Frank Zappa – Lonesome Cowboy Burt (Guitar)

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Versions (4)

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Sung by Jimmy Carl Black:
C
My name is Burtram

          F
I am a redneck

          C
All my friends,

               F
They call me 'Burt'
(Hi, Burt!)
C
All my family,

               F
From down in Texas

             C
Make their livin'

   G
Diggin' dirt
THEN ITS THE THE SAME WITH THE OTHER VERSES Come out here to Californy, Just to find me Some pretty girls Ones I seen Gets me so horny; Ruby lips, 'N teeth like pearls! Wanna love 'em all! Wanna love 'em dearly! Wanna pretty girl- I'll even pay! I'll buy 'em furs! I'll buy 'em jewelry! I know they like me; Here's what I say: UNTIL:
E                  A
I'm lonesome Cowboy Burt!
(Speakin' atcha!)
E                      A
Come smell my fringe-y shirt!
(Reekin' atcha!)
E             A
My cowboy pants,

E           A
My cowboy dance,

E            A
My bold advance,

D                 E
On this here waitress . . .
Yodel-oh-oo-pee-hey Yodel-oh-oo-pee!
D                      A
(He's lonesome Cowboy Burt

E                           A
Don'tcha get his feelings hurt)

D              
Come out in this place,

         A
'N I'll buy you a taste,

         E  
You can sit on my face-
A, A, D, A Where's my waitress? Key change:
C
Burtram, Burtram redneck

C
Burtram, Burtram redneck
SLIDE INTO CHORDS FROM A SEMITONE DOWN (B,C) (E,F) (C#, D) (F# G)
C
I'm an awful nice guy!
Sweat all day in the sun! Roofer by trade,
           F
Quite a bundle I've made,

        D 
I'm unionized roofin' old

          G
Son-of-a-gun!
(He's a unionized roofin' old Son-of-a-gun!) Then the same for the next 2 verses When I get off, I get plastered Drink till I fall onna floor, Find me some Communist bastard, 'N stomp on his face till he don't Move no more! (He stomps on his face till he don't Move no more!) I fuss, an' I cuss an' I keep on drinkin', Till my eyes puff up an' turn red! I drool on m'shirt, I see if he's hurt, Kick him again in the head, yes!
D                       G
Kick him again in the head, boys!
Then repeat 'Im lonesome Cowboy Burt' verse before finishing