Making A Mess

[Verse 1]
[E]  
T-bone Billy just a singin' the blues  
[D]  
Caught his lady with another man  
[A]                            [G]  
Lit up a smoke and did some talkin'  
                    [E]  
With the back of his hand....Smack!  

[E]  
She started shakin', started losing her mind  
           [D]  
But he was kicking back and playing it cool  
[A]  
Signed her walkin' papers  
             [G]             [E]  
Took the 5:15 to Kalamazoo  

[Pre-Chorus]
[A]  
Sing for your supper,  
[Em]  
Nobody rides for free  
[D]                               [B]  
Eat your heart out, I'll send it C.O.D.  

[Chorus]
[E]              [F#]     [G]  
One, two baby what you do  
[A]  
Three, four let me show you the door  
[G]                          [F#]        [F]      [Em]  
You're better off dead than makin' a mess of me  
[E]                     [F#]   [G]  
Five, six take your last licks  
[A]  
Seven, eight let me give it to you straight  
[G]                           [F#]       [F]       [Em]  
You're better off dead than makin' a mess of me  

[Verse 2]
[E]                                       [D]  
Now Billy-boy's out havin' a ball, playin' fiddle at the local bar  
[A]                             [G]            [E]  
Dark shades, cool kicks, he's Hollywood Blvd.  
[E]  
Slick Daddy and his fat cigar sayin':  
[D]  
"Sign along the dotted line!"  
[A]  
He shook his head and said:  
[G]                                  [E]  
"All I need is this fiddle of mine!"  

[Pre-Chorus]
[A]  
Sing for your supper,  
[Em]  
Nobody rides for free  
[D]                                            [B]  
Take your big time, I’ll take care of m-m-m-me!  

[Chorus]
[E]              [F#]     [G]  
One, two baby what you do  
[A]  
Three, four let me show you the door  
[G]                          [F#]        [F]      [Em]  
You're better off dead than makin' a mess of me  
[E]                     [F#]   [G]  
Five, six take your last licks  
[A]  
Seven, eight let me give it to you straight  
[G]                           [F#]       [F]       [Em]  
You're better off dead than makin' a mess of me  

[G]  
When trouble came knockin'  
[D]                          [E]  
Billy kept rockin' like this…  

[Pre-Chorus]
[A]  
Sing for your supper,  
[Em]  
Nobody rides for free  
[D]                                            [B]  
Take your big time, I’ll take care of m-m-m-me!  

[Chorus]
[E]              [F#]     [G]  
One, two baby what you do  
[A]  
Three, four let me show you the door  
[G]                          [F#]        [F]      [Em]  
You're better off dead than makin' a mess of me  
[E]                     [F#]   [G]  
Five, six take your last licks  
[A]  
Seven, eight let me give it to you straight  
[G]                           [F#]       [F]       [Em]  
You're better off dead than makin' a mess of me