Rory Gallagher – Loanshark Blues (Guitar)

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(8 bars)

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Give me 'til Monday, that's only a day or two

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Give me 'til Monday, that's only a day or two

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I'll pay you back with interest, if it's the last thing that I do, yeah

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I'll pay you back with interest, if it's the last thing that I do, yeah

B
(4 bars)

B                                            B
Give me 'til Monday, that's only a day away

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Give me 'til Monday, that's only a day away

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I'm down on my knees, I've got one foot in the grave

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I'm down on my knees, I've got one foot in the grave

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(4 bars)

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I've got the loanshark blues, I've got the loanshark blues

G#m                F#      B
Give me an offer I can't refuse

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My wife needs shoes, my kids must eat

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Feel so cold, I can't feel my feet

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Can't get my hands on one thin dime

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Gonna turn to a life of crime

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No work here, so I walk the street

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Sign on the door, feel I'm beat

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I know you run Pier 15

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You got a grip on all my dreams

             B                             F#
I've got the loanshark blues, I've got the loanshark blues

G#m                F#      B
Give me an offer I can't refuse

B
(12 bars)

B                                              B
Give me 'til Monday, that's only a day or two

B                                              B
Give me 'til Monday, that's only a day or two

B                                                                       B
I'll pay you back with interest, if it's the last thing that I do, yeah

B                                                                       B
I'll pay you back with interest, if it's the last thing that I do, yeah

B
(2 bars)

             B                             F#
I've got the loanshark blues, I've got the loanshark blues

G#m                F#      B
Give me an offer I can't refuse

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The roof's got holes, see the sky

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Can't get straight and I have tried

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I'm in your debt, I'm well aware

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I'll break the law 'cause I don't care

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Living on a knife edge I have been

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but I'm too tough to just give in

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Moving on down with the longshoremen

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On the docks we're locked out again

             B                             F#
I've got the loanshark blues, I've got the loanshark blues

G#m                F#      B
Give me an offer I can't refuse

             B                             F#
I've got the loanshark blues, I've got the loanshark blues

G#m                F#      B
Give me an offer I can't refuse

B
(from 3:41, 14 bars, big ending)