Clean Me Up
by The Mother Hips
tabbed by Billy P.
Capo 5th Fret
[Intro]
G G6sus4 G (x2)
[Verse]
G G6sus4 G
This hobo jungle’s not the place for us mama
G6b5 G6sus4
But it’s where we ended up tonight
C C/B Em
My steps are unsure and I need you mama
A7 C
You deserve more and I’ll do my best to make it right
G G6sus4 G
They told me long ago to do my daddy’s bidding
G6b5 G6sus4
Work your job and do your love one’s proud
C C/B Em
But I’ve stumbled down a trail they never dreamed of
A7 C
On to a land they never made a map about
[Chorus]
C G D
So drag that blade across my face now honey
C B7
Clean this drifter up
C G G6b5
Tomorrow I’ll go scare us up some money
G6sus4 G
But for now let’s just clean me up
G G6sus4 G
[Verse]
G6sus4 G
We don’t have much but what we have is whiskey
G6b5 G6sus4
So tonight let’s just grin and tip the cup
C C/B Em
As for me I would happy to see fifty
A7 C
But I’m not giiiiiiving up
G G6sus4 G
The smell of woodsmoke used to make me happy
G6b5 G6sus4
The empty sky and the freedom of the road
C C/B Em
But now its just another hobo jungle
A7 C
Old patch of ground and an early snow
[Chorus]
C G D
So drag that blade across my face now honey
C B7
Clean this drifter up
C G G6b5
Tomorrow I’ll go scare us up some money
G6sus4 G
But for now let’s just clean me up
[Instrumental Break]
G G6sus4 G
G G6b5 G6sus4 G
C C/B Em
A7 C
[Chorus]
C G D
So drag that blade across my throat (!) now honey
C B7
Clean this drifter up
C G G6b5
Tomorrow I’ll go scare us up some money
G6sus4 G G6b5
But for now let’s just clean me up
[Outro]
G6sus4 G G6b5
But for now let’s just clean me up
G6sus4 G
Ooooooh now let’s just clean me up
G G6sus4 G
Chords Used:
G 3x0003
G6sus4 3x2013
G6b5 3x2023
C x32010
C/B x20010 (I might have named this one incorrectly)
A7 x02020
D x00323
B7 x21202
Pro Tip: If you use your ring and pinky finger to play that G chord, it makes it easy to hammer on
that Rolling Stonesish C (notated as G6sus4 here) chord in the intro and verse.