Misc Unsigned Bands – Jeff Daniels - Switchblade Sam (Ukulele)

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Switchblade Sam:Jeff Daniels (AKA Luke McDaniels) BIG HOWDY Records in 1959. #1.

C
I was peepin' through the window one

Saturday night.. saw Charlie Brown holdin' Lucille tight.

F
Over in the corner was Stagger Lee..

    C
and Long Tall Sally was making whoopee.

G                               C
Mary-Lou and Switchblade Sam..I knocked on

the door and said, here I am. #2.

C
Yeah, I slipped through the backdoor and

gave it a slam..and out come Stagger Lee and old slick Sam.

F
Out through the window jumped Charlie Brown..

       C
he's a-pickin' 'em up and a-puttin' 'em down.

    G                            C
The funniest sight I ever saw..I guess them cats

thought I was the law. #3.

C
Yeah, the girls started screamin' and a-carryin' on.

Don't be frightened, you ain't alone.

  F
I said to myself, I'm gonna have a-fun..

  C
a house full of women and I'm the only one..

    G
and now them cats is clean out of sight..

  C
a house full of women and a cold-cold night.

(INTERLUDE:) C F C G C #4.

C
Well, Long Tall Sally was a-sittin' on my knee..

wooo, daddy, you beat Stagger Lee.

F
Mary-Lou was a-playin' around..she said, yes, oh,

daddy, you beat Charlie Brown.

G                                       C
Lucille-gal was a-doin' agree..she said come here,

baby 'cause you beat all three. #5.

C
Well, this went on all the night..I'm a-tellin' you

they was a-treatin' me right.

       F                                   C
Then I heard someone knockin' on the door..out

stood Stagger Lee with a .44.

G
There at the window was a-Charlie Brown..

       C
at the back door stood ol' Switchblade Sam.

#6.

C
Well, I jacked a chair and I knocked out the light..

and everybody indoors was startin' to fight.

  F
I jumped out the window and I started to run..

  C
I heard Charlie Brown say, give me that gun.

G
Ol' Stagger Lee said, you cut my wife..

C
Switchblade Sam said, I dropped my knife.

OUTRO:

C
Well, listen here, fellow, let me give you some advice..

if you're out jukin' on a Saturday night.

    G
You better look out for a-Charlie Brown..

C
Stagger Lee and ol' Switchblade Sam.

A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.