{"id":16092,"date":"2023-07-31T21:25:41","date_gmt":"2023-07-31T21:25:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=16092"},"modified":"2025-11-21T06:04:42","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T06:04:42","slug":"gimme-three-steps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/gimme-three-steps\/","title":{"rendered":"Gimme Three Steps"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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Lynard Skynard<\/code><\/span><\/p>\n

[Intro] - - - <\/span>[C G C G C]<\/span><\/span>\r\n \r\n[Verse 1]<\/span>\r\nI was [C] cuttin' the rug down at a place called 'The Jug'  <\/span><\/span>with a [G] girl named Linda Lou \r\n<\/span><\/span>When [C] in walked a man with a gun in his hand,\r\n<\/span><\/span>he was [D] looking for you know [G] who. \r\n<\/span><\/span>He said [C] \"Hey there fellow with the hair coloured yellow,   <\/span><\/span>[F]   watcha tryin' to [D] prove? \r\n<\/span><\/span>Cuz thatsa [C] my woman there and I'm a man who cares, <\/span><\/span>and this [G] might be all for [C] you\"  (I said \"excuse me!\")\r\n<\/span><\/span>  \r\n[Verse 2]<\/span>\r\nI was [C] scared and fearing for my life,\r\n<\/span><\/span>I was [G] shaking like a leaf on a tree \r\n<\/span><\/span>Cuz he was [C] lean and mean and big and bad, Lord,  <\/span><\/span>and [D] pointing that gun at [G] me \r\n<\/span><\/span>\"Oh [C] wait a minute mister, I didn't even kiss her,  <\/span><\/span>[F]  don't want no trouble with [D] you \r\n<\/span><\/span>and I [C] know you don't owe me but I wish you would let me  <\/span><\/span>[G] ask one favor from [C] you\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n{ CHORUS }<\/span>\r\nOh, won't you [C] gimme three steps, gimme three steps mister,  <\/span><\/span>[G] gimme three steps toward the [G] door?  <\/span><\/span>[C] Gimme three steps, gimme three steps mister,  <\/span><\/span>and you'll [G] never see me no [C] more. For sure\"\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>  \r\n[Verse 3]<\/span>\r\nOh, well the [C] crowd cleared away and I began to pray, <\/span><\/span>and the [G] bottles fell on the floor.\r\n<\/span><\/span>And I'm [C] telling you, son, well it ain't no fun, \r\n<\/span><\/span>staring [D] straight down a forty-[G]-four. \r\n<\/span><\/span>Well, he [C] turned and screamed at Linda Lou, \r\n<\/span><\/span>and that's the [F] break I was looking [D] for \r\n<\/span><\/span>and you could [C] hear me screaming a mile away \r\n<\/span><\/span>as I was [G] headed out toward the [C] door. \r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n{ CHORUS }<\/span>\r\nOh, won't you [C] gimme three steps, gimme three steps mister,  <\/span><\/span>gimme [G] three steps toward the door?  <\/span><\/span>and you'll [G] never see me no [C] more.\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/span> \r\n\r\nEND ON C\r\n<\/span><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Lynard Skynard [Intro] – – – [C G C G C] [Verse 1] I was [C] cuttin’ the rug down at a place called ‘The Jug’ with a [G] girl named Linda Lou When [C] in walked a man with a gun in his hand, he was [D] looking for … CLICK TO VIEW SONGGimme Three Steps<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[133,126,116,117],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-baritone-bill","category-bass-guitar-night","category-live-baritone","category-live-piano"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16092"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16092\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}