[Intro]
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Em
[Verse 1]
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Em
Wanna tell you a story
About the house rent blues
I come home one Friday
Had to tell the landlady I done lost my job
She said that don't befront me
Long as I get my money next Friday
Now next Friday come I didn't get the rent
And out the door I went
[Verse 2]
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Em
So I goes to the landlady
I said, "You let me slide?"
I'll have the rent for you tomorrow
Or the next day I don't know
So said let me slide it on you know people
I notice when I come home in the evenin'
She ain't got nothing nice to say to me
But for five year she was so nice
Lord, she was lovey dovey
I come home one particular evenin'
The landlady said, "You got the rent money yet?"
I said, "No, can't find no job
Therefore I ain't got no money to pay the rent"
She said "I don't believe you're tryin' to find no job"
Said "I seen you today you was standin' on a corner
Leaning up against a post"
I said "But I'm tired, I been walkin' all day"
She said "That don't befront me
Long as I get my money next Friday"
Now next Friday come I didn't have the rent
And out the door I went
[Verse 3]
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Em
So I go down the streets
Down to my good friend's house
I said "Look man, I'm outdoors, you know
Can I stay wicha maybe a couple days?"
He said "Uh, let me go and ask my wife"
He come out of the house
I could see in his face
I knowed it was "no"
He said "I don't know man, ah she kinda funny, an' all"
I said "I know, everybody funny, now you funny too"
So I go back home
I tell the landlady I got a job, I'm gonna pay the rent
She said "Yeah?" I said "Aw yeah"
And then she was so nice
Lord, she was lovey dovey
[Verse 4]
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Em
So I go in my room, pack up my things and I go
I slip on out the back door and down the streets I go
She a hollerin' about the front rent, she be lucky to get any back rent
She ain't gonna get none of it
So I stop in the local bar, you know, people
I go to the bar, I rent my coke, I call the bartender
I said "Look man, come down here", he got down there
Said, "Whatchoo want?"
[Chorus (1)]
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Em B7 Em
"One bourbon, one scotch, one beer"
[Verse 5]
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B7 Em
Well I ain't seen my baby since I don't know when
I been drinking bourbon whiskey, scotch and gin
Gonna get high man, I'm gonna get loose
Need me a triple shot of that juice
Gonna get drunk, don't you have no fear
I want one bourbon, one scotch and one beer
[Chorus (2)]
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Em B7 Em B7
One bourbon, one scotch, one beer
[Verse 6]
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Em
But I'm sittin' there at the bar
I'm gettin' drunk, I'm feelin' mellow
I'm drinkin' bourbon, I'm drinkin' scotch, I'm drinkin' beer
Looked down the bar, here come the bartender
I said "Look man, come down here"
Said "Whatchoo want?"
[Chorus (3)]
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Em B7 Em
One bourbon, one scotch, one beer
[Verse 7]
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B7 Em
No, I ain't seen my baby since the night before last
Gotta get a drink man, I'm gonna get gassed
Gonna get high man, I ain't had enough
Need me a triple shot of that stuff
Gonna get drunk, won'tcha listen right here
I want one bourbon, one shot 'n' one beer
[Chorus (4)]
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Em B7 Em B7
One bourbon, one scotch, one beer"
[Guitar Solo]
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Em | A | Em | A
E | B7 | Em
[Verse 8]
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Em
Now by this time I'm plenty high
You know when your mouth getting dry, you're plenty high
Looked down the bar, I see'da my bartender
I said "Look man, come down here", he got down there
He said "Whatchoo want this time?
I said "Look man, what time is it?"
He said "The clock on the wall say three o'clock
Last call for alcohol, so what you need?"
[Verse 9]
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B7 Em
Lord, I ain't seen my baby since anigh on a week
Gotta get drunk man, so I can't even speak
Gonna get high man, listen to me
One drink ain't enough Jack, you better make it three
Gonna get drunk, I'm gonna make it real clear
I want one bourbon, one scotch and one beer
[Chorus (5)]
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Em B7 Em B7 Em
One bourbon, one scotch, one beer"