Biography:
Alfonzo "Lonnie" Johnson (February 8, 1894 – June 6, 1970) was a pioneering blues and jazz singer/guitarist born in New Orleans, Louisiana. There is some dispute over the year of his birth, but 1894 is what appears on his passport.
Lonnie Johnson's early recordings are the first guitar recordings that display a single-note soloing style with use of string bending and vibrato. While it cannot be proven that this contains the influence of earlier players who did not record, it is the origin of Blues and Rock solo guitar.
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[Verse 1]
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Workin' man you better wake up, you've been asleep too long
A E
Workin' man you better wake up, you've been asleep too long
B7 E
Nothin' but these pimps and gigolos, that's goin' 'round breakin' up your home
[Verse 2]
E A E
You go home sometime and there's no supper, your wife is even cross with you
A E
You go home sometime and find no supper, your wife is even cross with you
B7 E
It's just some no-good rat showin' her the place, where she don't need a man like you
[Verse 3]
E A E
I've got some friends, supposed to be every good man in town
A E
I've got some friends, supposed to be every good man in town
B7 E
Soon as my back is turned, they're tryin' to tear my playhouse down
[Verse 4]
E A E
Now some of these married women's so dumb, they don't even know the night from dawn
A E
Some of these married women's so dumb, they don't even know the night from dawn
B7 E
But put them chasin' some other woman's man, they got more brains than anybody in town
[Verse 5]
E A E
Now some of these married women's so wild, their husbands they can't even understand
A E
Some of these married women's so wild, their husbands can't even understand
B7 E
All they think about, is chasin' some other woman's man
[Verse 6]
E A E
Now a good woman will say sometime, that every man is just the same
A E
A good woman will say sometime, that every man is just the same
B7 E
But men when we look into it, these home-wreckers is just to blame
[Verse 7]
E A E
Sometime we give a social party, to make 'em happy as we can
A E
Sometime we give a social party, to make 'em happy as we can
B7 E
There will be some no-good woman, to lead your wife to some no-good man
E A E
Workin' man you better wake up, you've been asleep too long
A E
Workin' man you better wake up, you've been asleep too long
B7 E
Nothin' but these pimps and gigolos, that's goin' 'round breakin' up your home
[Verse 2]
E A E
You go home sometime and there's no supper, your wife is even cross with you
A E
You go home sometime and find no supper, your wife is even cross with you
B7 E
It's just some no-good rat showin' her the place, where she don't need a man like you
[Verse 3]
E A E
I've got some friends, supposed to be every good man in town
A E
I've got some friends, supposed to be every good man in town
B7 E
Soon as my back is turned, they're tryin' to tear my playhouse down
[Verse 4]
E A E
Now some of these married women's so dumb, they don't even know the night from dawn
A E
Some of these married women's so dumb, they don't even know the night from dawn
B7 E
But put them chasin' some other woman's man, they got more brains than anybody in town
[Verse 5]
E A E
Now some of these married women's so wild, their husbands they can't even understand
A E
Some of these married women's so wild, their husbands can't even understand
B7 E
All they think about, is chasin' some other woman's man
[Verse 6]
E A E
Now a good woman will say sometime, that every man is just the same
A E
A good woman will say sometime, that every man is just the same
B7 E
But men when we look into it, these home-wreckers is just to blame
[Verse 7]
E A E
Sometime we give a social party, to make 'em happy as we can
A E
Sometime we give a social party, to make 'em happy as we can
B7 E
There will be some no-good woman, to lead your wife to some no-good man
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