George Thorogood & The Destroyers – One Bourbon One Scotch One Beer (Guitar)

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[Verse 1]

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Wanna tell you a story

About the house rent blues I come home one Friday

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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

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Now next Friday come I didn't get the rent

And out the door I went [Verse 2]

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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

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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

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But for five year she was so nice

Lord, she was lovey-dovey I come home one particular evenin'

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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"

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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"

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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"

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Now next Friday come I didn't have the rent

And out the door I went [Verse 3]

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So I go down the streets

Down to my good friend's house I said "Look man, I'm outdoors, you know

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Can I stay wicha maybe a couple days?"

He said "Uh, let me go and ask my wife" He come out of the house

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I could see in his face

I knowed it was "no" He said "I don't know man, ah she kinda funny, an' all"

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I said "I know, everybody funny, now you funny, too"

[Verse 4]

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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"

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And then she was so nice

Lord, she was lovey-dovey So I go in my room, pack up my things and I go

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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 [Verse 5]

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So I stop in the local bar, you know, people

I go to the bar, I hang my coat, I call the bartender I said "Look man, come down here", he got down there

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Said, "Whatchoo want?"

[Chorus 1]

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"One bourbon, one scotch, one beer"

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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

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Need me a triple shot o' that juice

Gonna get drunk, don't you have no fear I want one bourbon, one scotch and one beer

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One bourbon, one scotch, one beer

[Solo] [Verse 6]

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But I'm sittin' there

At the bar I'm gettin' drunk, I'm feelin' mellow

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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"

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Said "Whatchoo want?"

[Chorus 2]

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"One bourbon, one scotch, one beer

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No, I ain't seen my baby since the night before last

Gotta get a drink man, I'm gonna get gassed

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Gonna get high man, I ain't had enough

Need me a triple shot of that stuff

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Gonna get drunk, won'tcha listen right here

I want one bourbon, one shot 'n' one beer

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One bourbon, one scotch, one beer" (well all right)

[Solo]

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(Scratch my back, bay-bah)

(Yeah-ahhh right) [Verse 7]

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Now by this time I'm plenty high

You know when your mouth a-getting dry, you're plenty high Looked down the bar, I see'da my bartender

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I said "Look man, come down here", he got down there

He said "Whatchoo want this time? I said "Look man, a-what time is it?"

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He said "The clock on the wall say three o'clock

Last call for alcohol, so what you need?" [Chorus 3]

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"One bourbon, one scotch, one beer"

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Lord, I ain't seen my baby since a-night on a week

Gotta get drunk man, so I can't even speak Gonna get high man, listen to me

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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 'n' one beer

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One bourbon, one scotch, one beer"