Key: B
Introduction:
Bmverse
(All this fits beautifully with this bass pattern)
Verse
Bm
Well I come in on a night train With an arm full of box cars
Bm
On the wings of a magpie Cross a hooligan night
Bm
And I busted up a chifforobe Way out by the cocomo
Bm
Cooked up a mess a mulligan And got into a fight
G7 F#7
Whistlin' past the graveyard Steppin on a crack
G7 F#7
I'm a mean motherhubbard Papa one-eyed jack
verse 2
Bm
You've probably seen me sleepin Out by the railroad tracks
Bm
Sometimes I kill myself a jacket suck out all the blood
Bm
Steal myself a station wagon Drive it through the mud
G7 F#7
Whistlin' past the graveyard Steppin on a crack
G7 F#7
I'm a mean motherhubbard Papa one-eyed jack
verse 3
Bm
I know you seen my headlights And the honkin' of my horn
Bm
I'm callin' out my bloodhounds Chase the devil through the corn
Bm
Last night I chugged the Mississippi Now that sucker's dry as a bone
Bm
Born in a taxi cab I'm never comin' home
G7 F#7
Whistlin' past the graveyard Steppin on a crack
G7 F#7
I'm a mean motherhubbard Papa one-eyed jack
verse 4
Bm
My eyes have seen the glory Of the draining of the ditch
Bm
I only come to baton rouge To find myself a witch
Bm
I'm-ona snatch me up a couple of 'em every time it rains
Bm
You see a locomotive prob'ly thinkin' it's a train
G7 F#7
Whistlin' past the graveyard Steppin on a crack
G7 F#7
I'm a mean motherhubbard Papa one-eyed jack
Verse 5
Bm
What you think is the sunshine Is just a twinkle in my eye
Bm
That ring around my fingers it's just the 4th of July
Bm
When I get a little bit lonesome And a tear falls from my cheek
Bm
There's gonna be an ocean in the mid - dle of the week
G7 F#7
Whistlin' past the graveyard Steppin on a crack
G7 F#7
I'm a mean motherhubbard Papa one-eyed jack
Verse 6
Bm
I rode into town on a night train with an arm full of box cars
Bm
On the wings of a magpie cross a hooligan night
Bm
I'ma tear me off a rainbow and wear it for a tie
Bm
I never told the truth so I can never tell a lie
G7 F#7
Whistlin' past the graveyard Steppin on a crack
G7 F#7
I'm a mean motherhubbard Papa one-eyed jack