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Artist: Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros
URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mescaleros
Song: Junco Partner (Live)
Place: The Brixton Academy on the 23rd November, 2001.
Original Composition:
"Junker's Blues" Willie Hall (1940) by Champion Jack Dupree.
Author: Richard Grosser (grosserr@gmail.com)
Tuning: Standard
Barre Chords:
F: ======= 133211
Bb: ======= 688766
C7: ======= 8108988
Rhythm & Vocals: Joe Strummer
Violin: Tymon Dogg
Lead Guitar: Scott Shields
Drums: Luke Bullen
Bass: Simon Stafford
Played: As a Reggae rhythm (staccato-style)
Chorus:
NC F (arpeggio) F
I said ....D-o-w-n the r-o-A-D ...came-A ... Junco Partner
Bb F
Boy, he was loaded ....as can be
F
He was knocked out, knocked out loaded
C7 F
He was a'wobblin' ...all over the street
Verse 1:
F
Singing 6 months ...ain't no sentence
Bb F
Yeah, and one year ....ain't no time
F
But got friends ...in Angola
C7 F
Serving 14 to 99
(Screams to Tymon) Take it a-w-ay!...
(Violin Solo)
Chorus:
F
Down the road came a ...Junco Partner
Bb F
Boy, he was loaded ....as can be
F
He was knocked out, knocked out loaded
C7 F
He was a'wobblin' ...all over the street
Verse 2:
F
Well, when I had me a great deal of money
Bb F
Yeah, I had mighty good things ...all over town
F
Now I ain't got no more money
C7 F
All of my good friends they're ...putting me down
Chorus:
F
Down the road came a ...Junco Partner
Bb F
Boy, he was loaded (Screams) uh-as ...can be
F
He was knocked out, knocked out out clean
C7 F
He was a'wobblin' ...all over the street
Verse 3:
F
Now please give me whisky, 'cause I'm getting thirsty
Bb F
Pour me out a good beer, when I'm dry
F
JB' 45 speakers ...(I mean) records, ...with me babe'
C7 F
We gotta a sound system ...way up in the sky.
Verse 4:
F
So now I gotta pawn my ...ratchet and pistol
Bb F
Yeah I'm gonna pawn my ...watch and chain
F
I would have pawned my sweet babe'
C7 F
But the smart girl ...she wouldn't sign her name
Scotty, do it in style!...
(Guitar Solo)
Chorus:
F
Down the road came a ...Junco Partner
Bb F
Boy, he was loaded ....as can be
F
He was knocked out, knocked out loaded
C7 F
He was a'wobblin' ...all over the street
(Long Pause with feedback)
"Thank you Ladies & Gentlemen. ...Welcome to the Brixton Academy!"
[End]
References:
1.http://www.tymondogg.net/gpage15.html
2. http://www.myspace.com/themescaleros
3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mescaleros
