Roy Orbison, Mean Woman Blues (1963)
Key: :[A#] (w: Claude Demetrius) (Elvis Presley, 1957, Key: C)
VERSE 1:
Hmm, well, I got a woman mean as she can
[A#] be
Well,
[D#] I got a woman mean as she can
[A#] be
Some-
[F7]-times I think she's
[D#] almost mean as
[A#] me
[F7]
VERSE 2:
She got
[A# open] ruby lips, she got
[A# open] shapely hips
Yeah,
[A# open] boy she makes
[A#7] old Roy flip
[D#] I got a woman mean as she can
[A#] be
Some-
[F7]-times I think she's
[D#] almost mean as
[A#] me
[F7]
VERSE 3:
Well,
[A# open] I ain't braggin',
[A# open] it's understood,
[A# open] Everything I do, well, I
[A#7] sure do it good
Yeah,
[D#] I got a woman mean as she can
[A#] be
Some-
[F7]-times I think she's
[D#] almost mean as
[A#] me
[F7]
INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE]
REPEAT VERSE 2:
INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE] (Ahhh, huh, huh huh...)
OUTRO:
[A#] Well, I got a woman
(sha la la la)
[A#] Yeah, I got a woman
(sha la la la)
Yeah,
[D#] I got a woman
(sha la la la)
Well,
[A#] I got a woman
(sha la la la)
Some-
[F7]-times I think she's
[D#] almost mean as
[A#] me
[A# open]