Saturday Night Special chords by Lynyrd Skynyrd

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: A

Verse 1:
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Two feet they come a creepin'
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Like a black cat do
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And two bodies are layin' naked
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A creeper think he got nothin' to lose

Bridge:
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So he creeps into this house, yeah
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And unlocks the door
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And as a man's reaching for his trousers
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Shoots him full of thirty-eight holes

Chorus:
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Mr. Saturday night special
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Got a barrel that's blue and cold
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Ain't good for nothin'
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But put a man six feet in a hole

Verse 2:
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Big Jim's been drinkin' whiskey
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And playin' poker on a losin' night
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And pretty soon ol' Jim starts a thinkin'
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Somebody been cheatin' and lyin'

Bridge:
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So Big Jim commence to fightin'
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I wouldn't tell you no lie
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Big Jim done pulled his pistol
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Shot his friend right between the eyes

Chorus:
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Mr. Saturday night special
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Got a barrel that's blue and cold
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Ain't good for nothin'
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But put a man six feet in a hole
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Oh, it's the Saturday night special
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for twenty dollars you can buy yourself one too

Verse 3:
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Hand guns are made for killin'
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They ain't no good for nothin' else
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And if you like to drink your whiskey
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You might even shoot yourself

Bridge:
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So why don't we dump 'em people
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To the bottom of the sea
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Before some ol' fool come around here
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Wanna shoot either you or me

Chorus:
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Mr. Saturday night special
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You got a barrel that's blue and cold
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You ain't good for nothin'
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But put a man six feet in a hole
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Mr. the Saturday night special
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And I'd like to tell you what you could do with it