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"Lowdown Mean Country Blues" by Garrett Mehok and Kev Douglas
Recorded live at Courtyard Café
Transcribed by: Doug Gordon
First verse:
G C7 G
Found ground-down on an Alabama-bound train
G C7 D7
Whiskey-soaked and seething.................................
G C7 G
Rotten and forgotten, but..................................
G C7
D7
When the whistle blows....................................
Chorus:
C7 D7 G
Low down dirty.............................................
C7 D7 G
Cracklin' like a fire........................................
C7 D7 C7 D7
Guitar explodin'............................................
C7 D7 F (tacit)
G
Keep payin' those dues.................................
Second verse:
G C7 G
Alligator smile, crocodile tears.......................
G C7 D7
Snakeskin belt...........................................
G C7 G
Packed the suitcase....................................
G C7 D7
Howlin' in the lightning..................................
Repeat Chorus, then lead guitar solo
(Kev Douglas plays this wickedly)
Third verse:
G C7 G
Throwin' them bones......................................
G C7 D7
Alley cat vagabond........................................
G C7 G
Smokestack Cadillac......................................
G C7 D7
Prayin for redemption.....................................
Repeat Chorus
Outro is lead solo over chorus chords
Song History
Last Updated: April 23, 2021