Gimme Three Steps

Mel O'Joe

by Lynyrd Slynyrd

	D	D
I was	cuttin’ the rug down at a	place called 'The Jug'

	A	A
with a	girl named Linda	Lou

	D	D
When	in walked a man with a	gun in his hand

	E	A
he was	looking for you know	who.

	D	D
He said "	Hey there fellow with the	hair coloured yellow,

G	E
watcha tryin' to	prove?

	D	D
Cuz thatsa	my woman there and I'm a	man who cares

	A	D
and this	might be all for	you" (I said "excuse me!")

	D	D
I was	scared and fearing for my	life

A	A
shaking like a leaf on a	tree

	D	D
Cuz he was	lean and mean and	big and bad, Lord,

E	A
pointing that gun at	me

	D	D
I said "	wait a minute mister, I	didn't even kiss her,

G	E
don't want no trouble with	you

	D	D
and I	know you don't owe me but I	wish you would let me

A	D
ask one favor from	you:

	D	D
Say won't you	gimme three steps, gimme	three steps mister,

A	A
gimme three steps toward the	door?

D	D
Gimme three steps, gimme	three steps mister

	A	D
and you'll	never see me no	more."

Solo

	D	D
Oh, well the	crowd cleared away and I	began to pray

	A	A
and the	water fell on the	floor

	D	D
and I'm	telling you, son, it	ain't no fun,

	E	A
staring	straight down a fourty-	four.

	D	D
Well, he	turned and screamed at Linda	Lou,

	G	E
and that's the	break I was looking	for

	D	D
and you could	hear me screaming a	mile away

	A	D
as I was	headed out toward the	door.

	D	D
Say won't you	gimme three steps, gimme	three steps mister,

	A	A
gimme	three steps toward the	door?

D	D
Gimme three steps, gimme	three steps mister

	A	D
and you'll	never see me no	more

	D	D
I was	cuttin’ the rug down at a	place called 'The Jug'

	A	A
with a	girl named Linda	Lou

	D	D
When	in walked a man with a	gun in his hand

	E	A
he was	looking for you know	who.

	D	D
He said "	Hey there fellow with the	hair coloured yellow,

G	E
watcha tryin' to	prove?

	D	D
Cuz thatsa	my woman there and I'm a	man who cares

	A	D
and this	might be all for	you" (I said "excuse me!")

	D	D
I was	scared and fearing for my	life

A	A
shaking like a leaf on a	tree

	D	D
Cuz he was	lean and mean and	big and bad, Lord,

E	A
pointing that gun at	me

	D	D
I said "	wait a minute mister, I	didn't even kiss her,

G	E
don't want no trouble with	you

	D	D
and I	know you don't owe me but I	wish you would let me

A	D
ask one favor from	you:

	D	D
Say won't you	gimme three steps, gimme	three steps mister,

A	A
gimme three steps toward the	door?

D	D
Gimme three steps, gimme	three steps mister

	A	D
and you'll	never see me no	more."

(eoc_

Solo

	D	D
Oh, well the	crowd cleared away and I	began to pray

	A	A
and the	water fell on the	floor

	D	D
and I'm	telling you, son, it	ain't no fun,

	E	A
staring	straight down a fourty-	four.

	D	D
Well, he	turned and screamed at Linda	Lou,

	G	E
and that's the	break I was looking	for

	D	D
and you could	hear me screaming a	mile away

	A	D
as I was	headed out toward the	door.

	D	D
Say won't you	gimme three steps, gimme	three steps mister,

	A	A
gimme	three steps toward the	door?

D	D
Gimme three steps, gimme	three steps mister

	A	D
and you'll	never see me no	more