Roy Orbison, Mean Woman Blues (1963)
Key: :[Ab] (w: Claude Demetrius) (Elvis Presley, 1957, Key: C)
VERSE 1:
Hmm, well, I got a woman mean as she can
[Ab] be
Well,
[Db] I got a woman mean as she can
[Ab] be
Some-
[Eb7]-times I think she's
[Db] almost mean as
[Ab] me
[Eb7]
VERSE 2:
She got
[Ab open] ruby lips, she got
[Ab open] shapely hips
Yeah,
[Ab open] boy she makes
[Ab7] old Roy flip
[Db] I got a woman mean as she can
[Ab] be
Some-
[Eb7]-times I think she's
[Db] almost mean as
[Ab] me
[Eb7]
VERSE 3:
Well,
[Ab open] I ain't braggin',
[Ab open] it's understood,
[Ab open] Everything I do, well, I
[Ab7] sure do it good
Yeah,
[Db] I got a woman mean as she can
[Ab] be
Some-
[Eb7]-times I think she's
[Db] almost mean as
[Ab] me
[Eb7]
INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE]
REPEAT VERSE 2:
INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE] (Ahhh, huh, huh huh...)
OUTRO:
[Ab] Well, I got a woman
(sha la la la)
[Ab] Yeah, I got a woman
(sha la la la)
Yeah,
[Db] I got a woman
(sha la la la)
Well,
[Ab] I got a woman
(sha la la la)
Some-
[Eb7]-times I think she's
[Db] almost mean as
[Ab] me
[Ab open]