Intro: G5 C5  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.