Chords for Kinky Friedman on Eric Clapton - Ol' Ben Lucas (Lido Berlin)
Tempo:
150 bpm
Chords used:
E
B
C
Db
Eb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[N] [Cm] [F] Well, we we had a month off in Los [C] Angeles and I was at this bar called [Am] the Troubadour.
How many people here, anyone here ever been to the [Bb] Troubadour?
[Db] This is a very [C] cosmopolitan group.
The Troubadour is a music bar [A] and [Cm] that night I think I was drinking
[Db] Diet Hemlock
[Am] And a [C] guy comes in the door and he's got [Am] this
[Ebm] straw riverboat gambler [Eb] type cowboy hat and he's got [C] this
little [Eb] red facial hair [B] and [Cm] little red peepers.
[C] Which has never been funny.
[F]
I [Eb] figured this is one of these Texas singer songwriters, but I wasn't sure which one.
I didn't know if it was Ray Wiley [C] Hubbard or
the light, [Eb] great Rusty Weir
or maybe, [Ab] uh, I knew it wasn't Jerry [C] Jeff Walker because he's the second biggest asshole.
Well, he's on the first.
[Cm]
But the guy comes right up to me and he seems to know me [C] well.
He says, Kingster, let me buy you a round.
So he sits down and he buys [B] me a round.
And I'm kind of fishing for which Texas [Bb] singer songwriter he is, you know.
[Db]
Could have been the late Steve [C] Frumholtz.
Could have been one [Eb] of about twelve people.
[Ab] And, [E] um, so the guy keeps buying rounds, you know, I keep searching for clues and I can't, he's not giving me any, but [Eb] he's very friendly, intimate, like [E] he knows me.
[Db] Finally he says, Kingster, come with [F] me.
So we go into the men's room and he lays out [B] a big [C] line of Peruvian [Ab] marching powder.
[C] It's in [B] 1976 I guess, [Ab] you know.
So we snorted that.
We come [Db] back to the bar.
And now we're talking and drinking and we've kind of [E] passed the point where I can safely [B] ask him who he is.
[Ab]
[E]
[Db] And so, uh, [Ab]
finally [E] my conscience got the best [Bb] of me because [B] I wanted the truth.
[Db] Even if [C] it hurt his feelings a little bit, you know.
[Db]
[D] So at some point I turn to the guy and I says, look, pal,
[E] I hate to do this, [Cm]
but what is your name?
[Ab] And he says, [E] Eric Clever.
[Db]
[Bb]
[Ebm] How I [Ab] miss the accent [F] is a real bugger.
[C] [F] But that's exactly how I met Eric [B] the first time I ever [Db] met him.
And two weeks [Eb] later he agreed [D] to [Eb] play Sly [B] Dobro on this particular song.
[Db] [B] [D] So, uh, let's [Eb] see, if you know [C] this little bugger, [Bb] help me out [E] with it.
Now this [B] song has not been a financial [Bb] pleasure for the Kingsford because it's almost never played on the [Eb] radio.
But everybody seems to know it because their [C] parents taught it to them when they were little.
[E]
[Bb] And they played it all night.
[E]
[B] Old Ben [E] Lucas had a lot of mucus coming [B] right out [E] of his [B] nose.
He'd pick and pick till he made you sick but back again [E] he grows.
This was 11 years old when I wrote the damn thing.
[B] When it's comping picking time in Texas, boy [A] is it's bugger picking time [E] for men.
He'd [A] raise that finger, [E] mean and hostile, [A] sticking in that waiting nostril.
[B] Here he comes with a green one once [E] again.
All right, everybody.
Old Ben Lucas had a lot of mucus [B] coming right out of his nose.
He'd pick and pick till he made you sick but back again he grows.
Once more.
Old Ben Lucas [E] had a lot of mucus coming right [B] out of his nose.
He'd pick and pick till he made you sick but back [Bm] again he grows.
One more time.
[B] Old Ben Lucas [E] had a lot of mucus [B] coming right out of his nose.
He'd pick till he made you sick but back again he [Bm] grows.
Once more.
[Eb] Old Ben Lucas [E]
had a lot of [B] mucus coming right out of his nose.
He'd pick and pick till he made you sick but back [A] again he [E] grows.
[Am]
[E] [D] [E]
How many people here, anyone here ever been to the [Bb] Troubadour?
[Db] This is a very [C] cosmopolitan group.
The Troubadour is a music bar [A] and [Cm] that night I think I was drinking
[Db] Diet Hemlock
[Am] And a [C] guy comes in the door and he's got [Am] this
[Ebm] straw riverboat gambler [Eb] type cowboy hat and he's got [C] this
little [Eb] red facial hair [B] and [Cm] little red peepers.
[C] Which has never been funny.
[F]
I [Eb] figured this is one of these Texas singer songwriters, but I wasn't sure which one.
I didn't know if it was Ray Wiley [C] Hubbard or
the light, [Eb] great Rusty Weir
or maybe, [Ab] uh, I knew it wasn't Jerry [C] Jeff Walker because he's the second biggest asshole.
Well, he's on the first.
[Cm]
But the guy comes right up to me and he seems to know me [C] well.
He says, Kingster, let me buy you a round.
So he sits down and he buys [B] me a round.
And I'm kind of fishing for which Texas [Bb] singer songwriter he is, you know.
[Db]
Could have been the late Steve [C] Frumholtz.
Could have been one [Eb] of about twelve people.
[Ab] And, [E] um, so the guy keeps buying rounds, you know, I keep searching for clues and I can't, he's not giving me any, but [Eb] he's very friendly, intimate, like [E] he knows me.
[Db] Finally he says, Kingster, come with [F] me.
So we go into the men's room and he lays out [B] a big [C] line of Peruvian [Ab] marching powder.
[C] It's in [B] 1976 I guess, [Ab] you know.
So we snorted that.
We come [Db] back to the bar.
And now we're talking and drinking and we've kind of [E] passed the point where I can safely [B] ask him who he is.
[Ab]
[E]
[Db] And so, uh, [Ab]
finally [E] my conscience got the best [Bb] of me because [B] I wanted the truth.
[Db] Even if [C] it hurt his feelings a little bit, you know.
[Db]
[D] So at some point I turn to the guy and I says, look, pal,
[E] I hate to do this, [Cm]
but what is your name?
[Ab] And he says, [E] Eric Clever.
[Db]
[Bb]
[Ebm] How I [Ab] miss the accent [F] is a real bugger.
[C] [F] But that's exactly how I met Eric [B] the first time I ever [Db] met him.
And two weeks [Eb] later he agreed [D] to [Eb] play Sly [B] Dobro on this particular song.
[Db] [B] [D] So, uh, let's [Eb] see, if you know [C] this little bugger, [Bb] help me out [E] with it.
Now this [B] song has not been a financial [Bb] pleasure for the Kingsford because it's almost never played on the [Eb] radio.
But everybody seems to know it because their [C] parents taught it to them when they were little.
[E]
[Bb] And they played it all night.
[E]
[B] Old Ben [E] Lucas had a lot of mucus coming [B] right out [E] of his [B] nose.
He'd pick and pick till he made you sick but back again [E] he grows.
This was 11 years old when I wrote the damn thing.
[B] When it's comping picking time in Texas, boy [A] is it's bugger picking time [E] for men.
He'd [A] raise that finger, [E] mean and hostile, [A] sticking in that waiting nostril.
[B] Here he comes with a green one once [E] again.
All right, everybody.
Old Ben Lucas had a lot of mucus [B] coming right out of his nose.
He'd pick and pick till he made you sick but back again he grows.
Once more.
Old Ben Lucas [E] had a lot of mucus coming right [B] out of his nose.
He'd pick and pick till he made you sick but back [Bm] again he grows.
One more time.
[B] Old Ben Lucas [E] had a lot of mucus [B] coming right out of his nose.
He'd pick till he made you sick but back again he [Bm] grows.
Once more.
[Eb] Old Ben Lucas [E]
had a lot of [B] mucus coming right out of his nose.
He'd pick and pick till he made you sick but back [A] again he [E] grows.
[Am]
[E] [D] [E]
Key:
E
B
C
Db
Eb
E
B
C
[N] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [F] Well, we we had a month off in Los [C] Angeles and I was at this bar called [Am] the Troubadour.
How many people here, anyone here ever been to the [Bb] Troubadour? _ _
[Db] This is a very [C] cosmopolitan group. _
_ The Troubadour is a music bar [A] and [Cm] that night I think I was drinking
_ [Db] _ Diet Hemlock
[Am] _ _ And a [C] guy comes in the door and he's got [Am] this
_ [Ebm] _ straw riverboat gambler [Eb] type cowboy hat and he's got [C] this
_ _ little [Eb] red _ facial hair [B] _ and [Cm] little red peepers. _
_ [C] _ _ _ Which has never been funny.
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
I [Eb] figured this is one of these Texas singer songwriters, but I wasn't sure which one.
I didn't know if it was Ray Wiley [C] Hubbard or
_ the light, [Eb] great Rusty Weir
or maybe, [Ab] uh, I knew it wasn't Jerry [C] Jeff Walker because he's the second biggest asshole. _ _ _ _ _
Well, he's on the first.
_ _ _ [Cm] _
But the guy comes right up to me and he seems to know me [C] well.
He says, Kingster, let me buy you a round.
_ _ So he sits down and he buys [B] me a round.
And I'm kind of fishing for which Texas [Bb] singer songwriter he is, you know.
[Db] _ _
_ Could have been _ the late Steve [C] Frumholtz.
_ _ Could have been one [Eb] of about twelve people.
[Ab] And, [E] um, _ _ so the guy keeps buying rounds, you know, I keep searching for clues and I can't, he's not giving me any, but [Eb] he's very friendly, intimate, like [E] he knows me.
_ [Db] _ Finally he says, Kingster, come with [F] me.
So we go into the men's room and he lays out [B] a big [C] line of Peruvian [Ab] marching powder. _
_ [C] It's in [B] 1976 I guess, [Ab] you know.
So we snorted that.
We come [Db] back to the bar.
And now we're talking and drinking and we've kind of [E] passed the point where I can safely [B] ask him who he is.
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Db] _ And so, uh, [Ab] _
_ finally [E] my conscience got the best [Bb] of me because [B] I wanted the truth.
_ [Db] Even if [C] it hurt his feelings a little bit, you know.
[Db] _ _ _
[D] So at some point I turn to the guy and I says, look, pal, _
[E] _ I hate to do this, _ [Cm] _
but what is your name?
[Ab] _ And he says, [E] Eric Clever.
_ _ _ [Db] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Ebm] How I [Ab] miss the accent [F] is a real bugger.
[C] _ _ _ [F] But that's exactly how I met Eric [B] the first time I ever [Db] met him.
And two weeks [Eb] later he agreed [D] to [Eb] play Sly [B] Dobro on this particular song.
[Db] _ _ [B] _ [D] So, uh, let's [Eb] see, if you know [C] this little bugger, [Bb] help me out [E] with it. _ _ _ _
_ Now this [B] song has not been a financial [Bb] pleasure for the Kingsford because it's almost never played on the [Eb] radio.
But _ everybody seems to know it because their [C] parents taught it to them when they were little.
[E] _ _ _ _
[Bb] And they played it all night.
[E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] Old Ben [E] Lucas had a lot of mucus coming [B] right out [E] of his [B] nose.
_ He'd pick and pick till he made you sick but back again [E] he grows. _
This was 11 years old when I wrote the damn thing. _ _
_ _ _ [B] When it's comping picking time in Texas, boy [A] is it's bugger picking time [E] for men.
He'd [A] raise that finger, [E] mean and hostile, [A] _ sticking in that waiting nostril.
[B] Here he comes with a green one once [E] again.
All right, everybody.
_ _ Old Ben Lucas had a lot of mucus [B] coming right out of his nose.
_ He'd pick and pick till he made you sick but back again he grows.
Once more.
Old Ben Lucas [E] had a lot of mucus coming right [B] out of his nose. _
He'd pick and pick till he made you sick but back [Bm] again he grows.
One more time.
[B] Old Ben Lucas [E] had a lot of mucus [B] coming right out of his nose.
_ _ _ He'd pick till he made you sick but back again he [Bm] grows.
Once more.
[Eb] Old Ben Lucas [E]
had a lot of [B] mucus coming right out of his nose.
He'd pick and pick till he made you sick but back _ [A] again _ he [E] grows. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
How many people here, anyone here ever been to the [Bb] Troubadour? _ _
[Db] This is a very [C] cosmopolitan group. _
_ The Troubadour is a music bar [A] and [Cm] that night I think I was drinking
_ [Db] _ Diet Hemlock
[Am] _ _ And a [C] guy comes in the door and he's got [Am] this
_ [Ebm] _ straw riverboat gambler [Eb] type cowboy hat and he's got [C] this
_ _ little [Eb] red _ facial hair [B] _ and [Cm] little red peepers. _
_ [C] _ _ _ Which has never been funny.
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
I [Eb] figured this is one of these Texas singer songwriters, but I wasn't sure which one.
I didn't know if it was Ray Wiley [C] Hubbard or
_ the light, [Eb] great Rusty Weir
or maybe, [Ab] uh, I knew it wasn't Jerry [C] Jeff Walker because he's the second biggest asshole. _ _ _ _ _
Well, he's on the first.
_ _ _ [Cm] _
But the guy comes right up to me and he seems to know me [C] well.
He says, Kingster, let me buy you a round.
_ _ So he sits down and he buys [B] me a round.
And I'm kind of fishing for which Texas [Bb] singer songwriter he is, you know.
[Db] _ _
_ Could have been _ the late Steve [C] Frumholtz.
_ _ Could have been one [Eb] of about twelve people.
[Ab] And, [E] um, _ _ so the guy keeps buying rounds, you know, I keep searching for clues and I can't, he's not giving me any, but [Eb] he's very friendly, intimate, like [E] he knows me.
_ [Db] _ Finally he says, Kingster, come with [F] me.
So we go into the men's room and he lays out [B] a big [C] line of Peruvian [Ab] marching powder. _
_ [C] It's in [B] 1976 I guess, [Ab] you know.
So we snorted that.
We come [Db] back to the bar.
And now we're talking and drinking and we've kind of [E] passed the point where I can safely [B] ask him who he is.
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Db] _ And so, uh, [Ab] _
_ finally [E] my conscience got the best [Bb] of me because [B] I wanted the truth.
_ [Db] Even if [C] it hurt his feelings a little bit, you know.
[Db] _ _ _
[D] So at some point I turn to the guy and I says, look, pal, _
[E] _ I hate to do this, _ [Cm] _
but what is your name?
[Ab] _ And he says, [E] Eric Clever.
_ _ _ [Db] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Ebm] How I [Ab] miss the accent [F] is a real bugger.
[C] _ _ _ [F] But that's exactly how I met Eric [B] the first time I ever [Db] met him.
And two weeks [Eb] later he agreed [D] to [Eb] play Sly [B] Dobro on this particular song.
[Db] _ _ [B] _ [D] So, uh, let's [Eb] see, if you know [C] this little bugger, [Bb] help me out [E] with it. _ _ _ _
_ Now this [B] song has not been a financial [Bb] pleasure for the Kingsford because it's almost never played on the [Eb] radio.
But _ everybody seems to know it because their [C] parents taught it to them when they were little.
[E] _ _ _ _
[Bb] And they played it all night.
[E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] Old Ben [E] Lucas had a lot of mucus coming [B] right out [E] of his [B] nose.
_ He'd pick and pick till he made you sick but back again [E] he grows. _
This was 11 years old when I wrote the damn thing. _ _
_ _ _ [B] When it's comping picking time in Texas, boy [A] is it's bugger picking time [E] for men.
He'd [A] raise that finger, [E] mean and hostile, [A] _ sticking in that waiting nostril.
[B] Here he comes with a green one once [E] again.
All right, everybody.
_ _ Old Ben Lucas had a lot of mucus [B] coming right out of his nose.
_ He'd pick and pick till he made you sick but back again he grows.
Once more.
Old Ben Lucas [E] had a lot of mucus coming right [B] out of his nose. _
He'd pick and pick till he made you sick but back [Bm] again he grows.
One more time.
[B] Old Ben Lucas [E] had a lot of mucus [B] coming right out of his nose.
_ _ _ He'd pick till he made you sick but back again he [Bm] grows.
Once more.
[Eb] Old Ben Lucas [E]
had a lot of [B] mucus coming right out of his nose.
He'd pick and pick till he made you sick but back _ [A] again _ he [E] grows. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _