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Guitar Man Upstairs

Drive-By Truckers
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D-DU-UDU
 I think I'm gonna call the Police, I  hear something upstairs
 I know good and well there ain't nothing good  going on up there
There's  probably ten or more of them sittin' all around
Smokin'  that stuff and drinkin'  that hard liquor down
 I've been living in this city  since the day I was born
 I've seen good times come and go and I've seen  bad times drag  on
I've  seen white and black folks alike get treated  just like  sin
And  every year or so I see a new  truck load of white  trash movin' in
When  I was sixteen I had a little trouble  with the law
 He said "Boy come here" I said "Boy yourself
 I ain't  done nothing wrong"
He  grabbed me by the arm and He went  upside my head
 Nobody  saw nothing
 But I got  a little spot where my hair  ain't grown back yet
 I used to have me a woman and a pretty fine home
 But it took so much to keep them both going I was always out and gone
 I came home one afternoon to get me change of clothes
 Caught a quick walkin' slick talkin' guitar picker
 Headin' out my back door
 Now I'm proud to say I ain't never been no violent man
 But I'd sure be rotting in jail today if I'd had me a gun in my hand
 I went inside threw her clothes on the floor and laid a suitcase across the bed
 Not a word got spoke not a lick got throwed
 And my woman ain't come back yet
 Now I live in this building with the punks and the freaks
 And I don't do much of nothing except go to work, come home, and drink
 So guitar man you done picked the wrong damn place to stay
 I'm a feeble old man
 You're a young smart-ass
 And there's a law-man on his way

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Readable chord sheet for Guitar Man Upstairs by Drive-By Truckers

I think I'm gonna call the P[A]olice, [D]I hear something upst[A]airs
I know good and well there ain't nothing go[B]od going on up t[E]here
[D]There's probably ten or more of them sittin' all [A]around   [D]
[A]Smokin' that stuff and d[E]rinkin' that hard liquor [A]down

I've been living in this [A]city   [D]  since the day I was b[A]orn
I've seen good times come and go and I've s[B]een bad times drag[E] on
[D]I've seen white and black folks alike get t[A]reated just like[D] sin
[A]And every year or so I see a [E]new truck load of [D]white trash movin' [A]in

[D]When I was sixteen I had a little [A]trouble with the law

He said "Boy come here" I said "Boy yourself
I a[B]in't done nothing wron[E]g"
[D]He grabbed me by the arm and He w[A]ent upside my [D]head
Nob[A]ody saw nothing
But I g[E]ot a little spot where my [D]hair ain't grown back [A]yet

I used to have me a woman and a pretty fine home
But it took so much to keep them both going I was always out and gone
I came home one afternoon to get me change of clothes
Caught a quick walkin' slick talkin' guitar picker
Headin' out my back door

Now I'm proud to say I ain't never been no violent man
But I'd sure be rotting in jail today if I'd had me a gun in my hand
I went inside threw her clothes on the floor and laid a suitcase across the bed
Not a word got spoke not a lick got throwed
And my woman ain't come back yet

Now I live in this building with the punks and the freaks
And I don't do much of nothing except go to work, come home, and drink
So guitar man you done picked the wrong damn place to stay
I'm a feeble old man
You're a young smart-ass
And there's a law-man on his way

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