Freddys Backroom

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[G]I took a walk down to Freddy's Bar

[C]While my wife and kid were asleep

[D]I used to go there almost every night

[G]When I was young and free

[G]Not that I'm unfairly constrained

[C]Held against my will

[D]But this is back when it didn't matter

[G]What time I stayed out until

[G]Now it matters, because my son gets me up at [C]5am each day

[D]And you don't argue with someone who's got their [G]finger in your eye

[G]Freddy's has a backroom

[C]To play music in, or to listen

[D]Buzzers on the wall beneath icing thick paint that [G]dates back to prohibition

[G]Tin ceilings bear that wedding cake pattern that the [C]stage lights interrupt

[D]Pair of TV's playing day-long video collages that [G]Donald dreamed up

[G]Donald runs the place

[C]He gave me a shot on the way in the other night

[D]He always does,and he always did

[G]It's what makes Freddy's feel right

[G]Whenever I'm on the fence, about whether that w[C]alk is just too far

[D]I think about what night it is

[G]And whether it's Donald's night at the bar

[G]When they move the pool tables out of the way

[C]And the TV's lose their glow

[D]They start playing music in Freddy's Backroom

[G]And the people start to show

[G]You could be a sharp backup singer

[C]Who smells like coconut

[D]Or avant-garde Jersey Jazz trio

[G]Who by day smells like Pizza Hut

[G]Everything outta that back room sounds like its coming out of [C]an old tube radio

[D]Either out by the curb or by the kitchen sink

[G]And mean to play what Freddy's got

[G]My favorite record cover, or one of em, anyway,

[C]Is Jerry Jeff Walker

"It's a Good Night for Singin" [D]

[G]And the Backroom sorta reminds me of that cover

[G]You got people laughing, people dancing

[C]People with funny hats

[D]Some in denim, some in leather

[G]Or Fort Park Boy-high-low aristocrats(?)

[G]Yeah, The back room reminds me of that cover

[C]In every way, by and large

[D]When I threw down that shot
I started thinking about how Fre[G]ddy's is going to be a parking garage

[G]Yep, someday soon there'll be something in the space that occupies the [C]

bubbling fishtank

[D]Maybe a tailpipe or a row of fluorescent lights[G]

[G]A styrofoam cup

Or a pair of ke[C]ys hanging from a Dickies belt-loop

[D]Some fastfood trash, or maybe a staircase, or a[G] bright yellow mazda coupe

[G]Someday soon there'll be something in the place [C]where Freddy himself is sure to show

[D]A wax statue at the end of the bar drinking Fontera like it [G]was just opened 2 weeks ago

[G]The Ram's skeleton above the bar in the powder blue wig

[C]Or the dented paper towel dispenser

[D]The pink ladies' room sign

And the naked man painting by Do[G]nald out near the exit

[G]Maybe the garage will have showers for their workers

[C]And a real naked man will fit right into that s[D]pace

[G]Maybe Freddy's prediction...

[G]All it makes room for is songs like these

[C]Sometimes there's no positive inner meaning

[D]All it makes room for is songs like these

[G]and "It's a Good Night for Singin" x2

Let's sing

[G]They're gonna tear down Freddy's

[C]They're gonna tear down Hank's saloon

[D]Like crickets under rocks, we're all gonna hop to [G]Bennigan's backroom x4