Chords with lyrics
Verse 1:
E MajorE
Wanna tell you a story
About the house rent blues
I come home one Friday
E MajorE
Had to tell the landlady I done lost my job
She said that don't befront me
Long as I get my money next Friday
E MajorE
Now next Friday come I didn't get the rent
And out the door I went
Verse 2:
E MajorE
So I goes to the landlady
I said, "You let me slide "
I'll have the rent for you tomorrow or the next day I don't know
E MajorE
So said let me slide it on you know people
I notice when I come home in the evenin'
She ain't got nothing nice to say to me
E MajorE
But for five year she was so nice
Lord, she was lovey-dovey
I come home one particular evenin'
E MajorE
The landlady said, "You got the rent money yet "
I said, "No, can't find no job
Therefore I ain't got no money to pay the rent"
E MajorE
She said "I don't believe you're tryin' to find no job"
Said "I seen you today you was standin' on a corner
Leaning up against a post"
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I said "But I'm tired
I been walkin' all day"
She said "That don't befront me
Long as I get my money next Friday"
E MajorE
Now next Friday come I didn't have the rent
And out the door I went
Verse 3:
E MajorE
So I go down the streets
Down to my good friend's house
I said "Look man
I'm outdoors, you know
E MajorE
Can I stay wicha maybe a couple days "
He said "Uh, let me go and ask my wife"
He come out of the house
E MajorE
I could see in his face
I knowed it was "no"
He said "I don't know man, ah she kinda funny, an' all"
E MajorE
I said "I know, everybody funny, now you funny, too"
Verse 4:
E MajorE
So I go back home
I tell the landlady I got a job
I'm gonna pay the rent
She said "Yeah " I said "Aw yeah"
E MajorE
And then she was so nice
Lord, she was lovey-dovey
So I go in my room, pack up my things and I go
E MajorE
I slip on out the back door and down the streets I go
She a-hollerin' about the front rent, she be lucky to get any back rent
She ain't gonna get none of it
Verse 5:
E MajorE
So I stop in the local bar, you know, people
I go to the bar
I hang my coat
I call the bartender
I said "Look man, come down here", he got down there
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Said, "Whatchoo want "
Chorus 1:
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"One bourbon, one scotch, one beer"
E MajorE
Well I ain't seen my baby since I don't know when
I been drinking bourbon whiskey,scotch and gin
Gonna get high man
I'm gonna get loose
E MajorE
Need me a triple shot o' that juice
Gonna get drunk, don't you have no fear
I want one bourbon, one scotch and one beer
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One bourbon, one scotch, one beer
Solo:
Verse 6:
E MajorE
But I'm sittin' there
At the bar
I'm gettin' drunk
I'm feelin' mellow
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I'm drinkin' bourbon
I'm drinkin' scotch
I'm drinkin' beer
Looked down the bar, here come the bartender
I said "Look man, come down here"
E MajorE
Said "Whatchoo want "
Chorus 2:
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"One bourbon, one scotch, one beer
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No
I ain't seen my baby since the night before last
Gotta get a drink man
I'm gonna get gassed
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Gonna get high man
I ain't had enough
Need me a triple shot of that stuff
E MajorE
Gonna get drunk, won'tcha listen right here
I want one bourbon, one shot 'n' one beer
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One bourbon, one scotch, one beer" (well all right)
Solo:
E MajorE
(Scratch my back, bay-bah)
(Yeah-ahhh right)
Verse 7:
E MajorE
Now by this time I'm plenty high
You know when your mouth a-getting dry, you're plenty high
Looked down the bar
I see'da my bartender
E MajorE
I said "Look man, come down here", he got down there
He said "Whatchoo want this time?
I said "Look man, a-what time is it "
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He said "The clock on the wall say three o'clock
Last call for alcohol, so what you need "
Chorus 3:
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"One bourbon, one scotch, one beer"
E MajorE
Lord
I ain't seen my baby since a-night on a week
Gotta get drunk man, so I can't even speak
Gonna get high man, listen to me
E MajorE
One drink ain't enough Jack, you better make it three
Gonna get drunk
I'm gonna make it real clear
I want one bourbon, one scotch 'n' one beer
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One bourbon, one scotch, one beer"