SON OF BUM
by the Gourds
transcribed by Ellen de Vere ellendevere@yahoo.com
http://www.gourds.org

Intro:  D -  A  - E  or  (g#-e-g#-b-c#-b-g#) ,
(g#-e-g#-b-c#-d-d)

C#m    G#      B   -    E  or  (g#-e-g#-b-c#-b-g#)

[C#m] expecting [G#] me to clean my [B] house out [E]
[C#m] under my [G#] fridge I found the[B] roach bug
[E]
[C#m] they were [G#] eating my pot[B]atoes [E]
[C#m] they even [G#] got to raise a [B] fambly 
[A-G-BBBB]

[D] it aint no [A] failing I just [E] want 'em out [B]
[D] I live in [A] filth and now I [E] want 'em out [B]
[D] they dont [A] even hep me to [E] pay my rent [B]
[D] they even [A] eat the cash I [E] hadn't spent
[B-D-A-E] 

(A7 after 2nd and 3rd chorus)

the son of bum aint like a stink bug 
they aren't like the rolly pollies 
they dont behave like a cicada 
but there better than the crab bug 

if I could only dream about them 
and bathe them in the new age light 
I'd put cookies in my bedroom 
and gladly let them spend night in my bed 
in my bed

C#m   G#     B      A7     alternate E
 4     4     2      3             4
 5     4     4      2             5
 6     5     4      2/0           4
 6     6     4      2             6
 4     6     2      0             7
 4     4     2      0             4