Intro e |----------| B |----------| G |----------| D |----------| A |----0--2--| E |--4-------| Em EmaddEm B B7 B7 B EmEmadd9Em x2 ||: / /_/ /_/ / | / /_/ /_/ / | / /_/ /_/ / | / /_/ /_/ / :|| ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ Am A4 Am Em Emadd9Em x3 ||: / /_/ /_/ / | / /_/ /_/ / :|| ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ F#7 C7 B7 | / / / / | / / / / | Verse 1 Em Emadd9 Em B B7 Well, he came home from the war with a party in his head, B7 B Em Emadd9 And modified Brougham De - Ville, Em Emadd9 Em B B7 And a pair of legs that opened up like butterfly wings, B7 B Em Emadd9 And a mad dog that wouldn't sit still! Verse 2 Am A4 Am Em Emadd9 Went and took up with a Sal - vation Army Band girl, Am A4 Am Em EEmdd9 Who played 'Dirty water' from a sword -fish - trom - bone, Am A4 Am Em Emadd9 He went to sleep at the bot - tom of Ten - killer Lake, F#7 C7 B7 And he said, "Gee, but it's great to be home!" Verse 3 Em Emadd9 Em B B7 Well, he came home from the war, with a party in his head, B7 B Em Emadd9 And an idea for a fireworks dis - play, Em Emadd9 Em B B7 And he knew that he'd be ready with a stainless steel ma - chete, B7 B Em Emadd9 And a half a pint of Ballentine's each day! Verse 4 Am A4 Am Em Emadd9 Then he holed up in room a - bove a hardware store, Am A4 Am Em Emadd9 Crying nothing there, but Hol - ly - wood tears, Am A4 Am Em EEmdd9 And he put a spell on some poor little Crutchfield girl, F#7 C7 B7 And stayed like that for twenty-seven years! Verse 5 Em Emadd9 Em He'd packed up all his expect - ations, B B7 He lit out for Cali - fornia, B7 B Emadd9 With a flyswatter banjo on his knee, Em Emadd9 Em With 'Lucky Tiger' in his angel hair, B B7 And benzedrine for getting there, B7 B Em Emadd9 They found him in a eucalyptus tree! Verse 6 Am A4 Am Lieutenant got him a cana - ry bird, Em Emadd9 Em And skanked her head with eve - ry word, Am A4 Am Em Emadd9 And Chesterfielded moon - beams in a song, Am A4 And he got 20 years for lovin' her, Am Em Emadd9Em From some Oklahoma Gover - nor, F#7 C7 B7 Said, everything this doughboy does is wrong! Verse 7 Em Emadd9 Em B B7 Now, some say he's doing 'The o - bitu - ary mambo', B7 B Emadd9 Now, some say he's hangin' on the wall, Em Emadd9 Em Perhaps, this yarn's the only thing... B B7 ...That holds this man to - gether, B7 B Em Emadd9 Some say that he was never here at all! Verse 8 Am A4 Am Em Emadd9 Some say they saw him down in Birmingham, Am A4 Am Em Emadd9 Sleeping in a box - car going by, Am A4 Am Em EEmdd9 And if you think that you can tell a bigger tale, F#7 C7 B7 I swear to God, you'd have to tell a lie! Coda Em EmaddEm B B7 B7 B Em Emadd9Em x2 ||: / /_/ /_/ / | / /_/ /_/ / | / /_/ /_/ / | / /_/ /_/ / :|| ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ Am A4 Am Em Emadd9Em x3 ||: / /_/ /_/ / | / /_/ /_/ / :|| ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ F#7 C7 B7 Emadd9 | / / / / | / / / / | / ||