{t:Jug Band Music} {st:John Sebastian 1966 – recorded by The Lovin’ Spoonful} *{c: 1 2 / 1 2 3 4 /} *{c:|ntro: [G] /[G] /[G] /[G]} I was [G]down in Savannah, eatin' cream and bananas When the [D7]heat just made me faint I be-[D7]gan to get cross-eyed, I thought I was lost I'd be-[D7]gun to see things as they [G]ain't As the [G]relatives gathered, to see what's the matter The [G]doctor came to see was I [A7]dyin' But the [G]doctor said, "Give him jug band music It [D7]seems to make him feel just [G]fine" {c:CHORUS:} {soc} I was [D7]told a little tale about a skinny-as-a-rail Eight-[D7]foot cowboy with a [G]headache He was [D7]hung up in the desert swattin' rats and tryin' to get A drink of [D7]water with his knees a-gettin' [G]mud-caked And I'll [G]tell you in a sentence how he stumbled in to Memphis Tennes-[G]see, hardly crawlin', lookin' [C]dust-baked We [C]gave him a little water, a little bit of wine He [G]opened up his eyes, but they didn't seem to shine Then the [G]doctor said, "Give him jug band music It [D7]seems to make him feel just [G]↓ fine" ↓↓ {eoc} *{c:| [G] /[G] /[G] /[G]} So if you [G]ever get sickly, get Sis to run quickly To the [D7]dusty closet shelf And [D7]pull out a washboard, and play a guitar chord And [D7]do a little do-it-your-[G]self And [G]call on your neighbours, to put down their labours And [G]come and play the hardware in [A7]time 'Cause the [G]doctor said, "Give him jug band music It [D7]seems to make him feel just [G]fine" {c:CHORUS:} {soc} I was [D7]floatin' in the ocean greased with suntan lotion When I [D7]got wiped out by a [G]beach boy He was [D7]surfin' when he hit me but jumped off his board to get me And he [D7]dragged me by the armpit like a [G]child's toy As we [G]staggered into land with all the waiters eatin' sandwiches He [G]tried to mooch a towel from the [C]hoi polloi He [C]emptied out his eardrums, I emptied out mine And [G]everybody knows that the very last line Is "the [G]doctor said, 'Give him jug band music It [D7]seems to make him feel just [G]↓ fine" ↓↓ {eoc} *{c:| [G] /[G]} And the [G]doctor said, "Give him jug band music It [D7]seems to make him feel just [G]↓ fine" ↓↓ {t:Jug Band Music} #~~~ChordPro Version UPDATED May 13, 2016 CEL~~~