"Let's Go Get Stoned"
(Ashford - Simpson - Armstead)
[Intro]
[piano (l.h. bass) w/drums]
Ab
[Chorus]
Db F7 Bb7 Ebm Db7/F Gb6
(Let's go get stoned) [1: yeah] (whoa-oh-oh)
Gb6/Ab Db Ab+ Db
(Let's go get stoned) [1: everybody]
[2: now wait a minute]
Db F7 Bb7 Ebm Db7/F Gb6
(Let's go get stoned) [1: yeah] (whoa-oh-oh)
Gb6/Ab Db Ab+ Db
(Let's go get stoned) [1: everybody]
[2: now wait a minute]
[Verse 1]
Db9 Gb9
You know my baby she won't let me in
Db9 Gb9
I've got a few pennies I'm gonna buy myself a bottle of gin
Db F7 Bbm Db7/Ab Gb Gdim7
And then I'm gonna call my buddy on the telephone and say
Gb6/Ab Db [1: Ab+ Db]
(Let's go get stoned) Now listen
[Chorus]
Db F7 Bb7 Ebm Db7/F Gb6
(Let's go get stoned) [1: yeah] (whoa-oh-oh)
Gb6/Ab Db Ab+ Db
(Let's go get stoned) [1: everybody]
[2: now wait a minute]
[Verse 2]
(same as verse 1)
You know I work so hard all the day long
Everything I try to do seem to always turn out wrong
That's why I wanna stop by on my way home and say
(Let's go get stoned) Now let me tell you one more thing
[Chorus]
Db F7 Bb7 Ebm Db7/F Gb6
(Let's go get stoned) [1: yeah] (whoa-oh-oh)
Gb6/Ab Db Ab+ Db
(Let's go get stoned) [1: everybody]
[2: now wait a minute]
[Bridge]
Gb7 Bbm
Ain't no harm to have a little taste
Gb7 Db7
But don't lose your cool and start messing up the man's place
Gb7 Bbm
Ain't no harm to take a little nip
Gb7 Eb7 Ab7
But don't you fall down and bust your lip mmm, no, no
[Chorus]
Db F7 Bb7 Ebm Db7/F Gb6
(Let's go get stoned) [1: yeah] (whoa-oh-oh)
Gb6/Ab Db Ab+ Db
(Let's go get stoned) [1: everybody]
[2: now wait a minute]
3: I think everybody wants to come on and go with me
4: I'm gonna tell you one more time what I'm gonna do
5: I think you ought to say it one more time