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