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