'clock rolled around, we found ourselves playing for a measly [A] few.
[B] Big Band Freak from the Times came by to get drunk and throw up on [E] his shoes. _
And there were three old boys from the Narco Squad who came by [Bm] to watch the pretty girls [A] dance.
[B] They had laptop hair and long underwear sticking out below their high [E]-water pants.
And Elfman DJ overheard us say that we ought to play some Fanny [A] O's Rock.
[B] But when we played the blues, he took off his shoes and we left the little present [Gbm] in his sock.
[Abm] _
[Gb] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ [Gbm] _ [Abm] _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] When we got through with our songs that night, the barmaid [A] gave us a hand.
[B] And it was a bill for the drinks of all the press who were [E] guests of the band.
_ We had to hock our best little twin after paying for [A] the damage we'd done.
[B] She redecorated that place inside with a [E] chainsaw and a gun.
_ The crowd did this to save our noon.
The next day we were heading back to [A] Tennessee.
[B] Where the air is fantastic and they don't grow plastic hippies [Ebm] on a [E] tinsel tree.
_ _ Where they take off their shoes and understand the blues, cause that's where it all [A] began.
To [B] the C-U-D-B and you and me and the South [E] Agona Good or Kim.
_ _ _ [N] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] The record company said if we'd be good and practice every [D] day,
[A] [B] you could get us a gig in a coffeehouse circuit where the up-and-coming [E] songwriters play. _
_ There'll be one man up for a one-man band who impersonates a [A] tree.
[B] But the press'll be there, so what the hell do we care if you're gonna be working [E] for free? _
_ Well, we all piled into a 1955 Packard with Torsh [A] and Hare,
[B] looking like a Fender showroom window full of paraphernalia [E] and hair. _
_ We rolled into a self-service station for a Moon Pie and a [A] Coke.
[E] Bill [B] would cost us ninety cents a gallon and the Coke machine was [E] broke. _
_ Three big nights later we pulled into L.A., ready to knock them [A] all dead.
[B] Started us a bar tab for the band just like the club owner [E] said. _
_ When eight o'clock rolled around, we found ourselves playing for a measly [A] few.
[B] Big Band Freak from the Times came by to get drunk and throw up on [E] his shoes. _
And there were three old boys from the Narco Squad who came by [Bm] to watch the pretty girls [A] dance.
[B] They had laptop hair and long underwear sticking out below their high [E]-water pants.
And Elfman DJ overheard us say that we ought to play some Fanny [A] O's Rock.
[B] But when we played the blues, he took off his shoes and we left the little present [Gbm] in his sock.
[Abm] _
[Gb] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
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[A] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ [Gbm] _ [Abm] _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] When we got through with our songs that night, the barmaid [A] gave us a hand.
[B] And it was a bill for the drinks of all the press who were [E] guests of the band.
_ We had to hock our best little twin after paying for [A] the damage we'd done.
[B] She redecorated that place inside with a [E] chainsaw and a gun.
_ The crowd did this to save our noon.
The next day we were heading back to [A] Tennessee.
[B] Where the air is fantastic and they don't grow plastic hippies [Ebm] on a [E] tinsel tree.
_ _ Where they take off their shoes and understand the blues, cause that's where it all [A] began.
To [B] the C-U-D-B and you and me and the South [E] Agona Good or Kim.
_ _ _ [N] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
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