Larabys Gang chords by Spin Doctors

Chords with lyrics

Laraby's Gang-Spin Doctors
Album: Turn It Upside Down (1994)
Original Recording in G#G#

This is in G+G using Capo 1
for ease in chording.


Intro: G+G C majorC G+G C majorC G+G C majorC G+G C majorC

Verse 1:
G+G               BB
Stoop's so fine on a summer's eve
                  A minorAm
when you sit outside for a short reprieve
                C majorC
Talk to folks as they come and leave
           G+G   C majorC G+G C majorC
Johno, Jay, and Crazy Steve.

Verse 2:
G+G                 BB
Night is down but it's bright as day
                    A minorAm
You haven't been around since you went away
                 C majorC
Feels so good so that's what you say
               G+G   C majorC G+G (let ring)
Folks say hi, but you say, "Hey."

Refrain:
      C majorC
Well, that old mad dog, he's barking for the blues bone
G+G
Orpheus got a black book and a telephone
D/F#D/F#
Plays that lyre 'cause he doesn't want to be alone
C majorC         C minorCm
One look back....


SOLO: G+G C majorC G+G C majorC G+G C majorC G+G C majorC

Verse 3:
G+G               BB
Buy a beer, find a place to stand
                  A minorAm
Have a couple laughs and hear the band
                 C majorC
Smoke a couple of your favorite brand
                     G+G   C majorC G+G C majorC
Wake up with a stamp on the back of your hand

Chorus:
E minorEm          C majorC    BB    A minorAm
Don't blame me, it's all been Laraby's gang, now, now.
E minorEm           C majorC       BB     A minorAm
Don't blame me for the song that the Nightingale sang, now, now
E minorEm
Don't blame me 'bout the vanishing waif
            C7C7  B7B7  A minorAm
Don't blame me if your safe ain't safe, now, now


Solo: G+G C majorC G+G C majorC G+G C majorC G+G C majorC


Verse 4:
G+G              BB
Sun comes up, you're still awake
              A minorAm
There's the sky, still as a lake
              C majorC
Not even that can drown the ache
              G+G  C majorC G+G (let ring)
Looks so high, it must be fake


Refrain:
      C majorC
Well, that old mad dog, he's barking for the blues bone
G+G
Orpheus got a black book and a telephone
D/F#D/F#
Plays that lyre 'cause he doesn't want to be alone
C majorC         C minorCm
One look back....


Chorus:
E minorEm          C majorC    BB    A minorAm
Don't blame me, it's all been Laraby's gang, now, now
E minorEm           C majorC       BB     A minorAm
Don't blame me for the song that the Nightingale sang, now, now
E minorEm
Don't blame me 'bout the vanishing waif
            C7C7  B7B7  A minorAm
Don't blame me if your safe ain't safe, now, now


Solo: G+G C majorC G+G C majorC G+G C majorC G+G C majorC


Chorus(1 &) 5:
G+G               BB
Stoop's so fine on a summer's eve
                  A minorAm
when you sit outside for a short reprieve
                C majorC
Talk to folks as they come and leave
           G+G   C majorC G+G