Shoot Out On The Plantation — Leon Russell
Chords and lyrics for Shoot Out On The Plantation by Leon Russell (key of C).
Verse 1
Fun Leon song here! I like to play this up on the 8th fret, and think of it
as a blues with a few classic
blues movements in the chorus. There's a descending chromatic line from the
7th
(dom 7th, major 6th, minor 6th) over the "Drummers got the drum...",
an ascending line (root, maj 3rd, 4th, flat 5th) over the "Last one to
kiss...", and then a classic 1-6-2-5 progression at the end over the
"Shootout on the Plantation...".
This is the version that starts with Blues Power (the verse that Leon
wrote)!
Intro/Blues Power
[C]Bet you didn't think I knew how to rock 'n' [F]roll
Lord, I got the boogie woogie right down in my very [C]soul
D G (break)
Ain't no stopping till the 25th hour
Cause now I'm livin' on BLUES [C]POWER
[G]
Verse 1
[C]Woah, Junior and the drummer are fighting
About a woman in the neighborhood
Oh, the drummer never hit a bad lick in his life
And Junior never hit any good
[F]Yeah, the colonel said that women are for loving, not fighting
[Ab]But that didn't clear the air
[C]'Cause Junior's still living in the blackboard jungle
With his Elvis Presley hair
Chorus
[C]Yeah, the drummer's got the drum, the [C7]colonel's got the gun
And [C6]Junior's only got a knife, he'd [C#5]better run
It's a [F]shootout on the plantation, it's so [Ab]hard to understand
[C]Why do some people have to hurt somebody?
The [D7]firewater's not the [G7]villain
Yeah, the [C]last one to kiss is the [E]first to shoot
And [F]stabbing your friends is such a [Gb]drag to boot
It's a [C]shootout on the [A7]plantation
Oh, [D7]heaven help [G7]Mister [C]Swan, yeah
[F]
Verse 2
[C]And the cold steel blade is shining
Enough to cause your blood to freeze
But the drummer is drumming a Rolling Stones' number
On Junior's head and on his knees
[F]Oh, Oklahoma's lonesome cowboys
Are [Ab]turned on in Tinsel Town
[C]I knew there'd be some cameras rolling
If Andy was standing around
Chorus
[C]Yeah, the drummer's got the drum, the [C7]colonel's got the gun
And [C6]Junior's only got a knife, he'd [C#5]better run
It's a [F]shootout on the plantation, it's so [Ab]hard to understand
[C]Why do some people have to hurt somebody?
The [D7]firewater's not the [G7]villain
Yeah, the [C]last one to kiss is the [E]first to shoot
And [F]stabbing your friends is such a [Gb]drag to boot
It's a [C]shootout on the [A7]plantation
Oh, [D7]heaven help [G7]Mister [C]Swan, yeah
Solo
[F] [C] [D] [G]
Chorus
[C]Yeah, the drummer's got the drum, the [C7]colonel's got the gun
And [C6]Junior's only got a knife, he'd [C#5]better run
It's a [F]shootout on the plantation, it's so [Ab]hard to understand
[C]Why do some people have to hurt somebody?
The [D7]firewater's not the [G7]villain
Yeah, the [C]last one to kiss is the [E]first to shoot
And [F]stabbing your friends is such a [Gb]drag to boot
It's a [C]shootout on the [A7]plantation
Oh, [D7]heaven help [G7]Mister [C]Swan, yeah
Outro
[D] [G] [C]
Repeat/ad lib lyrics over this II V I
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