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,
[A#] I got a woman mean as she can
[F] be
Some-
[C7]-times I think she's
[A#] almost mean as
[F] me
[C7]
VERSE 2:
She got
[F open] ruby lips, she got
[F open] shapely hips
Yeah,
[F open] boy she makes
[F7] old Roy flip
[A#] I got a woman mean as she can
[F] be
Some-
[C7]-times I think she's
[A#] almost mean as
[F] me
[C7]
VERSE 3:
Well,
[F open] I ain't braggin',
[F open] it's understood,
[F open] Everything I do, well, I
[F7] sure do it good
Yeah,
[A#] I got a woman mean as she can
[F] be
Some-
[C7]-times I think she's
[A#] almost mean as
[F] me
[C7]
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,
[A#] I got a woman
(sha la la la)
Well,
[F] I got a woman
(sha la la la)
Some-
[C7]-times I think she's
[A#] almost mean as
[F] me
[F open]