Chords for Steve Goodman last interview with Pete Fornatale part 3
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[E] It is unacceptable.
that, [C] um, is the one that isn't on the album.
small clip?
He taught me a song [G] called the Vegetable Song a [C] long time ago.
[A] And Carl is gone now, but [D] one [Ab] of my musical [Gb] inspirations.
[E] [Ab] [A]
[D] [Gb] [A] [E]
[A] I remember when I met Carl Martin.
that, [C] um, is the one that isn't on the album.
small clip?
He taught me a song [G] called the Vegetable Song a [C] long time ago.
[A] And Carl is gone now, but [D] one [Ab] of my musical [Gb] inspirations.
[E] [Ab] [A]
[D] [Gb] [A] [E]
[A] I remember when I met Carl Martin.
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[E] It is unacceptable.
That was exactly how I said it.
You got a song for us?
Sure do.
And this is a song that, [C] um, _ is the one that isn't on the album.
Can I show you a small clip?
[G] This [A] is a song about an old fellow named Carl Martin.
He taught me a song [G] called the Vegetable Song a [C] long time ago.
[G] _
[A] And Carl is gone now, but [D] one [Ab] of my musical [Gb] inspirations.
[A] _ _ Sort of a grandfather.
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [Ab] _ [A] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ [A] _ [E] _
_ [A] _ _ _ I remember when I met Carl Martin.
[D] Must have been a dozen years [A] ago.
_ Spectacular gent.
He was old and bent, [Eb] but his eyes had a fiery [E] glow.
[A] He was born April Fool's Day, 1906, [D] near Big Stone Gap, [A] VA.
[D] He could play a little fiddle and [A] some blues guitar that [Gbm] he'd picked up [E] along the way.
_ [A] But once he put his hands on the mandolin,
he lit up just like a Christmas tree.
[G] And along with Ted [A] Bogan and [B] Howard Armstrong,
they were the [Ab] best band [A] I ever did see.
For 50 odd years, they played rent parties, roadhouses, [Ab] concerts, [Dm] and festivals [A] too.
At the drop of a hat, these three old black cats would [Gbm] play ya every song [E] they knew.
They [A] played Lady Be Good [D] and the Barnyard Dance and the Ice [A] Cream Freezer Blues.
[D] They [A] trot the oldest chestnuts out.
[B] [A] Make them sound [E] brand new.
_ [A] Little white boys with their shiny guitars would follow along at their heels.
[D] They'd play [Ab] all the words [A] and they'd play all the chords, [Gbm] but they never learned how it [E] feels.
[A] So one night I asked Carl where he got the fire.
He [D] said, boy, you [Gm] gotta [A] understand.
You [D] wanna be [A] someone, you gotta have your fun.
And you better get it while you can.
Said you better get it while you can.
[D] You better get it while [A] you can.
[D] You wait too long [A] and it'll all be gone.
[Gbm] So you'll be sorry [E] then.
[A] No matter if you're rich or poor.
Same goes if you're a woman or a [D] man.
From the cradle [Abm] to the crypt [A] is a mighty short trip.
[B] So you better [A] get it while you can.
[D] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [A] _ _ You know, Carl always had a way to make good [G] times roll,
and the rest of us weren't [A] so sure.
He'd just pick [Gbm] out the prettiest woman in the room,
and he'd sing every song to her.
[A] Now one night back east when the gig was done,
[Gbm] we threw this all-night [A] blowout jam.
We played and sang and drank for hours
[Eb] till the sun came up [E] again.
[A] There was blues and ragtime and [D] Dixieland
[A] swinging some old-time show tunes,
and then Carl Martin sang a couple of songs nobody else knew,
[G] and some I haven't [E] heard since then.
[Abm] And he'd, [A] right before dawn, play two more songs
just to separate the strong from the faint.
It was a double-time version of the old pine tree.
How's it go, Steve?
[G] And a red-hot [E] rendition of the Saints.
[A] And when those two were done,
those of us [G] who could still breathe
took off our [A] hats to that man.
Carl played everybody under the table that night.
He said, boy, you [E] better get it [A] while you can.
You know, Carl and his band never got too far.
[D] When he [A] died, he didn't even have a dime.
[D] He was [A] a little behind in his payments
[Gbm] and a little ahead of [E] his time.
[E] [A] Now just last week, me and some so [D]-called musicians
sat up late and burned [A] one down.
Liquor kept coming, and we kept strumming
till a minute or two before the dawn.
There were some who stayed and some who [D] faded,
but [Ab] soon I [A] was left all alone.
[D] I don't [A] believe in ghosts, but I could swear
I heard Carl Martin singing one more song.
But you better get it while you can.
[Ab] You better [A] get it while you can.
[D] If you wait too [A] long, it'll all [G] be gone
[B] and you'll be sorry [E] then.
[D] No matter [A] if you're rich or poor,
[G] [D] same if you're a woman [A] or a man.
[D] From the cradle [A] to the crypt is a mighty [Gbm] short trip,
so you better [Em] get it [D] while you can.
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
This is Steve Goodman.
All good things to you.
Come back and see us on Mixed Bag anytime.
Yeah,
That was exactly how I said it.
You got a song for us?
Sure do.
And this is a song that, [C] um, _ is the one that isn't on the album.
Can I show you a small clip?
[G] This [A] is a song about an old fellow named Carl Martin.
He taught me a song [G] called the Vegetable Song a [C] long time ago.
[G] _
[A] And Carl is gone now, but [D] one [Ab] of my musical [Gb] inspirations.
[A] _ _ Sort of a grandfather.
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [Ab] _ [A] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ [A] _ [E] _
_ [A] _ _ _ I remember when I met Carl Martin.
[D] Must have been a dozen years [A] ago.
_ Spectacular gent.
He was old and bent, [Eb] but his eyes had a fiery [E] glow.
[A] He was born April Fool's Day, 1906, [D] near Big Stone Gap, [A] VA.
[D] He could play a little fiddle and [A] some blues guitar that [Gbm] he'd picked up [E] along the way.
_ [A] But once he put his hands on the mandolin,
he lit up just like a Christmas tree.
[G] And along with Ted [A] Bogan and [B] Howard Armstrong,
they were the [Ab] best band [A] I ever did see.
For 50 odd years, they played rent parties, roadhouses, [Ab] concerts, [Dm] and festivals [A] too.
At the drop of a hat, these three old black cats would [Gbm] play ya every song [E] they knew.
They [A] played Lady Be Good [D] and the Barnyard Dance and the Ice [A] Cream Freezer Blues.
[D] They [A] trot the oldest chestnuts out.
[B] [A] Make them sound [E] brand new.
_ [A] Little white boys with their shiny guitars would follow along at their heels.
[D] They'd play [Ab] all the words [A] and they'd play all the chords, [Gbm] but they never learned how it [E] feels.
[A] So one night I asked Carl where he got the fire.
He [D] said, boy, you [Gm] gotta [A] understand.
You [D] wanna be [A] someone, you gotta have your fun.
And you better get it while you can.
Said you better get it while you can.
[D] You better get it while [A] you can.
[D] You wait too long [A] and it'll all be gone.
[Gbm] So you'll be sorry [E] then.
[A] No matter if you're rich or poor.
Same goes if you're a woman or a [D] man.
From the cradle [Abm] to the crypt [A] is a mighty short trip.
[B] So you better [A] get it while you can.
[D] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [A] _ _ You know, Carl always had a way to make good [G] times roll,
and the rest of us weren't [A] so sure.
He'd just pick [Gbm] out the prettiest woman in the room,
and he'd sing every song to her.
[A] Now one night back east when the gig was done,
[Gbm] we threw this all-night [A] blowout jam.
We played and sang and drank for hours
[Eb] till the sun came up [E] again.
[A] There was blues and ragtime and [D] Dixieland
[A] swinging some old-time show tunes,
and then Carl Martin sang a couple of songs nobody else knew,
[G] and some I haven't [E] heard since then.
[Abm] And he'd, [A] right before dawn, play two more songs
just to separate the strong from the faint.
It was a double-time version of the old pine tree.
How's it go, Steve?
[G] And a red-hot [E] rendition of the Saints.
[A] And when those two were done,
those of us [G] who could still breathe
took off our [A] hats to that man.
Carl played everybody under the table that night.
He said, boy, you [E] better get it [A] while you can.
You know, Carl and his band never got too far.
[D] When he [A] died, he didn't even have a dime.
[D] He was [A] a little behind in his payments
[Gbm] and a little ahead of [E] his time.
[E] [A] Now just last week, me and some so [D]-called musicians
sat up late and burned [A] one down.
Liquor kept coming, and we kept strumming
till a minute or two before the dawn.
There were some who stayed and some who [D] faded,
but [Ab] soon I [A] was left all alone.
[D] I don't [A] believe in ghosts, but I could swear
I heard Carl Martin singing one more song.
But you better get it while you can.
[Ab] You better [A] get it while you can.
[D] If you wait too [A] long, it'll all [G] be gone
[B] and you'll be sorry [E] then.
[D] No matter [A] if you're rich or poor,
[G] [D] same if you're a woman [A] or a man.
[D] From the cradle [A] to the crypt is a mighty [Gbm] short trip,
so you better [Em] get it [D] while you can.
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
This is Steve Goodman.
All good things to you.
Come back and see us on Mixed Bag anytime.
Yeah,
