Lynyrd Skynyrd - Gimme Three Steps Chords

Standard guitar tuning: 
E
A
D
G
B
E
No capo


  D            I was cuttin thDe rug down at a place called 'The Jug'

  A            with a Agirl named Linda Lou

  D            When in walkeDd a man with a gun in his hand

  E            he was lookAing for you know who.

  D            He said "Hey theDre fellow with the hair coloured yellow,

  G                watcha Etryin' to proove?

  D            Cuz' thaDtsa' my woman there and I'm a man who cares

  A            and thiDs might be all for you"    (I said "excuse me!")

  D            I was scaDred and fearing for my life

  A            shaking like a Aleaf on a tree

  D            Cuz' he Dwas lean and mean and big and bad, Lord,

  E            pointing thAat gun at me

  D            I said "wait aD minute mister, I didn't even kiss her,

  G                don't want no trouEble with you

  D            and I know you donD't owe me but I wish you would let me

  A            ask one faDvour from you:

  D (CHORUS)   Say won't yDou Gimme 3 steps, gimme 3 steps mister,

  A            gimme 3 sAteps toward the door?

  D            Gimme 3 steDps, gimme 3 steps mister

  A            and yoDu'll never see me no more."

  D            O well the crowdD cleared away and I began to pray

  A            and the waterA fell down to the floor

  D            and I'm telDling you, son, it ain't no fun,

  E            staring straiAght down a fourty-four.

  D            Well, he turnDed and screamed at Linda Lou,

  G            and that'sE the break I was looking for

  D            and you coDuld hear me screaming a mile away

  A            as I was heaDded out toward the door.

               C

All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in the rain.