Roy Orbison, Mean Woman Blues (1963)
Key: :[Bb] (w: Claude Demetrius) (Elvis Presley, 1957, Key: C)
VERSE 1:
Hmm, well, I got a woman mean as she can
[Bb] be
Well,
[Eb] I got a woman mean as she can
[Bb] be
Some-
[F7]-times I think she's
[Eb] almost mean as
[Bb] me
[F7]
VERSE 2:
She got
[Bb open] ruby lips, she got
[Bb open] shapely hips
Yeah,
[Bb open] boy she makes
[Bb7] old Roy flip
[Eb] I got a woman mean as she can
[Bb] be
Some-
[F7]-times I think she's
[Eb] almost mean as
[Bb] me
[F7]
VERSE 3:
Well,
[Bb open] I ain't braggin',
[Bb open] it's understood,
[Bb open] Everything I do, well, I
[Bb7] sure do it good
Yeah,
[Eb] I got a woman mean as she can
[Bb] be
Some-
[F7]-times I think she's
[Eb] almost mean as
[Bb] me
[F7]
INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE]
REPEAT VERSE 2:
INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE] (Ahhh, huh, huh huh...)
OUTRO:
[Bb] Well, I got a woman
(sha la la la)
[Bb] Yeah, I got a woman
(sha la la la)
Yeah,
[Eb] I got a woman
(sha la la la)
Well,
[Bb] I got a woman
(sha la la la)
Some-
[F7]-times I think she's
[Eb] almost mean as
[Bb] me
[Bb open]