[Intro]
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[D] [A] [D] [E] [A] [D] [G] [F#] [F] [E] [D] [A] [D]


[Verse 1]
[D]                         [D]
I was cuttin' the rug down at a place called 'The Jug' 
       [A]                [A]
with a girl named Linda Lou 
     [D]                      [D]
When in walked a man with a gun in his hand,
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he was looking for you know who. 
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He said "Hey there fellow with the hair coloured yellow, 
[G]            [F#]  [F] [E]
   watcha tryin' to prove? 
           [D]                        [D]
Cuz thatsa my woman there and I'm a man who cares 
         [A]                [D]
and this might be all for you"  (I said "excuse me!")


[Solo]
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[Verse 2]
[D]                  [D]
I was scared and fearing for my life,
      [A]                        [A]
I was shaking like a leaf on a tree 
           [D]                 [D]
Cuz he was lean and mean and big and bad, Lord, 
  [E]                    [A]
a pointing that gun at me 
    [D]                       [D]
"Oh wait a minute mister, I didn't even kiss her, 
[G]                    [F#]  [F]    [E]
   don't want no trouble with you 
      [D]                           [D]
and I know you don't owe me but I wish you would let me 
[A]                  [D]
ask one favor from you


[Chorus]
              [D]                        [D]
Oh, won't you gimme three steps, gimme three steps mister, 
[A]                            [A]
gimme three steps toward the door? 
[D]                        [D]
Gimme three steps, gimme three steps mister 
           [A]               [D]
and you'll never see me no more. For sure"


[Solo]
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[Verse 3]
[D]                        [D]
Oh, well the crowd cleared away and I began to pray 
        [A]                 [A]
and the water fell on the floor.
        [D]                         [D]
And I'm telling you, son, well it ain't no fun, 
        [E]                     [A]
staring straight down a forty-four. 
         [D]                      [D]
Well, he turned and screamed at Linda Lou, 
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and that's the break I was looking for 
              [D]                   [D]
and you could hear me screaming a mile away 
         [A]                     [D]
as I was headed out toward the door.


[Chorus]
              [D]                        [D]
Oh, won't you gimme three steps, gimme three steps mister, 
      [A]                      [A]
gimme three steps toward the door? 
[D]                        [D]
Gimme three steps, gimme three steps mister 
           [A]               [D]
and you'll never see me no more. (Show me the back door)


[Outro]
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