Saturday Night In A Gi Town chords by Larry C. Brown

**(Intro)**
G   C7   D7   G

**(Verse 1)**
G        C7
Barracks stir—poker cards betting, money changing hands.
D7       G
Voices bounce off the walls, laughter sharp as broken glass.
C7       G
Somebody’s griping, somebody’s cheating at cards.
D7       G
Different Saturday, same routine, same choices.

**(Pre-Chorus)**
Em       C7
The bars on base?
G        D7
Too many fights, too many pockets emptied before midnight.
Em       C7
No one walks in looking for trouble.
G        D7
Trouble don’t care.

**(Chorus)**
G        C7
That leaves the bars in town—
D7       G
3.2 beer, dim lights, bare bulbs buzzing like dying stars.
C7       G
Same GI faces, all chasing a lie.
D7       G
Same weekend, same old night.
C7       G
Might as well head out.

**(Instrumental Break)**
G   D7   Em   C7

**(Verse 3)**
G        C7
Dropped into my ’70 Torino GT,
D7       G
window down, night air thick with heat.
C7       G
Drove past the gate, base lights disappearing in the rearview.

Em       C7
Every bar looks the same damn way—
G        D7
cheap neon humming, smoke crawling up the walls.
Em       C7
Same damn promise that tonight might break the cycle.
G        D7
It never does.

**(Internal Monologue)**
Em          C7
Twenty-four   single on a Saturday night
G           D7
Just lookin' for a friendly face   maybe somethin' feelin' right.
Em          C7
But drivin' into this town   this worn-out, faded scene
G           D7
How you find a decent girl   in a goddamn cesspool like this?

**(Verse 4)**
G        C7
Behind wire mesh, bikini-clad Asian girls sway,
D7       G
bathed in single spotlights, the rest of the bar drowning in shadows.
C7       G
Smoke curls toward the ceiling, weak glows flickering behind the bar.
D7       G
Pool tables stretch into the haze, low lamps cutting through the dark.
C7       G
Their faces blank, bodies moving like it’s just another night.

**(Pre-Chorus 2)**
Em       C7
Pool tables lined up like battlefields,
G        D7
quarters stacked, hustlers leaning back, watching.
Em       C7
Young GIs, flushed with weak beer,
G        D7
talking loud, laughing too fast.

**(Chorus 2)**
G        C7
That leaves the bars in town—
D7       G
3.2 beer, dim lights, bare bulbs buzzing like dying stars.
C7       G
Same GI faces, all chasing a lie.
D7       G
Same weekend, same old night.
C7       G
Might as well head out.

**(Bridge)**
Em       C7
The bartender—
G        D7
sharp-eyed, moving like she’s seen it all before.
Em       C7
She don’t waste time, don’t waste words.
G        D7
Just another round, just another night.

**(Outro)**
G        C7
Just another Saturday night,
D7       G
nothing new, just passing time.

G        C7
Same old town
D7       G
Same old night

G        C7
Different Saturday, same damn routine, same damn choices.
D7       G
(Fade Out)