The Rolling Stones
On April 1, 2011 Neil Nathan claimed his great grandfather William "Silky Bill" Nathan wrote this song in the 1930s and claimed he would sue Mick Jaggard and Keith Richards for stealing it. He later admitted it was an April Fool's joke.
Melvin starts chorus on D
| Intro | E | 4x |
| E | A |
| I met a gin-soaked barroom queen i | n Memphis |
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| She trie | d to take me u | pstairs for a | ride |
| E | A | |
| She | had to heave me right across her | shoulders |
| E | B | E | |
| ‘cause I | just can't seem to | drink her off my | mind |
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| Verse |
| E | A |
| I laid a divorcee in New | York City |
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| I ha | d to put up | some kind of | a fight |
| E | A |
| The lady then she covered me with | roses |
| E | B | E | |
| She bl | ew my nose and | then she blew my | mind |
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