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Genre
Charts
Peak #725
Peak in subgenre #76
Author
Mike Carter Jones
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Mike Carter Jones
Uploaded
February 09, 2017
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MP3 2.8 MB • 160 kbps • 2:27
Story behind the song
performing live can be tough. In bars often there is too much noise nobody listening support musicians are not good amplification poor but you have to persevere. This was written for a friend who ran a bar in Spain with weekly music sessions and who kept going for years despite many problems giving all performers a chance to show what they could do.
Lyrics
Out of Focus – On Stage
(What’s a Good Guy Like me)
What’s a Good Guy Like me - Doing in a Joint like this
What’s a Good guy like Me doing in a Joint like this
Well – I been singing now for 69 years
But I never sang in a place before - With such lousy costly beers
Hey what’s a good guy like me – Doing in a Crap Bar like this
What’s a great guy like me – Singing with such Bums as these
(Just look at them baby!!)
What’s a great musician like me – Singing with bums like these
(Not a note among em baby)
When I croon out loving soft notes and Gently hit the highs
Not one single guy in this awful band can in tune harmonise
Hey what’s a great guy like me strumming with such bums as these
What’s a performer like me – playing such a crap crowd as this
(I’m a Sinatra man)
What’s a performer like me playing a crap crowd like this – baby
Whats a performer like me playing such a crap crowd as this
When I look around – for some talented gals and guys
All I see are a bunch of creeps with bleary bloodshot eyes
Hey what’s a performer like me – playing such dead beats as this
What’s a great stud like me doing in a place like this
What’s a Casanova like me doing in a bordillo like this
As Sinatra said to Sammy In the Rat Pack one day
Lets get the hell from here before my ding dong fades away
What’s a great stud like me Doing in a place like this -
– hay hay hay
What’s a great guy like me – doing in a place like this
Cr; Mike Jones Casa Cariad Almeria Oct 2007 Revised Feb 2017
(A Tribute to Maurice’s bar at El Alfoquia, Almeria )
Capo 2 /D B7 / Bb7 A7/ D / A7 /
/D B7 / E7 / A7 / A7 /
/D / D7 / G / Abdim /
/D B7/ E7 /A7 / D / /
/D D7 / G Abdim /D A / D /
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