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Feb 20, 2020

Hey Bartender by The Blues Brothers

Song composed by "Mr. Magnificent" Floyd Dixon.

Tab: in word document format video: The Blues Brothers - Hey Bartender - 12/31/1978 - Winterland (Official)

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Tabbed by: Mike Nachaj :: mike@mikemusicbox.com

Song: Hey Bartender
By:   The Blues Brothers (written by Floyd Dixon)

{Riffs}
     1           2         3   
|----------|----------|----------|
|----------|----------|----------|
|----------|----------|----------|
|----------|----------|-5--------|
|-------3--|--3--6--3-|---6---3--|
|--3-6-----|----------|----------|

[verse:1] 
Riff 1 C
         I went balling the other night
Riff 2 C 
         I started drinking and got real tight
Riff 3 C
         I blew each and all my friends
Riff 1 C                                         
         It felt so good I had to blow again

[chorus:]
        F {band comes in}
I said hey bartender
                C
Hey man looka here
        G         Gb         F                    C      G
A draw one, draw two, draw three four glasses of beer

[verse:2] 
Riff 1 C 
         Well, I saw a chick sitting on the end
Riff 2 C
         I said baby can't we be friends
Riff 3 C
         You're looking sweet as you can be
Riff 1 C
         Well come on down and drink with me

[chorus:] 
        F {band comes in}
I said hey bartender
               C
Hey man looka here
        G         Gb         F                    C      G
A draw one, draw two, draw three four glasses of beer

Elwood!
[solo: harmonica] {over verse and chorus}
[solo: guitar]    {over verse and chorus}


[verse:3]
Riff 1 C
         Well, we were having so much fun
Riff 2 C
         I didn't know it was half past one
Riff 3 C
         I turned around to have one more
Riff 1 C
         I looked at the clock and it was half past four

[chorus:] 
        F {band comes in}
I said hey bartender
               C
Hey man looka here
        G         Gb         F                    C      G
A draw one, draw two, draw three four glasses of beer

[verse:4]
C
Well jukebox girl is everything
C
All the cats are dancing
C
I heard somebody call and said
C {let ring} 
Last round for alcohol


[coda:]
        F {band comes in}
I said hey bartender
 C
Hey bartender
 F
Hey bartender
 C
Hey bartender
     punch    punch punch
        {punch}   {punch}{punch}
          G         G       F                         C     G  C  C7  {big finish}                       
Draw one,     two,            three four glasses of beer


chords:

C       032010  or 335553
C7      032310  or 335353
F       133211
Gb      244322
G       320003  or 355433