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Capo 2
[Intro]
 A (see tab below song)
ASorry 'bout your mama, sorry 'bout your pa
ASorry about the business with your brother-in-law
AHard cheese about the money man, hard cheese about the stocks
AHard cheese about you being up to your ears in hock
ATough luck about your luggage, tough luck about your socks
ATough luck about the way that the other shoe drops
DToo bad about your girlfriend, too bad about your wife
AToo bad about the thing you call the rest of your life
Hey, Dhow'd you get this number man - who do you think you're talking to?
ANow who do you think you are kidding, what do you want me to do?
DHow'd you get this number man, please don't make me laugh
You know you Eought to be on TV with a line like that
AI heard about the car rent, I heard about the fail
AI heard about the time you was in jail all night
AI know you don't like trouble and I know you don't like to fight
AI know that you could argue with a fence post all night
AI heard about the lampshade, how you had it on your head
AI heard you told a joke and knocked the whole room dead
DNo kidding about the car sir, no kidding about the junk
ANo kidding about you being in a deep blue funk
Hey, Dhow'd you get this number man - who do you think you're talking to?
ANow who do you think you are kidding, what do you want me to do?
DHow'd you get this number, please don't make me laugh
You Eought to be on TV with a line like that
[Solo]
D  A  D  A  D  A
The approximate tab for the intro is shown below:
    sl             sl sl sl     sl               b    x2         x2
e|-----------------------------------3------------------|----------|
B|-3--5--3--1-----3--5--3--1---3--5-----5--3--1--3--1---|----------|
G|-------------2---------------------------------------2|-0--1--2--|
D|------------------------------------------------------|----------|
A|------------------------------------------------------|----------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|----------|

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Howd You Get This Number

by Guy Clark

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

Chords in this song · guitar

Capo 2

[Intro]

A (see tab below song)

Sorry 'bout your mama, sorry 'bout your pa

Sorry about the business with your brother-in-law

Hard cheese about the money man, hard cheese about the stocks

Hard cheese about you being up to your ears in hock

Tough luck about your luggage, tough luck about your socks

Tough luck about the way that the other shoe drops

Too bad about your girlfriend, too bad about your wife

Too bad about the thing you call the rest of your life

Hey, how'd you get this number man - who do you think you're talking to?

Now who do you think you are kidding, what do you want me to do?

How'd you get this number man, please don't make me laugh

You know you ought to be on TV with a line like that

I heard about the car rent, I heard about the fail

I heard about the time you was in jail all night

I know you don't like trouble and I know you don't like to fight

I know that you could argue with a fence post all night

I heard about the lampshade, how you had it on your head

I heard you told a joke and knocked the whole room dead

No kidding about the car sir, no kidding about the junk

No kidding about you being in a deep blue funk

Hey, how'd you get this number man - who do you think you're talking to?

Now who do you think you are kidding, what do you want me to do?

How'd you get this number, please don't make me laugh

You ought to be on TV with a line like that

[Solo]

D A D A D A

The approximate tab for the intro is shown below:

sl sl sl sl sl b x2 x2

e|-----------------------------------3------------------|----------|

B|-3--5--3--1-----3--5--3--1---3--5-----5--3--1--3--1---|----------|

G|-------------2---------------------------------------2|-0--1--2--|

D|------------------------------------------------------|----------|

A|------------------------------------------------------|----------|

E|------------------------------------------------------|----------|

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