Key: D
Introduction:
F C
Because I'm evil, my middle name is misery
G7 F
Well I'm evil, so don't you mess around with me
D7
Well, I quit my job down at the car wash,
D7
Left my mama a goodbye note,
D7
By sundown I'd left Kingston,
D7
With my guitar under my coat,
G7
I hitchhiked all the way down to Memphis,
G7
Got a room at the YMCA,
D7
For the next three weeks I went huntin' them nights,
D7
Just lookin' for a place to play,
A7
Well, I thought my pickin' would set 'em on fire,
G7
But nobody wanted to hire a guitar man.
Well, I nearly 'bout starved to death down in Memphis,
E7
I showed 'em what a band would sound like,
A7
With a swingin' little guitar man.
Show 'em, son