Gimme Three Steps

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  [D]            I was cuttin th[D]e rug down at a place called 'The Jug'

  [A]            with a [A]girl named Linda Lou

  [D]            When in walke[D]d a man with a gun in his hand

  [E]            he was look[A]ing for you know who.

  [D]            He said "Hey the[D]re fellow with the hair coloured yellow,

  [G]                watcha [E]tryin' to proove?

  [D]            Cuz' tha[D]tsa' my woman there and I'm a man who cares

  [A]            and thi[D]s might be all for you"    (I said "excuse me!")

  [D]            I was sca[D]red and fearing for my life

  [A]            shaking like a [A]leaf on a tree

  [D]            Cuz' he [D]was lean and mean and big and bad, Lord,

  [E]            pointing th[A]at gun at me

  [D]            I said "wait a[D] minute mister, I didn't even kiss her,

  [G]                don't want no trou[E]ble with you

  [D]            and I know you don[D]'t owe me but I wish you would let me

  [A]            ask one fa[D]vour from you:

  [D] (CHORUS)   Say won't y[D]ou Gimme 3 steps, gimme 3 steps mister,

  [A]            gimme 3 s[A]teps toward the door?

  [D]            Gimme 3 ste[D]ps, gimme 3 steps mister

  [A]            and yo[D]u'll never see me no more."
              (Solo)

  [D]            O well the crowd[D] cleared away and I began to pray

  [A]            and the water[A] fell down to the floor

  [D]            and I'm tel[D]ling you, son, it ain't no fun,

  [E]            staring strai[A]ght down a fourty-four.

  [D]            Well, he turn[D]ed and screamed at Linda Lou,

  [G]            and that's[E] the break I was looking for

  [D]            and you co[D]uld hear me screaming a mile away

  [A]            as I was hea[D]ded out toward the door.

              (CHORUS)

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All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in the rain.