Beat Me Daddy Eight To The Bar

D                                     Bm
In a little honky-tonky village in Texas
D                                   G
There's a guy who plays the best piano by far
C
He can play piano any way that you like it
Em                              D
But the way he likes to play is eight to the bar

D                                                  G      D
When he plays, it's a ball, he's the daddy of them all

D          G                     D
The people gather around when he gets on the stand
G                                  D C#
Then when he plays, he gets a hand
C
The rhythm he beats puts the cats in a trance
G
Nobody there bothers to dance
            D
But when he plays with the bass and guitar
D                 G       Em     G
They holler out, "Beat me Daddy, eight to the bar"

  G        F        G               F
A-plink, a-plank, a-plink-a-plank-a-plink-a-plank
  G
A-plunkin' on the keys
  C       Am      Am            F
A-riff, a-raff, a-riff-a-raff-a-riff-a-raff
  D                     Em
A-riffin' out with ease
            D
And when he plays with the bass and guitar
                  G       C      G
They holler out, "Beat me Daddy, eight to the bar"

G  D  G...

G
He plays a boogie, he plays eight to the bar
G                                                            Em
The boogie-woogie, that is the way he likes to play on his piano
C          D
And we all know
             G                            D
That when he plays he puts them all in a trance
D
The cats all holler, "Hooray"
                       G              Em
You'll hear them say, "Beat me Daddy, eight to the bar"

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     Em           C     G
In a little honky-tonky village in Texas
          C                 Am     C       G
There's a guy who plays the best piano by far
        D                          Am D
When he plays with the bass and guitar
              C                 D                           G
They holler, "Beat me up Daddy, beat me Daddy, eight to the bar"

                       Bm        D
The people gather around when he gets up on the stand
G                   Bm
Then when he plays, he gets a hand
    C
The rhythm that he plays puts the cats in a trance
Am     Em         G          D
Nobody there ever bothers to dance
            D              C           D
But when he plays with the bass and guitar
                  G
They holler out, "Beat me Daddy, eight to the bar"

A-plink-plink, a-plank-plank, a-plink-a-plank-a-plink-a-plank
A-plunkin' on the keys
A-riff-riff, a-raff-raff, a-riff-a-raff-a-riff-a-raff
A-riffin' out with ease
And when he plays with the bass and guitar
They holler out, "Beat me Daddy, eight to the bar"