Chord/Tab song: Going Out in Style

Going Out In Style lyrics

[F]
I've [Bb]seen a lot of sights and [Eb]traveled many [F]miles
[Bb]Shook a thousand hands and se[Ebm]en my share of [Eb]smiles
[Bb]I've caused some great concern and [Eb]told one too many [F]lies
[Bb]And now I see the world through these [F]sad, old, jaded eyes

[Bb]So what if I threw a party and [Eb]all my friends were there?
[Bb]Acquaintances, relatives, t[F]he girls who never cared
[Bb]You'll have a host of rowdy hooligans in a [Eb]big line out the door
[F]Side by side with Sister Barbara, Chief Wells and Bobby 'Orr
[Bb]I'd invite the Flannigans
[Eb]Replace the window you smashed out
[Bb]I'd apologize the Sluggo for [F]pissing on his couch
[Bb]I'll see Mrs. McAuliffe and s[Eb]o many others soon
[F]Then I'll say I'm sorry for what I did sleepwalking in her room

[Bb]So what if I threw a party and i[Eb]nvited Mayor Menino?
[Bb]He'd tell you to get a permit
[F]Well this time Tom I don't think so
[Bb]It's a neighborhood reunion
[Eb]But now we'd get along
[F]Van Morrison would be there and he'd sing me one last song
[Bb]With a backup band of bass players to [Eb]keep us up all night
[Bb]Three handsome four string troubadours
[F]And Newton's own Fat Mike
[Bb]I'll be in the can having a smoke with[Eb] Garv and Johnny Fitz
[F]But there's a back up in the bathroom
[F]Cause the Badger's got the shits

Chorus:
[Bb]You may bury me with an enemy in [Eb]Mount Calvary
[Bb]You can stack me on a pyre and s[F]oak me down with whiskey
[Bb]Roast me to a blackened crisp and t[Eb]hrow me in a pile
[F]I could really give a shit - I'm going out in style
[Bb]You can take my urn to Fenway [Eb]spread my ashes all about
[Bb]Or you can bring me down to Wolly Beach
[F]And dump the sucker out
[Bb]Burn me to a rotten crisp and [Eb]toast me for a while
[F]I could really give a shit - I'm going out in style

[Bb]Make me up dress me up
[Eb]Feed me a big old shot
[Bb]Of embalming fluid highballs
[F]So I don't start to rot
[Bb]Now take me to McGreevy's
[Eb]I wanna buy one final round
[F]That cheap prick would peel an orange in his pocket
[F]Then hurry up and suck 'em down

[Bb]If there's a god the girls you loved
[Eb]Will all come walking through the door
[Bb]Maybe they'll feeld bad for me and this [F]stiff will finally score
[Bb]You've got the bed already
[Eb]And the nerve and courage too
[F]Cause I've be slugging from
[F]A stash of Desi Queally's 1980s
[F]Bathtub brew

Repeat Chorus--

Spread my ashes all about
Dump the sucker out
Toast me for a while
I'm going out in style