TRUDY - THE CHARLIE DANIELS BAND

INTRO: A↓ Blues Scale

CHORUS:               D7Call (xx0212@1)up Trudy on the telephone
                         A7Send (x02020@1)a letter in the mail 
                         E7Tell (020130@1)her I'm hung up in Dallas 
                                 A7And (x02020@1)they won't let me outta this jail 

                              D7And (xx0212@1)if she asks you how I'm fairing 
                                   A7Tell (x02020@1)her I'm just about to lose my mind 
                             E7 (020130@1)
Worried about old Johnny Lee Walker 
                      A7 (x02020@1)  A↓ Blues Scale
And the girl I left behind 

VERSE:                             D7Now (xx0212@1)Johnny Lee Walker was a card mechanic 
                                     A7Had (x02020@1)a hand for trouble and an eye for cash 
                       E7Luckiest (020130@1)man in Dallas County 
                                          A7He (x02020@1)had a gold watch chain and a black moustache 

                                          D7And (xx0212@1)he loved his whiskey and he loved his women
                               A7Drove (x02020@1)a big long Cadillac limousine 
                               E7Kept (020130@1)a big fine fancy townhouse in Dallas 
                           A7And (x02020@1)a hotel suite in New Orleans 

                                            D7Carried (xx0212@1)a switchblade knife in his left hip pocket
                              A7And (x02020@1)a 44 hog leg up under his coat 
                           E7Cut (020130@1)you down in a New York minute 
                                          A7 (x02020@1)  A↓ Blues Scale
If he catch you cheating that was all she wrote 

CHORUS:               D7Call (xx0212@1)up Trudy on the telephone
                         A7Send (x02020@1)a letter in the mail 
                         E7Tell (020130@1)her I'm hung up in Dallas 
                                 A7And (x02020@1)they won't let me outta this jail 

                            D7And (xx0212@1)if she asks you how I'm fairing 
                                   A7Tell (x02020@1)her I'm just about to lose my mind 
                             E7 (020130@1)
Worried about old Johnny Lee Walker 
                      A7 (x02020@1)  A↓ Blues Scale
And the girl I left behind 


VERSE:  (Bass)                 D7I (xx0212@1)just got to town last Friday evening 
                            A7Sure (x02020@1)as hell didn't mean to stay 
                              E7I (020130@1)was on my way back to Louisiana 
                                     A7Had (x02020@1)a powerful thirst and six months pay 

(+Guitar)                           D7 (xx0212@1)      
I met a peroxide blonde in a bar on D-ville
                                A7I (x02020@1)was flying high and feeling mean 
                                   E7Poured (020130@1)down a bottle and a half of red eye 
                                   A7I (x02020@1)dropped 35 dollars in the slot machine 

(+Piano)                             D7And (xx0212@1)the boys in the back was dealing seven card 
                                    A7I (x02020@1)set down and won me a hundred and ten 
                                      E7I (020130@1)was raking in chips like Grant took Richmond 
                                     A7Till (x02020@1)big Johnny Lee come a strolling in 

                                 D7He (xx0212@1)ripped off the table like a 707 
                                 A7 (x02020@1)Pretty soon he done won all of my bread 
                                           E7I (020130@1)accused him of cheating he reached for a pistol 
                                         A7I (x02020@1)grabbed a chair and went upside of his head 

                                      D7Then (xx0212@1)I took off a running like a motorcycle 
                                     A7Heard (x02020@1)the bullets whining and sirens wail 
                                     E7But (020130@1)it took half the cops in Dallas County 
                                A7 (x02020@1)  A↓ Blues Scale
Just to put one coon ass boy in jail 

CHORUS:               D7Call (xx0212@1)up Trudy on the telephone
                         A7Send (x02020@1)a letter in the mail 
                         E7Tell (020130@1)her I'm hung up in Dallas 
                                 A7And (x02020@1)they won't let me outta this jail 

                            D7And (xx0212@1)if she asks you how I'm fairing 
                                   A7Tell (x02020@1)her I'm just about to lose my mind 
                             E7Worried (020130@1)about old Johnny Lee Walker 
                      A7 (x02020@1) 
And the girl I left behind 	    (Repeat final chorus and then fade out)


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