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Laraby's Gang

Spin Doctors
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
 G C X 4
Stoop's  so fine on a summer's eve
 when you sit outside for a short reprieve
 Talk to folks as they come and leave
 Jono, Jay, and Crazy Steve.
Night  is down but it's bright as day
 You haven't been around since you went away
 Feels so good so that's what you say
 Folks say hi, but you say, "Hey."
 Well, that old mad  dog, he's barking for the blues bone
Orpheus  got a black book and a telephone
Plays  that lyre 'cause he doesn't want to be alone;
One  look back....
 Buy a beer, find a place to stand
 Have a couple laughs and hear the band
 Smoke a couple of your favorite brand
 Wake up with a stamp on the back of your hand.
Don't  blame me, it's all been Laraby's  gang,  now, now.
Don't  blame me for the song that the Nightingale sang, now, now.
Don't  blame me 'bout the vanishing waif,
 Don't blame me if your safe ain't safe,  now,  now.
 Sun comes up, you're still awake.
 There's the sky, still as a lake.
 Not even that can drown the ache,
 Looks so high, it must be fake.

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Readable chord sheet for Laraby's Gang by Spin Doctors

G C  X 4

[G]Stoop's so fine on a summer's eve              [B]
when you sit outside for a short reprieve          [Am]
Talk to folks as they come and leave             [C]
Jono, Jay, and Crazy Steve.      [G]               [C]                    [G]                        [C]

[G]Night is down but it's bright as day             [B]
You haven't been around since you went away                   [Am]
Feels so good so that's what you say                [C]
Folks say hi, but you say, "Hey."         [G]                [C]                    [G]                       [C]

Well, that old m[C]ad dog, he's barking for the blues bone
[G]Orpheus got a black book and a telephone
[D/F#]Plays that lyre 'cause he doesn't want to be alone;
[C]One look back....  [Cm]

Buy a beer, find a place to stand
Have a couple laughs and hear the band
Smoke a couple of your favorite brand
Wake up with a stamp on the back of your hand.

[Em]Don't blame me, it's all been [C]Laraby's gan[B]g, now, now. [Am]
[Em]                                [C]                    [B]
[Am]Don't blame me for the song that the Nightingale sang, now, now.
[Em]Don't blame me 'bout the vanishing waif,
Don't blame me if your safe ain't sa[C]fe, now[B], now. [Am]

[G] [C] [G] [C] [G] [C] [G] [C]

Sun comes up, you're still awake.
There's the sky, still as a lake.
Not even that can drown the ache,
Looks so high, it must be fake.

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