Intro: G C X 4 G5 B5 Stoop's so fine on a summer's eve A5 when you sit outside for a short reprieve C5 Talk to folks as they come and leave G5 C5 G5 C5 Jono, Jay, and Crazy Steve. G5 B5 Night is down but it's bright as day A5 You haven't been around since you went away C5 Feels so good so that's what you say G5 C5 G5 C5 Folks say hi, but you say, "Hey." C5 Well, that old mad dog, he's barking for the blues bone G5 Orpheus got a black book and a telephone D5 Plays that lyre 'cause he doesn't want to be alone; C5 C5 One look back.... Buy a beer, find a place to stand Have a couple laughs and hear the band Smoke a couple of your favorite brand Wake up with a stamp on the back of your hand. E5 C5 B5 A5 Don't blame me, it's all been Laraby's gang, now, now. E5 C5 B5 A5 Don't blame me for the song that the Nightingale sang, now, now. E5 Don't blame me 'bout the vanishing waif, C5 B5 A5 Don't blame me if your safe ain't safe, now, now. Guitar Solo: G5 C5 G5 C5 G5 C5 G5 C5 Sun comes up, you're still awake. There's the sky, still as a lake. Not even that can drown the ache, Looks so high, it must be fake.