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Thread #37568   Message #3257152
Posted By: GUEST,Iowa Jim
14-Nov-11 - 08:28 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Saturday Night (Tom Paxton)
Subject: Lyr/Chords Add: SATURDAY NIGHT (Tom Paxton)
Lyrics with chords, from the book Tom Paxton Anthology (first verse only; the others are the same):
 Am
Saturday night and the bar is packed. The
Em
drinks are watered and the decks are stacked; the
Am
whores are grinning with their faces cracked, and the
Em
gamblers cursing at the horses they backed.
C
Saturday night and the bar is jammed. We've
Em
got our table and the rest be damned. The
C
waiter's hovering near at hand. We're
Em
loaded earlier than we planned.
G Am Gdim G C#dim G7
Some damn fool is starting a fight.
G Am Gdim G C#dim G7
Why does he wait for Saturday night?
C C#dim
Mary and Eddie are busy indeed, making
G7
up for lost time in the rear.
G7 Dm7
George is beginning to sweat while a
Gdim G7 C
stranger is sticking her tongue in his ear.
C C7
David's explaining the next revolution.
F
Someone is granting the crowd absolution.
F#dim G7
Who - ever is running her foot up my leg, I love
Am G Am Gdim G C#dim
you. La la la la la la la la
That G-Am-Gdim-G progression is a bit more harmonically sophisticated than Tom usually gets. It works perfectly, though.