(Guitar) Verse B|----------3--| G|----------4--| D|----------4--| (Repeat this pattern 7 times one for each lyric line) A|--------2-2--| E|2-4-2-4------| (and on the 8th time it goes up to the <i>Chorus</i> like so) e|------------| B|------------| G|------------| D|------------2-2---| A|--------2-2-4-4-4-5-5-------| E|2-4-2-4------------| e|------------| B|------------| G|------------| D|------------2------------1------------2------------| A|-----2-2-5--5-5-2------1-1-4--4-4-1------2-2-5--5-5-2------1-1-4--| E|-3-3------------2-2------------3-3------------2-2--------| (And back to the verse pattern shown above) (All this fits beautifully with this bass pattern) Verse G|-----4--4-----------| D|----------4--4------| A|-2------------5--5-| E|------------| <i>Chorus</i> G|------------|------------| D|-5--5------------|------------| A|------5--5-2--2------|-----------1--1------| E|------------3--3-|-2--2-4--4------2--2-| (back to pattern) G|------------?---|------------| D|------------5-23--|-4--4------------| A|------2--2-5--5-------|------4--4--------0---0---2-| E|-3--3------------|-----------2----2---2-------| verse 1 Well I come in on a night train With an arm full of box cars On the wings of a magpie Cross a hooligan night And I busted up a chifforobe Way out by the cocomo Cooked up a mess a mulligan And got into a fight Whistlin’ past the graveyard Steppin on a crack I’m a mean motherhubbard Papa one-eyed jack verse 2 You’ve probably seen me sleepin Out by the railroad tracks Go on and ask the prince of darkness What about all that smoke come from the stack Sometimes I kill myself a jacket suck out all the blood Steal myself a station wagon Drive it through the mud Whistlin’ past the graveyard Steppin on a crack I’m a mean motherhubbard Papa one-eyed jack verse 3 I know you seen my headlights And the honkin’ of my horn I’m callin’ out my bloodhounds Chase the devil through the corn Last night I chugged the Mississippi Now that sucker’s dry as a bone Born in a taxi cab I’m never comin’ home Whistlin’ past the graveyard Steppin on a crack I’m a mean motherhubbard Papa one-eyed jack verse 4 My eyes have seen the glory Of the draining of the ditch I only come to baton rouge To find myself a witch I’m-ona snatch me up a couple of ’em every time it rains You see a locomotive prob’ly thinkin’ it’s a train Whistlin’ past the graveyard Steppin on a crack I’m a mean motherhubbard Papa one-eyed jack Verse 5 What you think is the sunshine Is just a twinkle in my eye That ring around my fingers it’s just the 4th of July When I get a little bit lonesome And a tear falls from my cheek There’s gonna be an ocean in the mid - dle of the week Whistlin’ past the graveyard Steppin on a crack I’m a mean motherhubbard Papa one-eyed jack Verse 6 I rode into town on a night train with an arm full of box cars On the wings of a magpie cross a hooligan night I’ma tear me off a rainbow and wear it for a tie I never told the truth so I can never tell a lie Whistlin’ past the graveyard Steppin on a crack I’m a mean motherhubbard Papa one-eyed jack