Saxaphones

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I cut my teeth on Gumbo rock, 
  A                E
Benny Spellman and Dr. John
Sweet Erma Thomas and Frogman Henry
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Used to boogie woogie all night long
A
Though I love rock n' roll the 
acoustic guitar
        E
Was the only way I had of becomin' a
 star
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I'm doin' really nice and travellin'
 around
         B                         
But they won't play my record in my
          A    B
 old home town

E            A
But if I had saxophones
Yeah, big baritone cleanin' up the 
      E
muddy breaks
         A
If I had saxophones
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I could get some recognition from 
                       B A
that Mobile, Alabama D J

E
Livin' by the ocean, sometimes I get
 the notion
   A                  E
To take my Janey down town
We hang out in a funky little bar
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They call it the "Shipwreck Lounge"
        A
Well we get kind of drunk and we 
play rock n' roll
E
Grabbin' everybody right down in his
 soul
F#
When we get to cookin' somethin's 
still wrong
        B                          
There's still somethin' missin' 
                A     B
from them good ole songs

    E         A
But if we had saxophones
Big baritone cleanin' up the muddy 
E
breaks
          A
If we had saxophones
I could make that joint shimmy like 
                       B     A
a big California earth quake

     E         A
Yeah if we had saxophones
Yeah, big baritone cleanin' up the 
      E
muddy breaks
          A
If we had saxophones
I could get some recognition from 
                       B A
that Mobile, Alabama D J