Roy Orbison, Mean Woman Blues (1963)
Key: :[A] (w: Claude Demetrius) (Elvis Presley, 1957, Key: C)
VERSE 1:
Hmm, well, I got a woman mean as she can
[A] be
Well,
[D] I got a woman mean as she can
[A] be
Some-
[E7]-times I think she's
[D] almost mean as
[A] me
[E7]
VERSE 2:
She got
[A open] ruby lips, she got
[A open] shapely hips
Yeah,
[A open] boy she makes
[A7] old Roy flip
[D] I got a woman mean as she can
[A] be
Some-
[E7]-times I think she's
[D] almost mean as
[A] me
[E7]
VERSE 3:
Well,
[A open] I ain't braggin',
[A open] it's understood,
[A open] Everything I do, well, I
[A7] sure do it good
Yeah,
[D] I got a woman mean as she can
[A] be
Some-
[E7]-times I think she's
[D] almost mean as
[A] me
[E7]
INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE]
REPEAT VERSE 2:
INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE] (Ahhh, huh, huh huh...)
OUTRO:
[A] Well, I got a woman
(sha la la la)
[A] Yeah, I got a woman
(sha la la la)
Yeah,
[D] I got a woman
(sha la la la)
Well,
[A] I got a woman
(sha la la la)
Some-
[E7]-times I think she's
[D] almost mean as
[A] me
[A open]