SONG:   MEAN, MEAN, MEAN SON OF A GUN
ARTIST: JOHNNY HORTON
TAB BY: DON CZARSKI
EMAIL:  GUITARZAN7@HOTMAIL.COM

MEAN, MEAN, MEAN SON OF A GUN
                JOHNNY HORTON

CAPO: 1st FRET

INTRO:

E --------|
B --------|
G --------|
D -0-2-4--|
A --------|
E --------|

VERSE:
G (320003@1)             G7I'm (320001@1)a guy that likes his fun
     C (x32010@1)                 CmAnd (x3101x@1)when I fight, you'd better run
       G (320003@1)         D (xx0232@1)           GI'm (320003@1)a mean, mean, mean son of a gun

VERSE:
G (320003@1)                  G7I'm (320001@1)goin' down in a middle of town
     C (x32010@1)                CmI'm (x3101x@1)goin' to shoot the first man down
       G (320003@1)         D (xx0232@1)           GI'm (320003@1)a mean, mean, mean son of a gun

BREAK:
     C (x32010@1)                            GMy (320003@1)skin is hard as leather I'm as tough as any man
 A (x02220@1)                            DWhen (xx0232@1)I have to shave myself, I use an old tin can

VERSE:
   G (320003@1)             G7 (320001@1)             C (x32010@1)              CmI (x3101x@1)wash my face in boilin' wax and scrub myself with gunny sacks
       G (320003@1)         D (xx0232@1)           GI'm (320003@1)a mean, mean, mean son of a gun

CHORUS:
     C (x32010@1)                   GI'm (320003@1)mean - I'm mean - I'm mean
       D (xx0232@1)                       GI'm (320003@1)a mean, mean, mean son of a gun

VERSE:
 G (320003@1)                   G7Well, (320001@1)I was raised on tiger's milk
    C (x32010@1)                    CmI (x3101x@1)drink corn liquor and I smoke corn silk
       G (320003@1)         D (xx0232@1)           GI'm (320003@1)a mean, mean, mean son of a gun

VERSE:
G (320003@1)                  G7I (320001@1)chew up tin and I spit out nails
  C (x32010@1)                CmSleep (x3101x@1)on snakes with ten-foot tails
       G (320003@1)         D (xx0232@1)           GI'm (320003@1)a mean, mean, mean son of a gun

BREAK:
    CI (x32010@1)started feelin' frisky
        GAnd (320003@1)I danced the other night
   A (x02220@1)                             DI (xx0232@1)felt so good, I took my gun and shot out ev'ry light

VERSE:
          G (320003@1)             G7Now (320001@1)the Sheriff said, get out off town
 C (x32010@1)              CmTake (x3101x@1)him six feet under ground
       G (320003@1)         D (xx0232@1)           GI'm (320003@1)a mean, mean, mean son of a gun

CHORUS:
     C (x32010@1)                   GI'm (320003@1)mean - I'm mean - I'm mean
       D (xx0232@1)                      GI'm (320003@1)a mean, mean, mean son of a gun

VERSE:
G (320003@1)                       G7I (320001@1)throwed my saddle on a grizzly bear
         C (x32010@1)                       CmThen (x3101x@1)I crawled bare-handed in his mountain lair
       G (320003@1)         D (xx0232@1)           GI'm (320003@1)a mean, mean, mean son of a gun

VERSE:
G (320003@1)                  G7I (320001@1)cut my hair on a choppin' block
     C (x32010@1)                  CmAnd (x3101x@1)when I chopped, the mountains rocked
       G (320003@1)         D (xx0232@1)           GI'm (320003@1)a mean, mean, mean son of a gun

BREAK:
    C (x32010@1)                              GI (320003@1)tangled with a wild cat, just to prove that I was stout
         AReached (x02220@1)down his throat and grabbed his tail, 
       DThen (xx0232@1)turned him inside out

VERSE:
      G (320003@1)                G7Where (320001@1)I was raised, it's so darn tough
   C (x32010@1)             CmI (x3101x@1)had to leave, it got so rough
       G (320003@1)         D (xx0232@1)           GI'm (320003@1)a mean, mean, mean son of a gun

CHORUS:
     C (x32010@1)                   GI'm (320003@1)mean - I'm mean - I'm mean
       D (xx0232@1)                      GI'm (320003@1)a mean, mean, mean son of a gun
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                        
                                                                
                        
                        
                        
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