Big Cheeseburgers and Good French Fries — Blaze Foley
Chords and lyrics for Big Cheeseburgers and Good French Fries by Blaze Foley (key of C).
Verse 1
This song is fingerpicked and tuned a half step down in the recording but
standard sounds great too.
On the C and F he often puts his pinky on the high E on the 3rd fret.
Chord fingerings are as followed:
[C] [F] [G] [D] [G7]
Intro
[C] [F] [C] [G] [C] [F] [C] [G]
Chorus
[C]I got an angel of woman with big brown eyes
[F]Friends in the country, old neckties
[C]Big cheeseburgers and good French fries
[D]Could go fishing but the [G7]fish draw flies
[C]Could go swimming if it ain't too deep
[F]I'd rather just sit here and rest my feet
[C]I know I ain't lazy cause I don't like sleep
[G]Might just be lazy to you[C]
Verse 1
[C]I want to live in the city have a telephone
[F]Live in the country throw my dog a bone
[C]Ride on space ship want to get lost
[D]Mama still tell me about the [G7]Pentecost
[C]Ride a bicycle but my ass gets sore
[F]Sell the holy bible, door to door
[C]Used to be stupid but ain't no more
[G]Might just be stupid to you[C]
Break
[C] [F] [C] [G] [C] [F] [C] [G]
Verse 2
[C]I like to drink beer, hang out in bars
[F]Don't like busses, and I don't like cars
[C]Don't like president, don't like stars
[D]Never had stitches, but I [G7]do got scars
[C]Love to go to parties, I love my friends
[F]Got no books, just got bookends
[C]Think I'm crazy, well that depends
[G]It don't seem that crazy to [C]me
Verse 3
[C]The story's old, its been said before
[F]There's always doing, here's some more
[C]Friend come over from the liquor store
[D]Jole he dance till his [G7]feet get sore
[C]Love my woman and my woman loves me
[F]Don't go skiing cause I can't ski
[C]That kinda thing, that didn't bother me
[G]So it should't be bothering [C]you
Chorus
[C]I got an angel of woman with big brown eyes
[F]Friends in the country, old neckties
[C]Big cheeseburgers and good French fries
[D]Could go fishing but the [G7]fish draw flies
[C]Could go swimming if it ain't too deep
[F]I'd rather just sit here and cool my feet
[C]I know I ain't lazy cause I don't like sleep
[G]Might just be lazy to [C]you
[G]Might just be stupid to [C]you
[G]Don't seem that crazy to [C]me
[G]Well it shouldn't be a bothering [C]you
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