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09 Aug 01 - 01:53 AM (#524128) Subject: 'Saturday Night' - Tom Paxton From: Genie "Saturday night and the bar is packed, the drinks are watered and the decks are stacked ... . Some damn fool is starting a fight. Why does he wait for Saturday night? etc. Can someone post the full lyrics (and chords?). Thanks |
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09 Aug 01 - 04:07 AM (#524144) Subject: Lyr Add: SATURDAY NIGHT (Tom Paxton) From: Mark Cohen SATURDAY NIGHT (Tom Paxton) Saturday night and the bar is packed The drinks are watered and the decks are stacked The whores are grinning with their faces cracked And the gamblers cursing at the horses they've backed Saturday night and the bar is jammed We've got our table and the rest be damned The waiter's hovering near at hand We're loaded earlier than we'd planned Some damn fool is starting a fight Why does he wait for Saturday night? La la la la la la la Mary and Eddie are busy indeed Making up for lost time in the rear George is beginning to sweat while a stranger Is sticking her tongue in his ear Dave is explaining the next revolution Someone is granting the crown absolution Whoever is running her foot up my leg I love you Saturday night and the jukebox roars Off in the corner the sound of snores My head is ringing with noise and smoke And someone's ordering Scotch and Coke Saturday night and my friends are blind They're rocking the table just to blow my mind I don't know why but I'm on my knees Showing Bacall how an ape climbs trees Some damn fool is starting a fight Why does he wait for Saturday night? La la la la la la la Mary and Eddie are busy indeed Making up for lost time in the rear George is beginning to faint while a stranger is sticking her tongue in his ear Dave is conducting the next revolution Someone is granting the crowd absolution Whoever is running her foot up my leg I love you La la la la la la la Mary and Eddie are being arrested For making up time in the rear George is out calling a cab with the stranger Who still has her tongue in his ear Dave has abandoned the next revolution Someone is canceling his absolution Whoever is running her foot up my leg I love you That's from memory, so I can't swear by it. My copy of Tom Paxton 6 is still packed away in the boxes that are slowly being emptied. Chords? We don't need no steenking chords! Aloha, Mark |
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09 Aug 01 - 11:10 AM (#524300) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Saturday Night' - Tom Paxton From: Grab In the first chorus, that would be "crowd" rather than "crown", I think? As well, I thought McCall was the tree-climber, not Bacall? That's just from my memory as well, I don't have the songbook to hand. I'll look it up tonight and fill in the blanks. Graham. |
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09 Aug 01 - 06:56 PM (#524715) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Saturday Night' - Tom Paxton From: Lanfranc I've always sung it as McColl (as in Ewan)! As I learned the song aurally, distortion is possible, but I always liked the image of Tom and old Jimmy Miller out on the town together!
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11 Aug 01 - 01:06 AM (#525517) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Saturday Night' - Tom Paxton From: GUEST,genie Thanks, Mark, for the lyrics, and others for your comments. Genie |
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13 Aug 01 - 06:59 PM (#527131) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Saturday Night' - Tom Paxton From: GUEST,genie Mark, Thanks for the lyric refresher. The reason I wanted the chords is that I've forgotten exactly how parts of the tune go, and the chords would bring it back to me. |
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03 Sep 01 - 09:25 PM (#541153) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Saturday Night' - Tom Paxton From: GUEST,genie Mark, What Tom P. album is it on? Genie |
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03 Sep 01 - 11:02 PM (#541216) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Saturday Night' - Tom Paxton From: raredance Grab gets the trivia prize. The "Tom Paxton Anothology" song book has "McCall". Tom's version was on "Tom Paxton 6" (1970 Elektra EKS 74066) rich r |
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04 Sep 01 - 06:11 PM (#541913) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Saturday Night' - Tom Paxton From: Dita Tom also re-recorded it on a UK album in 1976 called "Saturday Night" MAM (MAMS 1003) love, john. |
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04 Sep 01 - 06:30 PM (#541928) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Saturday Night' - Tom Paxton From: Susanne (skw) Iain MacKintosh sang it on his first album 'By Request', which appeared on a German label (Autogram) in 1974. |
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04 Sep 01 - 09:24 PM (#542052) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Saturday Night' - Tom Paxton From: GUEST,Genie Thanks, again, folks. Genie |
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09 Aug 08 - 01:29 PM (#2409376) Subject: Chord Req: 'Saturday Night' - Tom Paxton From: Genie Actually, Mark, Maybe we DO need those "steenkeeng chords." :) At least, the guy who introduced me to this song used a chord pattern that walked up the guitar neck and wasn't your basic 3- or 4-chord pattern. Anyone got 'em? G |
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04 Jan 10 - 06:37 PM (#2803475) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Saturday Night (Tom Paxton) From: Genie I think the lyrics posted above are missing some verses and/or the sequence of verses and choruses is off. Anyone have the complete, accurate lyrics? Better yet, anyone have a video link? |
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04 Jan 10 - 06:40 PM (#2803477) Subject: Lyr Add: SATURDAY NIGHT (Tom Paxton) From: GUEST,999 SATURDAY NIGHT Words and Music by Tom Paxton Saturday night and the bar is packed. The drinks are watered and the decks are stacked. The whores are grinning with their faces cracked, And the gamblers cursing the horses they backed. Saturday night and the bar is jammed. We've got our table and the rest be damned. Our waiter's are hovering near at hand. We're loaded earlier than we planned. Some damn fool is starting a fight, Why does he wait for Saturday night? Mary and Eddie are busy indeed, Making up for lost time in the rear; George is beginning to sweat while a stranger Is sticking her tongue in his ear. David's explaining the next revolution, Someone is granting the crowd absolution, Whoever is running her foot up my leg, I love you La, la la la, La la la la. Saturday night and the juke box roars. Off in the corner the sound of snores; My head is ringing with noise and smoke, And someone's ordering Scotch and Coke. Saturday night and my friends are blind. They're rocking the table to blow my mind. I don't know why but I'm on my knees, Showing McCall how an ape climbs trees. Some damn fool is starting a fight, Why does he wait for Saturday night? Mary and Eddie are busy indeed, Making up for lost time in the rear; George is beginning to faint while a stranger Is sticking her tongue in his ear. David's conducting the next revolution, Someone is granting the crowd absolution, Whoever is running her foot up my leg, I love you. La la la la, La la la la. Mary and Eddie are being arrested, For making up time in the rear; George is out calling a cab with the stranger, Who still has her tongue in his ear. Dave has abandoned the next revolution, Someone is cancelling his absolution, Whoever is running her foot up my leg, I love you. |
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04 Jan 10 - 06:43 PM (#2803479) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Saturday Night (Tom Paxton) From: GUEST,999 PS The lyrics are copied from an official TP site, fyi. |
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04 Jan 10 - 06:55 PM (#2803493) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Saturday Night (Tom Paxton) From: Genie You can order the album from Tom's own website. You can also hear a clip of the chorus there: www.tompaxton.com |
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14 Nov 11 - 08:28 PM (#3257152) Subject: Lyr/Chords Add: SATURDAY NIGHT (Tom Paxton) From: GUEST,Iowa Jim Lyrics with chords, from the book Tom Paxton Anthology (first verse only; the others are the same): AmThat G-Am-Gdim-G progression is a bit more harmonically sophisticated than Tom usually gets. It works perfectly, though. |
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14 Nov 11 - 08:34 PM (#3257155) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Saturday Night (Tom Paxton) From: saulgoldie Aw shucks! This sound very intresting. Now, how does it sound? I don't have the album. Saul |
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11 Sep 14 - 04:49 AM (#3659243) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Saturday Night (Tom Paxton) From: Genie Hear it here: Saturday Night (Tom Paxton) |
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04 Aug 17 - 11:37 AM (#3869945) Subject: Lyr Req: Saturday Night - Tom Paxton From: GUEST,CJB Heard this on a Folk on Two / Folkweave many years ago. Its a hilarious take of folks in a bar getting it on and enjoying themselves. Can't imagine anyone else performig it. But what are the words? Thanks. |
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04 Aug 17 - 01:23 PM (#3869962) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Saturday Night - Tom Paxton From: Charlie Baum See http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/tom-paxton/saturday-night-tom-paxton.htm |
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04 Aug 17 - 04:23 PM (#3869992) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Saturday Night - Tom Paxton From: robomatic Man oh Man! My brother taught me that song a generation ago and I've enjoyed it many times just playing it in my own mind. I don't know if I knew that was a Tom Paxton gem. I'll bet he knew. |
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04 Aug 17 - 09:39 PM (#3870029) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Saturday Night (Tom Paxton) From: Joe Offer Hi, CJB. I moved your request over to this thread. I hope it does the trick for you. -Joe Offer, Mudcat Music Editor- Here's a link to the Paxton recording from Tom Paxton 6: Whoever is running her foot up my leg, I love you... |