Road Medley - '68 Comeback Special ---------------------------------- Nothingville/Big Boss Man/Let Yourself Go/Guitar Man/Little Egypt/Trouble Standard tuning. Riff 1: Riff 2: e||-------------------------|| ||-------------------------|| B||-------------------------|| ||-------------------------|| G||-------------------------|| ||-------------------------|| D||-------------------------|| ||-----2-----0-------------|| A||-----0-----0--2----------|| ||--2-----2-----2----------|| E||--2-----2----------------|| ||-------------------------|| Intro: D7 G7 D7 G7 D7 Nothingville G7 A phoney two-bit town D7 Where nothing's real G7 They treat me like a country clown D7 Nothingville G7 I ain't gonna keep-a-hangin' round' D7 The doors keep slammin' in my face G7 People keep puttin' me in my place A7 G7 It's a rat's race at a snail's pace [nc] D7 G7 D7 Nothingville... Nothingville [nc] Nothingville..... D7 Well, I quit my job down at the car wash, D7 Left my mama a goodbye note, D7 By sundown I'd left Kingston, D7 With my guitar under my coat, G7 I hitchhiked all the way down to Memphis, G7 Got a room at the YMCA, D7 For the next three weeks I went huntin' them nights, D7 Just lookin' for a place to play, A7 Well, I thought my pickin' would set 'em on fire, G7 (Tacet) But nobody wanted to hire a guitar man....... Repeat: G C several times..... G Oh, baby I'm gonna teach you what love's all about tonight G D7 Trust me honey everything's gonna be all right, oh yeah G Just do like I do there ain't nothing to it C (Tacet) Listen to me baby anybody can do it G D (Tacet G All you gotta do is just..... let yourself go G C G C G Now don't be afraid just relax and take it real slow G D7 Cool it baby you ain't got no place to go G Just put your arms around me real tight C (Tacet) Enjoy yourself baby don't fight G D (Tacet) G All you gotta do is just..... let yourself go C All you need is just a little rehearsal G The first thing that you know C You'll be ready for the grand finale D7 So come on baby let's go Let's go, let's go' let's go Let's go G C G C G Take a real deep breath and put your warm red lips on mine G D7 Do like I tell you, everything's gonna be just fine, oh yeah G Just, Kiss me nice and easy, take your time C Baby I'm the only one here in line G D (Tacet) G C G All you gotta do is just..... let yourself go C G C G Let yourself go right now Yeh! let yourself go D7 Well, I nearly 'bout starved to death down in Memphis, D7 I run outta money and luck, D7 So I bought me a ride down to Macon, Georgia, D7 On a overloaded poultry truck, G7 I thumbed on down to Panama City, G7 Started pickin' out some o' them all night bars, D7 Hopin' I could make myself a dollar, D7 Makin' music on my guitar, A7 I got the same old story at them all night piers, G7 (Tacet) There ain't no room around here for a guitar man F# Big boss man, can't you hear me when I call? B F# Big boss man, can't you hear me when I call? Spoken: "Can't you hear me when I call?" C# B F# Well you ain't so big, you know you're just tall that's all F# Well you got me workin' boss man F# Workin' round the clock F# I wanna little drink of water F# But you won't let big Al stop C# F# Big boss man now can't you hear me when I call? C# B F# You know you ain't so big, you know you're just tall that's all Bb Dm Gm Dm Bb7 It hurts me to see him treat you the way he does Eb F Bb Bb7 It hurts me to see you sit and cry Eb C#dim7 When I know I could be so true Bb D Gm If I had someone like you C7 Cm F It hurts me to see those tears in your eyes Bb Dm Gm Dm Bb7 The whole town is talking, they're callin' you a fool Eb F Bb Bb7 For listening to his same old lies Eb C#dim7 And when I know I could be so true Bb D Gm If I had someone like you C7 F Bb Bb7 It hurts me to see the way he makes you cry Eb F Bb D Gm You love him too much, you're too blind to see Eb F Bb Bb7 He's only playing a game Eb C#dim7 But he's never loved you Bb D Gm He never will C7 F And darling, don't you know he will never change Bb Dm Gm Dm Bb7 Oh, I know he never will set you free Eb F Bb Because he's just that kind of guy Bb7 Eb C#dim7 But if you ever tell him you're through Bb D Gm I'll be waiting for you Bb Gm Waiting to hold you so tight Bb Gm Waiting to kiss you goodnight Cm7 Bb Yes, darling, if I had someone like you D7 So I slept in the hobo jungles, D7 Roamed a thousand miles of track, D7 Till I found myself in Mobile Alabama, D7 At a club they call Big Jack's, G7 A little four-piece band was jammin', G7 So I took my guitar and I sat in, D7 I showed 'em what a band would sound like, G7 With a swingin' little guitar man. Show 'em, son E I went and bought myself a ticket and I sat down in the very first row A They pulled the curtain but then when they turned the spotlight way down low B Little Egypt came out a-struttin' wearin' nothin' but a button and a bow A B Singing, ying-ying, ying-ying, ying-ying, ying-ying E Little egypt..... (Riff 1) (Riff 2) If you're looking for trouble (Riff 1) You came to the right place (Riff 2) If you're looking for trouble (Riff 1) Just look right in my face (Riff 2) I was born standing up (Riff 1) And talking back [NC] My daddy was a green-eyed mountain jack E B Because I'm evil, my middle name is misery F#7 E (tacet) Well I'm evil, so don't you mess around with me...... (Riff 1) (Riff 2) I've never looked for trouble (Riff 1) But I've never ran (Riff 2) I don't take no orders (Riff 1) From no kind of man (Riff 2) I'm only made out (Riff 1) Of flesh, blood and bone [NC] But if you're gonna start a rumble Don't you try it on alone E B Because I'm evil, my middle name is misery F#7 E (tacet) Well I'm evil, so don't you mess around with me E7 Well I come a long way from the carwash E7 Got to where I said I get E7 Commin' down here I know for sure E7 I really ain't got there yett A7 So, I think I start all over A7 Singing with a guitar on my back E7 I'm gonna get myself a ????????? B7 I never be more than what I am A7 Well, wouldn't you know E7 I'm a swinging little guitar man E D E D E D E D Take it home son, take it home one more baby! one more! Allright!!! C#dim7 e --5-- B --4-- G --5-- D --4-- A ----- E -----