Chords for the Country Gazette ~ the great joe bob (a regional tragedy)
Tempo:
68.65 bpm
Chords used:
B
E
F#
C#
F#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
He was a [E] panhandle prince, a schoolboy football [F#] king.
They used to tell him hi [B] in the halls, cause he could run them balls, but it was rumored down deep he was mean.
He dated high-tone girls with frosted pom-pom curls, but he never give out his [E] ring.
He was the [F#] best of the best, he met the gridiron test, and there ain't nothing as American and clean.
He was the pride of the [E] backfield, all the hero of his day.
[F#] He carried the ball for the red and blue, they won district [B] triple-A.
And his name made all the papers [E] as the best they'd [C#] ever had.
[F#] So nobody understood it when the great Joe [B] Bob went mad.
Well first he lost his scholarship [E] to Texas Tech, [F#] for drinking during training and breaking the [B] coach's neck.
And then he got suspended [E] for acting obscene around [F#] the cum laude, cum laude daughter [B] of the dean.
Then he met [F#m] up with a waitress, [E] her name was Luce Ruby Cole.
[F#] While she was hopping tables down at the hidey hole.
[B] And he met her [B] on the sly [E] when her daddy weren't around.
[F#] But he stopped making yardage when he started [B] messing around.
He was the pride of the [E] backfield, all the hero of his day.
[F#] He carried the ball for the red and blue, they won district [B] triple-A.
And his name made all the papers [E] as the best they'd [C#] ever had.
[F#] So nobody understood it when the great [B] Joe Bob went mad.
Well it spread like country wildfire, [E] something big had gone all strange.
[C#] Joe Bob the greatest [F#] halfback started acting half [B] deranged.
He'd been seen out with a woman, [E] getting drunk and having fun.
[F#] He'd growed his hair and give up prayer, says football days [B] are done.
Then he and old Luce Ruby [E] robbed a pinkies liquor store.
They [F#] had a run in with the law when they was running [B] out the door.
And Joe Bob's fate was sealed [E] for the next century.
[F#] He traded in the pigskin for the [B]
penitentiary.
[B] He was the pride of the [E] backfield, all the hero of his day.
[F#] He carried the ball for the red and blue, they won district triple-A.
And his name [B] made all the [E] papers as the best they'd [C#] ever had.
[F#] So nobody understood it, nobody comprehended it, when the great Joe Bob went mad.
[B] [N]
They used to tell him hi [B] in the halls, cause he could run them balls, but it was rumored down deep he was mean.
He dated high-tone girls with frosted pom-pom curls, but he never give out his [E] ring.
He was the [F#] best of the best, he met the gridiron test, and there ain't nothing as American and clean.
He was the pride of the [E] backfield, all the hero of his day.
[F#] He carried the ball for the red and blue, they won district [B] triple-A.
And his name made all the papers [E] as the best they'd [C#] ever had.
[F#] So nobody understood it when the great Joe [B] Bob went mad.
Well first he lost his scholarship [E] to Texas Tech, [F#] for drinking during training and breaking the [B] coach's neck.
And then he got suspended [E] for acting obscene around [F#] the cum laude, cum laude daughter [B] of the dean.
Then he met [F#m] up with a waitress, [E] her name was Luce Ruby Cole.
[F#] While she was hopping tables down at the hidey hole.
[B] And he met her [B] on the sly [E] when her daddy weren't around.
[F#] But he stopped making yardage when he started [B] messing around.
He was the pride of the [E] backfield, all the hero of his day.
[F#] He carried the ball for the red and blue, they won district [B] triple-A.
And his name made all the papers [E] as the best they'd [C#] ever had.
[F#] So nobody understood it when the great [B] Joe Bob went mad.
Well it spread like country wildfire, [E] something big had gone all strange.
[C#] Joe Bob the greatest [F#] halfback started acting half [B] deranged.
He'd been seen out with a woman, [E] getting drunk and having fun.
[F#] He'd growed his hair and give up prayer, says football days [B] are done.
Then he and old Luce Ruby [E] robbed a pinkies liquor store.
They [F#] had a run in with the law when they was running [B] out the door.
And Joe Bob's fate was sealed [E] for the next century.
[F#] He traded in the pigskin for the [B]
penitentiary.
[B] He was the pride of the [E] backfield, all the hero of his day.
[F#] He carried the ball for the red and blue, they won district triple-A.
And his name [B] made all the [E] papers as the best they'd [C#] ever had.
[F#] So nobody understood it, nobody comprehended it, when the great Joe Bob went mad.
[B] [N]
Key:
B
E
F#
C#
F#m
B
E
F#
_ He was a [E] panhandle prince, a schoolboy football [F#] king.
They used to tell him hi [B] in the halls, cause he could run them balls, but it was rumored down deep he was mean.
He dated high-tone girls with frosted pom-pom curls, but he never give out his [E] ring.
He was the [F#] best of the best, he met the gridiron test, and there ain't nothing as American and clean.
_ He was the pride of the [E] backfield, all the hero of his day.
[F#] He carried the ball for the red and blue, they won district [B] triple-A.
_ _ And his name made all the papers [E] as the best they'd [C#] ever had.
[F#] So nobody understood it when the great Joe [B] Bob went mad.
_ Well first he lost his scholarship [E] to Texas Tech, [F#] for drinking during training and breaking the [B] coach's neck.
_ _ And then he got suspended [E] for acting obscene around [F#] the cum laude, cum laude daughter [B] of the dean.
_ Then he met [F#m] up with a waitress, [E] her name was Luce Ruby Cole.
_ [F#] While she was hopping tables down at the hidey hole.
[B] _ And he met her [B] on the sly [E] when her daddy weren't around.
[F#] But he stopped making yardage when he started [B] messing around.
He was the pride of the [E] backfield, all the hero of his day.
[F#] He carried the ball for the red and blue, they won district [B] triple-A.
_ _ And his name made all the papers [E] as the best they'd [C#] ever had.
[F#] So nobody understood it when the great [B] Joe Bob went mad.
Well it spread like country wildfire, [E] something big had gone all strange.
[C#] Joe Bob the greatest [F#] halfback started acting half [B] deranged.
_ He'd been seen out with a woman, [E] getting drunk and having fun.
[F#] He'd growed his hair and give up prayer, says football days [B] are done.
_ Then he and old Luce Ruby [E] robbed a pinkies liquor store.
They [F#] had a run in with the law when they was running [B] out the door.
_ _ And Joe Bob's fate was sealed [E] for the next century.
[F#] He traded in the pigskin for the [B]
penitentiary.
_ _ [B] He was the pride of the [E] backfield, all the hero of his day.
[F#] He carried the ball for the red and blue, they won district triple-A.
_ And his name [B] made all the [E] papers as the best they'd [C#] ever had.
[F#] So nobody understood it, nobody comprehended it, when the great Joe Bob went mad. _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
They used to tell him hi [B] in the halls, cause he could run them balls, but it was rumored down deep he was mean.
He dated high-tone girls with frosted pom-pom curls, but he never give out his [E] ring.
He was the [F#] best of the best, he met the gridiron test, and there ain't nothing as American and clean.
_ He was the pride of the [E] backfield, all the hero of his day.
[F#] He carried the ball for the red and blue, they won district [B] triple-A.
_ _ And his name made all the papers [E] as the best they'd [C#] ever had.
[F#] So nobody understood it when the great Joe [B] Bob went mad.
_ Well first he lost his scholarship [E] to Texas Tech, [F#] for drinking during training and breaking the [B] coach's neck.
_ _ And then he got suspended [E] for acting obscene around [F#] the cum laude, cum laude daughter [B] of the dean.
_ Then he met [F#m] up with a waitress, [E] her name was Luce Ruby Cole.
_ [F#] While she was hopping tables down at the hidey hole.
[B] _ And he met her [B] on the sly [E] when her daddy weren't around.
[F#] But he stopped making yardage when he started [B] messing around.
He was the pride of the [E] backfield, all the hero of his day.
[F#] He carried the ball for the red and blue, they won district [B] triple-A.
_ _ And his name made all the papers [E] as the best they'd [C#] ever had.
[F#] So nobody understood it when the great [B] Joe Bob went mad.
Well it spread like country wildfire, [E] something big had gone all strange.
[C#] Joe Bob the greatest [F#] halfback started acting half [B] deranged.
_ He'd been seen out with a woman, [E] getting drunk and having fun.
[F#] He'd growed his hair and give up prayer, says football days [B] are done.
_ Then he and old Luce Ruby [E] robbed a pinkies liquor store.
They [F#] had a run in with the law when they was running [B] out the door.
_ _ And Joe Bob's fate was sealed [E] for the next century.
[F#] He traded in the pigskin for the [B]
penitentiary.
_ _ [B] He was the pride of the [E] backfield, all the hero of his day.
[F#] He carried the ball for the red and blue, they won district triple-A.
_ And his name [B] made all the [E] papers as the best they'd [C#] ever had.
[F#] So nobody understood it, nobody comprehended it, when the great Joe Bob went mad. _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _