Mean Son Of A Gun

	  		

Verse: 

A               A7 
I'm a guy that likes his fun 
     D                   Dm 
And when I fight, you'd better run 
       A           E             A 
I'm a mean, mean, mean son of a gun 


Verse: 

A                    A7 
I'm goin' down in a middle of town 
     D                  Dm 
I'm goin' to shoot the first man down 
       A           E             A 
I'm a mean, mean, mean son of a gun 


BREAK: 

     D                            A 
My skin is hot as leather I'm as tough as any man 
 B                              E 
When I have to shave myself, I use an old tin can 


Verse: 

   A               A7               D                Dm 
I wash my face in boilin' wax and scrub myself with gunny sacks 
       A           E             A 
I'm a mean, mean, mean son of a gun 



     D                     A 
I'm mean - I'm mean - I'm mean 
       E                         A 
I'm a mean, mean, mean son of a gun 



Verse: 

 A                     A7 
Well, I was raised on tiger's milk 
    D                      Dm 
I drink corn liquor and I smoke corn silk 
       A           E             A 
I'm a mean, mean, mean son of a gun 


Verse: 

A                    A7 
I chew up tin and I spit out nails 
  D                  Dm 
Sleep on snakes with ten-foot tails 
       A           E             A 
I'm a mean, mean, mean son of a gun 


BREAK: 
    D 
I started feelin' frisky 
        A 
And I danced the other night 
   B                               E 
I felt so good, I took my gun and shot out ev'ry light 


Verse: 

          A               A7 
Now the Sheriff said, get out off town 
 D                Dm 
Take him six feet under ground 
       A           E             A 
I'm a mean, mean, mean son of a gun 


  
   D                     A 
I'm mean - I'm mean - I'm mean 
       E                        A 
I'm a mean, mean, mean son of a gun 



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Verse: 
A                         A7 
I throwed my saddle on a grizzly bear 
         D                         Dm 
Then I crawled bare-handed in his mountain lair 
       A           E             A 
I'm a mean, mean, mean son of a gun 


Verse: 

A                    A7 
I cut my hair on a choppin' block 
     D                    Dm 
And when I chopped, the mountains rocked 
       A           E             A 
I'm a mean, mean, mean son of a gun 


BREAK: 
    D                                A 
I tangled with a wild cat, just to prove that I was stout 
         B 
Reached down his throat and grabbed his tail,  
       E 
Then turned him inside out 


Verse: 
      A                  A7 
Where I was raised, it's so darn tough 
   D               Dm 
I had to leave, it got so rough 
       A           E             A 
I'm a mean, mean, mean son of a gun 



     D                     A 
I'm mean - I'm mean - I'm mean 
       E                        A 
I'm a mean, mean, mean son of a gun 



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