I was cuttin the rug down at a place called 'The Jug'
with a girl named Linda Lou
When in walked a man with a gun in his hand
he was looking for you know who.
He said "Hey there fellow with the hair coloured yellow,
watcha tryin' to proove?
Cuz' this is my woman there and I'm a man who cares
and this might be all for you" (I said "excuse me!")
I was scared and fearing for my life
shaking like a leaf on a tree
Cuz' he was lean and mean and big and bad, Lord,
pointing that gun at me
I said "wait a minute mister, I didn't even kiss her,
don't want no trouble with you
and I know you don't owe me but I wish you would let me
ask one favour from you:
Say won't you Gimme 3 steps, gimme 3 steps mister,
gimme 3 steps toward the door?
Gimme 3 steps, gimme 3 steps mister
and you'll never see me no more."
(Guitar solo)
O well the crowd cleared away and I began to pray
and the water fell down to the floor
and I'm telling you, son, it ain't no fun,
staring straight down a fourty-four.
Well, he turned and screamed at Linda Lou,
and that's the break I was looking for
and you could hear me screaming a mile away
as I was headed out toward the door.
Gimme 3 steps, gimme 3 steps mister,
gimme 3 steps toward the door?
Gimme 3 steps, gimme 3 steps mister
and you'll never see me no more."
( I'm gonna get the hell out of Dodge)
I am a piano player, sorry I'm not able to write guitar-tabs, so I wrote the chords just above the word where the new bar begins. I hope this will help a little bit.. I am also interested in any Lynyrd Skynyrd lyrics you have, because my english is too bad to hear all the stuff from the records. I don't need no tabs, because I can hear all the piano parts from the records (the language of music is international, indeed) .. I just have problems with the lyrics.
