Chords for TERRY ALLEN - GREAT JOE BOB 1979
Tempo:
64.9 bpm
Chords used:
F
C
G
D
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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He was a panhandle prince, [F]
schoolboy football king.
[G] They told him high in the halls cause he could run them balls, but it was rumored down deep [C] he was mean.
He dated high-toned girls with frosty pom-pom curls, but he never [B] gave out [F] his ring.
[G] He was the best of the best, he met the gridiron test, and there ain't nothing as American and [C] clean.
He was the pride of the [F] backfield, ah the hero of his day.
[G] He carried the ball for the red and blue, they wanted him just like [C] Triple A.
And his name made all the [F] papers as best it ever had.
[G] Yes, nobody understood it when the great Joe [C] Bob went bad.
At first he lost his scholarship [F] to the Texas Tech [G] for drinking during training and breaking [C] the coach's neck.
Then he got suspended [F] for acting obscene [G] around the cum laude, cum laude daughter [C] of the dean.
So he took up with a waitress [F] named Lucy Ruby Cole, [G] while she was hopping tables down at the [C] hidey hole.
And he met her on the sly, [F] but when her daddy weren't around.
[G] Ah, but he stopped making yardage when he started [C] messing around.
He was the pride of the [F] backfield, ah the hero of his day.
[G] He carried the ball for the red and blue, they wanted him just like [C] Triple A.
And his name made all the papers [F] as best it [D] ever had.
[G] Yes, nobody understood it when the great Joe Bob [C] went bad.
It spread like a country wildfire, [F] something big gone all strange.
[G] Joe Bob's greatest halfback was acting [C] half-ranked.
He'd been singing out with this woman, [F] getting drunk and having fun.
[G] He'd growled his hair, then give a prayer, said football [C] day is done.
Then he and old Lucy Ruby [F] robbed the Peaky's liquor store.
They [G] had a run in with the law, when there's a run in [C] out the door.
And Joe Bob's fate was sealed [F] for the next century.
[G] He traded in the pigskin for the [C] penitentiary.
He was the pride of the backfield, ah the [F] hero of his day.
He carried the ball for the red and blue, but hell he carried it [C] all away.
And his name made all the papers [F] as best it ever [D] had.
[G] Yes, nobody understood it, nobody comprehended when the great Joe Bob [C] went bad.
[F] [G] [C]
schoolboy football king.
[G] They told him high in the halls cause he could run them balls, but it was rumored down deep [C] he was mean.
He dated high-toned girls with frosty pom-pom curls, but he never [B] gave out [F] his ring.
[G] He was the best of the best, he met the gridiron test, and there ain't nothing as American and [C] clean.
He was the pride of the [F] backfield, ah the hero of his day.
[G] He carried the ball for the red and blue, they wanted him just like [C] Triple A.
And his name made all the [F] papers as best it ever had.
[G] Yes, nobody understood it when the great Joe [C] Bob went bad.
At first he lost his scholarship [F] to the Texas Tech [G] for drinking during training and breaking [C] the coach's neck.
Then he got suspended [F] for acting obscene [G] around the cum laude, cum laude daughter [C] of the dean.
So he took up with a waitress [F] named Lucy Ruby Cole, [G] while she was hopping tables down at the [C] hidey hole.
And he met her on the sly, [F] but when her daddy weren't around.
[G] Ah, but he stopped making yardage when he started [C] messing around.
He was the pride of the [F] backfield, ah the hero of his day.
[G] He carried the ball for the red and blue, they wanted him just like [C] Triple A.
And his name made all the papers [F] as best it [D] ever had.
[G] Yes, nobody understood it when the great Joe Bob [C] went bad.
It spread like a country wildfire, [F] something big gone all strange.
[G] Joe Bob's greatest halfback was acting [C] half-ranked.
He'd been singing out with this woman, [F] getting drunk and having fun.
[G] He'd growled his hair, then give a prayer, said football [C] day is done.
Then he and old Lucy Ruby [F] robbed the Peaky's liquor store.
They [G] had a run in with the law, when there's a run in [C] out the door.
And Joe Bob's fate was sealed [F] for the next century.
[G] He traded in the pigskin for the [C] penitentiary.
He was the pride of the backfield, ah the [F] hero of his day.
He carried the ball for the red and blue, but hell he carried it [C] all away.
And his name made all the papers [F] as best it ever [D] had.
[G] Yes, nobody understood it, nobody comprehended when the great Joe Bob [C] went bad.
[F] [G] [C]
Key:
F
C
G
D
B
F
C
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_ _ He was a panhandle prince, [F] _
schoolboy football king.
[G] They told him high in the halls cause he could run them balls, but it was rumored down deep [C] he was mean.
_ He dated high-toned girls with frosty pom-pom curls, but he never [B] gave out [F] his ring.
[G] He was the best of the best, he met the gridiron test, and there ain't nothing as American and [C] clean. _
_ He was the pride of the [F] backfield, ah the hero of his day.
[G] He carried the ball for the red and blue, they wanted him just like [C] Triple A.
_ And his name made all the [F] papers as best it ever had.
[G] Yes, nobody understood it when the great Joe [C] Bob went bad.
_ At first he lost his scholarship [F] to the Texas Tech [G] for drinking during training and breaking [C] the coach's neck.
_ Then he got suspended [F] for acting obscene [G] around the cum laude, cum laude daughter [C] of the dean.
_ So he took up with a waitress [F] named Lucy Ruby Cole, [G] while she was hopping tables down at the [C] hidey hole.
_ And he met her on the sly, [F] but when her daddy weren't around.
[G] Ah, but he stopped making yardage when he started [C] messing around.
He was the pride of the [F] backfield, ah the hero of his day.
[G] He carried the ball for the red and blue, they wanted him just like [C] Triple A.
And his name made all the papers [F] as best it [D] ever had.
[G] Yes, nobody understood it when the great Joe Bob [C] went bad.
It spread like a country wildfire, [F] something big gone all strange.
[G] Joe Bob's greatest halfback was acting [C] half-ranked.
He'd been singing out with this woman, [F] getting drunk and having fun.
[G] He'd growled his hair, then give a prayer, said football [C] day is done.
_ Then he and old Lucy Ruby [F] robbed the Peaky's liquor store.
They [G] had a run in with the law, when there's a run in [C] out the door.
_ _ And Joe Bob's fate was sealed [F] for the next century.
[G] He traded in the pigskin for the _ _ [C] penitentiary.
_ _ He was the pride of the backfield, ah the [F] hero of his day.
He carried the ball for the red and blue, but hell he carried it [C] all away.
_ _ And his name made all the papers [F] as best it ever [D] had.
[G] Yes, nobody understood it, nobody comprehended when the great Joe Bob [C] went bad.
_ _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
schoolboy football king.
[G] They told him high in the halls cause he could run them balls, but it was rumored down deep [C] he was mean.
_ He dated high-toned girls with frosty pom-pom curls, but he never [B] gave out [F] his ring.
[G] He was the best of the best, he met the gridiron test, and there ain't nothing as American and [C] clean. _
_ He was the pride of the [F] backfield, ah the hero of his day.
[G] He carried the ball for the red and blue, they wanted him just like [C] Triple A.
_ And his name made all the [F] papers as best it ever had.
[G] Yes, nobody understood it when the great Joe [C] Bob went bad.
_ At first he lost his scholarship [F] to the Texas Tech [G] for drinking during training and breaking [C] the coach's neck.
_ Then he got suspended [F] for acting obscene [G] around the cum laude, cum laude daughter [C] of the dean.
_ So he took up with a waitress [F] named Lucy Ruby Cole, [G] while she was hopping tables down at the [C] hidey hole.
_ And he met her on the sly, [F] but when her daddy weren't around.
[G] Ah, but he stopped making yardage when he started [C] messing around.
He was the pride of the [F] backfield, ah the hero of his day.
[G] He carried the ball for the red and blue, they wanted him just like [C] Triple A.
And his name made all the papers [F] as best it [D] ever had.
[G] Yes, nobody understood it when the great Joe Bob [C] went bad.
It spread like a country wildfire, [F] something big gone all strange.
[G] Joe Bob's greatest halfback was acting [C] half-ranked.
He'd been singing out with this woman, [F] getting drunk and having fun.
[G] He'd growled his hair, then give a prayer, said football [C] day is done.
_ Then he and old Lucy Ruby [F] robbed the Peaky's liquor store.
They [G] had a run in with the law, when there's a run in [C] out the door.
_ _ And Joe Bob's fate was sealed [F] for the next century.
[G] He traded in the pigskin for the _ _ [C] penitentiary.
_ _ He was the pride of the backfield, ah the [F] hero of his day.
He carried the ball for the red and blue, but hell he carried it [C] all away.
_ _ And his name made all the papers [F] as best it ever [D] had.
[G] Yes, nobody understood it, nobody comprehended when the great Joe Bob [C] went bad.
_ _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
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