Johnny Horton – Mean Mean Mean Son Of A Gun (Guitar)

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SONG: MEAN, MEAN, MEAN SON OF A GUN ARTIST: JOHNNY HORTON TAB BY: DON CZARSKI EMAIL: [email protected] INTRO:
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VERSE:
G               G7
I'm a guy that likes his fun

     C                   Cm
And when I fight, you'd better run

       G           D             G
I'm a mean, mean, mean son of a gun
VERSE:
G                    G7
I'm goin' down in a middle of town

     C                  Cm
I'm goin' to shoot the first man down

       G           D             G
I'm a mean, mean, mean son of a gun
BREAK:
     C                              G
My skin is hard as leather I'm as tough as any man

 A                              D
When I have to shave myself, I use an old tin can
VERSE:
   G               G7               C                Cm
I wash my face in boilin' wax and scrub myself with gunny sacks

       G           D             G
I'm a mean, mean, mean son of a gun
CHORUS:
     C                     G
I'm mean - I'm mean - I'm mean

       D                         G
I'm a mean, mean, mean son of a gun
VERSE:
 G                     G7
Well, I was raised on tiger's milk

    C                      Cm
I drink corn liquor and I smoke corn silk

       G           D             G
I'm a mean, mean, mean son of a gun
VERSE:
G                    G7
I chew up tin and I spit out nails

  C                  Cm
Sleep on snakes with ten-foot tails

       G           D             G
I'm a mean, mean, mean son of a gun
BREAK:
    C
I started feelin' frisky

        G
And I danced the other night

   A                               D
I felt so good, I took my gun and shot out ev'ry light
VERSE:
          G               G7
Now the Sheriff said, get out off town

 C                Cm
Take him six feet under ground

       G           D             G
I'm a mean, mean, mean son of a gun
CHORUS:
     C                     G
I'm mean - I'm mean - I'm mean

       D                        G
I'm a mean, mean, mean son of a gun
VERSE:
G                         G7
I throwed my saddle on a grizzly bear

         C                         Cm
Then I crawled bare-handed in his mountain lair

       G           D             G
I'm a mean, mean, mean son of a gun
VERSE:
G                    G7
I cut my hair on a choppin' block

     C                    Cm
And when I chopped, the mountains rocked

       G           D             G
I'm a mean, mean, mean son of a gun
BREAK:
    C                                G
I tangled with a wild cat, just to prove that I was stout

         A
Reached down his throat and grabbed his tail, 

       D
Then turned him inside out
VERSE:
      G                  G7
Where I was raised, it's so darn tough

   C               Cm
I had to leave, it got so rough

       G           D             G
I'm a mean, mean, mean son of a gun
CHORUS:
     C                     G
I'm mean - I'm mean - I'm mean

       D                        G
I'm a mean, mean, mean son of a gun