"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