v v v v v v v v G|-----5-3---2-----|-----5-3----------| D|---2---------1-2-|---2--------------| A|-3---------------|-3-----------0-2--| E|-----------------|-----------3------| A|-----| x3 ------|[Verse 1]C I was down in Savannah, eatin' cream and bananasG7 When the heat just made me faintG7 I began to get cross-eyed, I thought I was lost, I'dC Begun to see things as they ain'tC As the relatives gathered to see what's the matterD7 The doctor came to see was I dyin'C But the doctor said, "Give him jug band musicG7 C It seems to make him feel just fine" [Refrain 1]G7 I was told a little tale about a skinny-as-a-railC Eight-foot cowboy with a headacheG7 He was hung up in the desert swattin' rats and tryin' to getC A drink of water with his knees a-gettin' mud-cakedC And I'll tell you in a sentence how he stumbled in to Memphis,F Tennessee, hardly crawlin', lookin' dust-bakedF We gave him a little water, a little bit of wineC He opened up his eyes, but they didn't seem to shineC Then the doctor said, "Give him jug band musicG7 C It seems to make him feel just fine"v v v v v v v v G|-----5-3---2-----|-----5-3----------| D|---2---------1-2-|---2--------------| A|-3---------------|-3-----------0-2--| E|-----------------|-----------3------| A|-----| x3 ------|[Verse 2]C So if you ever get sickly, get Sis to run quicklyG7 To the dusty closet shelf and pull out a washboard, and play a guitar chordC And do a little do-it-yourselfC And call on your neighbors to put down their laborsD7 And come and play the hardware in timeC 'Cause the doctor said, "Give him jug band musicG7 C It seems to make him feel just fine" [Refrain 2]G7 I was floatin' in the ocean greased with suntan lotionC When I got wiped out by a beach boyG7 He was surfin' when he hit me but jumped off his board to get meC And he dragged me by the armpit like a child's toyC As we staggered into land with all the waiters eatin' sandwichesF He tried to mooch a towel from the hoi polloiF He emptied out his eardrums, I emptied out mineC And everybody knows that the very last line isC "The doctor said, 'Give him jug band musicG7 C It seems to make him feel just fine'"v v v v v v v v E|-----------------|------------------| B|-----------------|------------------| G|-----5-3---2-----|-----5-3----------| D|---2---------1-2-|---2--------------| A|-3---------------|-3-----------0-2--| E|-----------------|-----------3------|"yakety throw-up guitar" (6-string bass w/fuzz), during second bar above:v v v v E|-----------------| B|-----------------| G|-----------------| D|-----------------| A|---0-------------| E|---------3---0---|C And the doctor said, "Give him jug band musicG7 C It seems to make him feel just fine"(C) C7 v v v vE|-----------------| B|-----------------| G|-----------------| D|-----------------| A|-----0---1-------| E|---3---3---------|(...fine)
Jug Band Music
The Lovin' Spoonful
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Tom: