Jug Band Music

artist:Lovin' Spoonful

, writer:John Sebastian

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 {t: Jug Band Music}
{artist: Lovin' Spoonful}
{key: C}
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijSlzKr30b4 
{c: Thanks to Oak Bucket Music - Tom Achtenberg} 

I was [C] down in Savannah, eatin' cream and bananas
When the [G7] heat just made me faint
I [G7] began to get cross-eyed, I thought I was lost, I'd
Begun to see things as they [C] ain't
As the [C] relatives gathered to see what's the matter
The doctor came to see was I [D7] dyin'
But the [C] doctor said, "Give him jug band music
It [G7] seems to make him feel [C] just fine"

I was [G7] told a little tale about a skinny-as-a-rail
Eight-foot cowboy with a [C] headache
He was [G7] hung up in the desert swattin' rats and tryin' to get
A drink of water with his knees a-gettin' [C] mud-caked
And I'll [C] tell you in a sentence how he stumbled in to Memphis,
Tennessee, hardly crawlin', lookin' [F] dust-baked
We [F] gave ‘im a little water, a little bit of wine
He [C] opened up his eyes, but they didn't seem to shine
Then the [C] doctor said, "Give him jug band music
It [G7] seems to make him feel [C] just fine"

[C] So if you ever get sickly, get Sis to run quickly
To the [G7] dusty closet shelf
And [G7] pull out a washboard, and play a guitar chord
And do a little do-it-your [C] self
And [C] call on your neighbors to put down their labors
And come and play the hardware in [D7] time
'Cause the [C] doctor said, "Give him jug band music
It [G7] seems to make him feel [C] just fine"

I was [G7] floatin' in the ocean greased with suntan lotion
When I got wiped out by a [C] beach boy
He was [G7] surfin' when he hit me but jumped off his board to get me
And he dragged me by the armpit like a [C] child's toy
As we [C] staggered into land with all the waiters eatin' sandwiches
He tried to mooch a towel from the [F] hoi polloi
He [F] emptied out his eardrums, I emptied out mine
And [C] everybody knows that the very last line
Is "the [C] doctor said, 'Give him jug band music
It [G7] seems to make him feel just [C] fine'"

And the [C] doctor said "give him jug band music
It [G7] seems to make him feel [C] just fine"

Song Info

Title: Jug Band Music

Artist: Lovin' Spoonful

Writer: John Sebastian

Song Types: Folk, Rock

Key: C

Info: Lead singer John Sebastian wrote this song, where he sings about getting sick in Savannah (after eating cream and bananas on a hot day - not a good idea). The remedy is jug band music, which as the doctor points out, makes him feel just fine.
Sebastian cops to stealing many song ideas from the "jug band masters of Memphis, Tennessee." On his Welcome Back concert DVD, he explained: "This tune didn't come from Memphis, Tennesse, it came from New York City. It's sort of a disturbed tune, you see. People think I write all positive songs - this is not true.
In 1964, before forming The Lovin' Spoonful, John Sebastian and Zal Yanovsky were in a group called The Mugwumps along with Cass Elliot and Denny Doherty, who later formed The Mamas & the Papas. When this song was released on the Daydream album, the Mugwumps were only a memory, but a cover version was released as a single on Sidewalk records by a completely different group called the Mugwumps. This was clearly a bit of misdirection, and it worked: the single bubbled under at #127 on the Hot 100.

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Jug Band Music

artist:Lovin' Spoonful

, writer:John Sebastian

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