Skinny - Alex Bevan

/E-/G-/A A   /G | | | | |A  A (x4)
                                        /G | | | | |A  A . . .
Wanna make a hit record . . . I'll tell ya what ya do
You go to Cleveland, and you order yourself up a brew
You look at the bubbles . . . ya raise your glass
Ya take another drink . . . you watch the time pass and you go
Ow . . .  ow ow . . .
A                    A/G                   A/F#          A/F F5 -A/E

Shazam feeling grand, guess I'll mosey into town
Raise hell all around, m'gonna have a good time
Damn you bet I am, out to boogie till I'm blind
Got a quart o' dollar wine I wanna get myself primed
D2-D2-D24-D2 (557,559 start with this move to full chords)
Runnin' down the road I got the back tires smokin'
                                                          D#2
The highway's open not a cop in sight
      E2-|E4-Ee (-79997-799107)
No red light flashin' gonna hamper my action
My path is clear . . . my timings right
                 A (stac.)
And I'm a skinny little boy from Cleveland, Ohio
Come to chase your women and drink your beer

A                    A/G                   A/F#          A/F F5 -A/E
Pop the top off a Rolling Rock you can keep that boogie woogie
Just give me that sweet Rock 'n Roll that's deep in my soul
Second gear down main street and roarin' into town
Women grab your children, bolt the doors shutter down
Peekin' out from windows while the menfolk pray
They speak in frightened whispers hell the weak ones faint
D2-D2-D24-D2
Is it a bird, is it a plane, is it a demon in the air
Or a fire breathin' baby eatin' mother beatin' bear D#2
       E2-|E4-Ee (-79997-799107)
Is it murder, is it rape, is it the watergate tapes
Or a mere hallucination caused by folks from outer space
              A(stac.)
No it's a skinny little boy from Cleveland Ohio
Come to chase your women and drink your beer
A                    A/G                   A/F#          A/F F5 -A/E
My here you are ya see him stride to the bar
He's got a girl on every arm and three or four to spare
Hell yeah, ain't he neat, dressed to kill from head to feet
The tavern quiets down and people stare in disbelief
D2-D2-D24-D2
He's got chrome plated platforms nine inches high
Batteries in the sole with neon lights on the side D#2
    E2-|E4-Ee (-79997-799107)
A patent leather jacket with a picture on the back
It's Marilyn in the nude with a tattoo on her ass
Sayin' oh I'd like to meet her, oh I'd like to  . . .
             A (stac.)
Sayin' a skinny little boy from Cleveland Ohio's
Come to take your women out for doughnuts and coffee
A                    A/G                   A/F#          A/F F5 -A/E
. . . in the mornin' . . . . afterwards . . . .
Stand aside from the bar if you haven't come to drink
Give me whiskey in my glass, pour water down the sink
Bourbon tastes mean but it sure beats Listerine
Gets your breath twice as clean, gets ya high twice as fast
D2-D2-D24-D2
Run out of Wild Turkey Jack Daniels is fine
You can keep your Gin and Tonic, old Ripple Wine D#2
E2-|E4-Ee (-79997-799107)
Tequila's a bitch but the Vodka's alright
I got a roarin' in my ears, got a burnin' in my thighs
                A (stac.)
And I'm a skinny little boy from Cleveland, Ohio
Come to take your women and chase your beer
A                    A/G                   A/F#          A/F F5 -A/E
Good people . . . . . . .
Now you heard my story you're aware of my curse
And how this decent model citizen was transformed by lust and thirst
Take heed of my warning, walk the straight and narrow trail
Shun the gaily painted ladies, bright light and booze as well
                   D2-D2-D24-D2
Or you'll be sittin' alone watching TV in bed
Your skin'll start to prickle and your hands'll start to sweat D#2
E2-|E4-Ee (-79997-799107)

You reach for the bottle just as sure as I stand
You raise it to your lips and take a drink then shazam
                A (stac.)
You're a ectomorphic young man from the midwest
Come to rape, pillage, and plunder all over the flat lands . . . . .
      A     A/G A/F#  A/F F5   - A/E  /A /G /F# /F /E /F /G /A  A7
Of Cleveland skinny little boy - do do do do scoo bee do wah

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This is not the standard version of this song.
But it's the definitive one for me.
It's the Kevin Fox version, at least as best I can remember it
Apparently Alex only ever performed the prototype of this version
once where a recording survived - on WMMS FM many years ago.
Kudos to this Glampunk dude for sharing this nearly lost gem
and to Kevin for picking and Foxifying this particular version.

Alex Bevan - Skinny (WMMS) (YT)

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