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Rod Clements - Old Blue Goose
CAPO: 2nd Fret
[Intro]
C   F   C     F   C
[Verse 1]
Down on the corner, the old man said
FSon, the old blue Ggoose is CdeadF  G  C  
She was up on the side of the grocery store
But the Fold blue goose ain't Gthere no Cmore
[Verse 2]
FBack in the days when the railroad ran
The Cbootleg liquor and the big-time bands
They would Fknock 'em down, turn 'em loose
And they'd Call go rockin' down Gold Blue CGooseF  G  C  
[Verse 3]
There was jig-joint whiskey and Muscat wine
FJesse on the corner Grustling CdimesF  G  C  
Ed and Oscar, the Wampus Cats
FBlack Ace playing for a Gnickel in the Chat
[Instrumental]
C   F G C   F G C    F C F C    F C F C    F G C   F G C
[Verse 4]
Now it ain't no use you telling me
This Fstuff ain't nothing but GhistoCryF  G  C  
'Cause the old blue goose is on her way
She Fstopped right by my Ghouse toCday
[Verse 5]
FWord came down from a friend of mine
CWe got the old blue goose on line
And the Fworld-wide web is gonna spread the news
About CJesse and Oscar and the GShreveport bCluesF  G  C  
[Verse 6]
And now that she got wings to fly
That Fold blue goose will Gnever CdieF  G  C  F  G  C  
You can play it fast, you can play it loose
Or you can Fplay a song about an Gold blue Cgoose
[Outro]
C    F G C    F G C

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Old Blue Goose

by Rod Clements

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 2 (as written in this song)

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Rod Clements - Old Blue Goose

CAPO: 2nd Fret

[Intro]

C F C F C

[Verse 1]

Down on the corner, the old man said

F G C F G C

Son, the old blue goose is dead

She was up on the side of the grocery store

F G C

But the old blue goose ain't there no more

[Verse 2]

Back in the days when the railroad ran

The bootleg liquor and the big-time bands

They would knock 'em down, turn 'em loose

C G C F G C

And they'd all go rockin' down old Blue Goose

[Verse 3]

There was jig-joint whiskey and Muscat wine

F G C F G C

Jesse on the corner rustling dimes

Ed and Oscar, the Wampus Cats

F G C

Black Ace playing for a nickel in the hat

[Instrumental]

C F G C F G C F C F C F C F C F G C F G C

[Verse 4]

Now it ain't no use you telling me

F G C F G C

This stuff ain't nothing but history

'Cause the old blue goose is on her way

F G C

She stopped right by my house today

[Verse 5]

Word came down from a friend of mine

We got the old blue goose on line

And the world-wide web is gonna spread the news

C G C F G C

About Jesse and Oscar and the Shreveport blues

[Verse 6]

And now that she got wings to fly

F G C F G C F G C

That old blue goose will never die

You can play it fast, you can play it loose

F G C

Or you can play a song about an old blue goose

[Outro]

C F G C F G C

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