Laraby's Gang-Spin Doctors Album: Turn It Upside Down (1994) Original Recording in G# This is in G using Capo 1 for ease in chording. Intro: G C G C G C G C Verse 1: G B Stoop's so fine on a summer's eve Am when you sit outside for a short reprieve C Talk to folks as they come and leave G C G C Johno, Jay, and Crazy Steve. Verse 2: G B Night is down but it's bright as day Am You haven't been around since you went away C Feels so good so that's what you say G C G (let ring) Folks say hi, but you say, "Hey." Refrain: C Well, that old mad dog, he's barking for the blues bone G Orpheus got a black book and a telephone D/F# Plays that lyre 'cause he doesn't want to be alone C Cm One look back.... SOLO: G C G C G C G C Verse 3: G B Buy a beer, find a place to stand Am Have a couple laughs and hear the band C Smoke a couple of your favorite brand G C G C Wake up with a stamp on the back of your hand Chorus: Em C B Am Don't blame me, it's all been Laraby's gang, now, now. Em C B Am Don't blame me for the song that the Nightingale sang, now, now Em Don't blame me 'bout the vanishing waif C7 B7 Am Don't blame me if your safe ain't safe, now, now Solo: G C G C G C G C Verse 4: G B Sun comes up, you're still awake Am There's the sky, still as a lake C Not even that can drown the ache G C G (let ring) Looks so high, it must be fake Refrain: C Well, that old mad dog, he's barking for the blues bone G Orpheus got a black book and a telephone D/F# Plays that lyre 'cause he doesn't want to be alone C Cm One look back.... Chorus: Em C B Am Don't blame me, it's all been Laraby's gang, now, now Em C B Am Don't blame me for the song that the Nightingale sang, now, now Em Don't blame me 'bout the vanishing waif C7 B7 Am Don't blame me if your safe ain't safe, now, now Solo: G C G C G C G C Chorus(1 &) 5: G B Stoop's so fine on a summer's eve Am when you sit outside for a short reprieve C Talk to folks as they come and leave G C G Johno, Jay, and Crazy Steve
