Biography:
Joe Diffie (December 28, 1958 – March 29, 2020) was an American country musician. Between 1990 and 2004, he had 35 singles that charted on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, five of which peaked at number one. He also co-wrote singles for Holly Dunn, Tim McGraw, and Jo Dee Messina, and recorded with Mary Chapin Carpenter, George Jones, and Marty Stuart.
Raised in Velma, Oklahoma, Diffie worked in a foundry while playing local nightclubs in Oklahoma and moved to Nashville in 1986 to work for Gibson Guitar Corporation.
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Other songs:
- A Night To Rember
- A Night To Remember
- Aint That Bad Enough
- Better Off Gone
- Bigger Than The Beatles
- Coolest Fool In Town
- Devil Danced Empty Pockets
- Devil Danced In Empty Pockets
- Down In A Ditch
- Girl Riding Shotgun
- Good Brown Gravy
- Goodnight Sweetheart
- Home
- Honky Tonk Attitude
- Hurt Me All The Time
- I Aint Leavin Til Shes Gone
- I Can Walk The Line If It Aint Too Straight
- Id Like To Have A Problem Like That
- If You Want Me To
- Its Always Something
- John Deere Green
- Juniors In Love
- Leroy The Redneck Reindeer
- My Give A Damns Busted
- My Hearts In Over My Head
- New Way To Light Up An Old Flame
- Pickup Man
- Praise And Alleluia To The Savior
- Prop Me Up Beside The Juke Box When I Die
- Ships That Dont Come In
- Show Me A Woman
- So Help Me Girl
- Tears In The Rain
- That Road Not Taken
- The Cows Came Home
- The Grandpa That I Know
- The More You Drink The Better I Look
- There Goes The Neighborhood
- Third Rock From The Sun
- Tougher Than Nails
- What About Denver
- Wrap Me In Your Love
- You Cant Go Home
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Standard Tuning - No Capo
The verses can be played by palm muting a G-power chord or by playing the following:
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[Verse]
G5
I can't get rich, I can't make a livin',
G5
But I sure do something for the neighborhood women.
G5
I wake up every mornin' with 'em knocking at my door,
G5
You can't keep 'em waitin' when they're beggin' for more.
[Chorus]
C A
"Back! Back!" I hollered to my hound,
G D G
"You're supposed to keep 'em from comin' around."
C A
I used to think they were after me
G D G
But they're just after my recipe, for
G
good brown gravy, good brown gravy, I said
G
good brown gravy, good brown gravy
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[Verse]
G5
You can sop it with a biscuit, You can eat it from a pan,
G5
You can lick it off your fingers when it's running down your hand.
G5
If I could get a backer, I could cause a big commotion,
G5
I could put it on the market, call it "Biscuit Lotion."
[Chorus]
C A
"Back! Back!" I hollered to my hound,
G D G
"You're supposed to keep 'em from comin' around."
C A
I used to think they were after me
G D G
But they're just after my recipe,for
G
Good brown gravy, good brown gravy,I said
G
Good brown gravy, good brown gravy
N.C.
Ohhhhh whip me up a batch, boy!
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[Verse]
G5
Well, granny told my momma 'bout the power that it had;
G5
Good brown gravy is the way she got my dad.
G5
They tried to get me in the Army, tried get me in the Navy,
G5
Just to get the secret of my good brown gravy.
[Chorus]
C A
"Back! Back!" I hollered to my hound,
G D G
"You're supposed to keep 'em from comin' around."
C A
I used to think they were after me
G D G
But they're just after my recipe, for
G
good brown gravy, good brown gravy,I said
G
Good brown gravy, good brown gravy,
G
Good brown gravy, good brown gravy,I mean
G
Good brown graaaavvveeeeyyyyyyy
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The verses can be played by palm muting a G-power chord or by playing the following:
P.................................................................
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B||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D||--------------------------------|--------------------------------| x2
A||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E||-3-3-0-0-1-1-2-2-3-3-0-0-1-1-2-2|-3-3-0-0-1-1-2-2-3-3-0-0-1-1-2-2|
[Verse]
G5
I can't get rich, I can't make a livin',
G5
But I sure do something for the neighborhood women.
G5
I wake up every mornin' with 'em knocking at my door,
G5
You can't keep 'em waitin' when they're beggin' for more.
[Chorus]
C A
"Back! Back!" I hollered to my hound,
G D G
"You're supposed to keep 'em from comin' around."
C A
I used to think they were after me
G D G
But they're just after my recipe, for
G
good brown gravy, good brown gravy, I said
G
good brown gravy, good brown gravy
P.................................................................
e||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D||--------------------------------|--------------------------------| x2
A||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E||-3-3-0-0-1-1-2-2-3-3-0-0-1-1-2-2|-3-3-0-0-1-1-2-2-3-3-0-0-1-1-2-2|
[Verse]
G5
You can sop it with a biscuit, You can eat it from a pan,
G5
You can lick it off your fingers when it's running down your hand.
G5
If I could get a backer, I could cause a big commotion,
G5
I could put it on the market, call it "Biscuit Lotion."
[Chorus]
C A
"Back! Back!" I hollered to my hound,
G D G
"You're supposed to keep 'em from comin' around."
C A
I used to think they were after me
G D G
But they're just after my recipe,for
G
Good brown gravy, good brown gravy,I said
G
Good brown gravy, good brown gravy
N.C.
Ohhhhh whip me up a batch, boy!
P.................................................................
e||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D||--------------------------------|--------------------------------| x2
A||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E||-3-3-0-0-1-1-2-2-3-3-0-0-1-1-2-2|-3-3-0-0-1-1-2-2-3-3-0-0-1-1-2-2|
[Verse]
G5
Well, granny told my momma 'bout the power that it had;
G5
Good brown gravy is the way she got my dad.
G5
They tried to get me in the Army, tried get me in the Navy,
G5
Just to get the secret of my good brown gravy.
[Chorus]
C A
"Back! Back!" I hollered to my hound,
G D G
"You're supposed to keep 'em from comin' around."
C A
I used to think they were after me
G D G
But they're just after my recipe, for
G
good brown gravy, good brown gravy,I said
G
Good brown gravy, good brown gravy,
G
Good brown gravy, good brown gravy,I mean
G
Good brown graaaavvveeeeyyyyyyy
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| P. - Palm mute
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