Biography:
John Gale "Johnny" Horton (April 30, 1925 – November 5, 1960) was an American country music and rockabilly singer most famous for his semi-folk, so-called "saga songs" which began the "historical ballad" craze of the late 1950s and early 1960s. With them, he had several major successes, most notably in 1959 with the song "The Battle of New Orleans" (written by Jimmy Driftwood), which was awarded the 1960 Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Recording.
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Other songs:
- Whispering Pines
- All For The Love Of A Girl
- All Grown Up
- All Grownup
- Alley Girl Ways
- Ballad Of The Green Berets
- Battle Of Bull Run
- Bawlin Baby
- Betty Lorraine
- Big Wheels Rolling
- Church By The Side Of The Road
- Comanche
- Counterfeit Love
- Done Roving
- Dont Use My Heart For A Stepping Stone
- Empty Bed Blues
- First Train Heading South
- Honky Tonk Hardwood Floor
- Honky Tonk Man
- I Love You Baby
- Im A One Woman Man
- Im Coming Home
- Its A Long Rocky Road
- Jim Bridger
- Mean Mean Mean Son Of A Gun
- Miss Marcy
- North To Alaska
- Ole Slew Foot
- Schottische In Texas
- Sink The Bismarck
- Sleepy0Eyed John
- Take Me Like I Am
- The Battle Of Bull Run
- The Battle Of New Orleans
- The Mansion You Stole
- The Sinking Of The Reuben James
- The Woman I Need
- They Shined Up Rudolphs Nose
- When Its Springtime In Alaska Its 40 Below Acoustic
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SONG: MEAN, MEAN, MEAN SON OF A GUN
ARTIST: JOHNNY HORTON
TAB BY: DON CZARSKI
EMAIL: [email protected]
MEAN, MEAN, MEAN SON OF A GUN
JOHNNY HORTON
CAPO: 1st FRET
INTRO:
E --------|
B --------|
G --------|
D -0-2-4--|
A --------|
E --------|
VERSE:
G G7
I'm a guy that likes his fun
C Cm
And when I fight, you'd better run
G D G
I'm a mean, mean, mean son of a gun
VERSE:
G G7
I'm goin' down in a middle of town
C Cm
I'm goin' to shoot the first man down
G D G
I'm a mean, mean, mean son of a gun
BREAK:
C G
My skin is hard as leather I'm as tough as any man
A D
When I have to shave myself, I use an old tin can
VERSE:
G G7 C Cm
I wash my face in boilin' wax and scrub myself with gunny sacks
G D G
I'm a mean, mean, mean son of a gun
CHORUS:
C G
I'm mean - I'm mean - I'm mean
D G
I'm a mean, mean, mean son of a gun
VERSE:
G G7
Well, I was raised on tiger's milk
C Cm
I drink corn liquor and I smoke corn silk
G D G
I'm a mean, mean, mean son of a gun
VERSE:
G G7
I chew up tin and I spit out nails
C Cm
Sleep on snakes with ten-foot tails
G D G
I'm a mean, mean, mean son of a gun
BREAK:
C
I started feelin' frisky
G
And I danced the other night
A D
I felt so good, I took my gun and shot out ev'ry light
VERSE:
G G7
Now the Sheriff said, get out off town
C Cm
Take him six feet under ground
G D G
I'm a mean, mean, mean son of a gun
CHORUS:
C G
I'm mean - I'm mean - I'm mean
D G
I'm a mean, mean, mean son of a gun
VERSE:
G G7
I throwed my saddle on a grizzly bear
C Cm
Then I crawled bare-handed in his mountain lair
G D G
I'm a mean, mean, mean son of a gun
VERSE:
G G7
I cut my hair on a choppin' block
C Cm
And when I chopped, the mountains rocked
G D G
I'm a mean, mean, mean son of a gun
BREAK:
C G
I tangled with a wild cat, just to prove that I was stout
A
Reached down his throat and grabbed his tail,
D
Then turned him inside out
VERSE:
G G7
Where I was raised, it's so darn tough
C Cm
I had to leave, it got so rough
G D G
I'm a mean, mean, mean son of a gun
CHORUS:
C G
I'm mean - I'm mean - I'm mean
D G
I'm a mean, mean, mean son of a gun
ARTIST: JOHNNY HORTON
TAB BY: DON CZARSKI
EMAIL: [email protected]
MEAN, MEAN, MEAN SON OF A GUN
JOHNNY HORTON
CAPO: 1st FRET
INTRO:
E --------|
B --------|
G --------|
D -0-2-4--|
A --------|
E --------|
VERSE:
G G7
I'm a guy that likes his fun
C Cm
And when I fight, you'd better run
G D G
I'm a mean, mean, mean son of a gun
VERSE:
G G7
I'm goin' down in a middle of town
C Cm
I'm goin' to shoot the first man down
G D G
I'm a mean, mean, mean son of a gun
BREAK:
C G
My skin is hard as leather I'm as tough as any man
A D
When I have to shave myself, I use an old tin can
VERSE:
G G7 C Cm
I wash my face in boilin' wax and scrub myself with gunny sacks
G D G
I'm a mean, mean, mean son of a gun
CHORUS:
C G
I'm mean - I'm mean - I'm mean
D G
I'm a mean, mean, mean son of a gun
VERSE:
G G7
Well, I was raised on tiger's milk
C Cm
I drink corn liquor and I smoke corn silk
G D G
I'm a mean, mean, mean son of a gun
VERSE:
G G7
I chew up tin and I spit out nails
C Cm
Sleep on snakes with ten-foot tails
G D G
I'm a mean, mean, mean son of a gun
BREAK:
C
I started feelin' frisky
G
And I danced the other night
A D
I felt so good, I took my gun and shot out ev'ry light
VERSE:
G G7
Now the Sheriff said, get out off town
C Cm
Take him six feet under ground
G D G
I'm a mean, mean, mean son of a gun
CHORUS:
C G
I'm mean - I'm mean - I'm mean
D G
I'm a mean, mean, mean son of a gun
VERSE:
G G7
I throwed my saddle on a grizzly bear
C Cm
Then I crawled bare-handed in his mountain lair
G D G
I'm a mean, mean, mean son of a gun
VERSE:
G G7
I cut my hair on a choppin' block
C Cm
And when I chopped, the mountains rocked
G D G
I'm a mean, mean, mean son of a gun
BREAK:
C G
I tangled with a wild cat, just to prove that I was stout
A
Reached down his throat and grabbed his tail,
D
Then turned him inside out
VERSE:
G G7
Where I was raised, it's so darn tough
C Cm
I had to leave, it got so rough
G D G
I'm a mean, mean, mean son of a gun
CHORUS:
C G
I'm mean - I'm mean - I'm mean
D G
I'm a mean, mean, mean son of a gun
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