Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show – Roland The Roadie And Gertrude The Groupie (Guitar)

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Band: Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show Side: II Track: III Song: Roland The Roadie And Gertrude The Groupie Intro Now Roland the roadie was only a toadie, Who set up the lights and the mics for the shows And Gertrude the groupie was a rock and roll fan, Who stood by the stage door in the rains and the snows. First Verse

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Roland the roadie met Gertrude the groupie

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At a rock concert back in Bayonne

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He tried to seduce her,

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Said he'd introduce her to all of the Beatles and Stones

Second Verse

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So Roland the roadie got Gertrude the groupie

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A  seat in the balcony above

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And Gertrude the groupie felt grateful and groovy

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But Roland the roadie felt love

Chorus

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And some folks loves ham hocks

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And some folks loves pork chops

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And some folks love vegetable soup

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But Roland the roadie loves Gertrude the groupie,

But Gertrude the groupie loves groups Third Verse

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She stood up and screamed as the amber spot gleamed

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On her heroes so skinny and tall

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With their eyelids so droopy, 

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And Gertrude the groupie and she was in love with them all

Fourth Verse

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Roland the roadie told Gertrude the groupie

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To wait and he'd be her man

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But while he dreamed of a rose covered home

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She was out with the group in the van

Break

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Hey Gertie, Gertie, 

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Come on babe, come on out of there....I know you're in there...

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The whole trailer's moving baby....What about me....Gertie... Oh, Gertie?

Fifth Verse

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Now Roland the roadie is back on the road, 

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His heart has been broken again

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And Gertrude the groupie waits out in the cold 

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For the very next group to come in

Chorus

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And some folks loves ham hocks 

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And some folks loves pork chops 

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And some folks loves vegetable soup

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And Roland the roadie loves Gertrude the groupie, 

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But Gertrude the groupie loves groups

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....groups.....groups.....groups.....