Beat Me Daddy (Eight To The Bar) Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][Bm]

[Verse 1]
[G]Beat Me [Bdim]Daddy (Eight to
[Bm]the[A]
[D]Bar[Bm])

[Verse 2]
Well [D]there's a [Bm]little honky-
tonky village in [D]Texas[Bm]
There's a guy who plays
the best piano by [D]far
[Bm]He can play piano [G]any
way that you like it
[D]But the way he [Bm]plays is
eight to the bar
When he [A]jams, it's a ball
He's the daddy of them all
[D][Bm]

[Verse 3]
The people gather [D]around
[Bm]when he gets on the stand
Then when he plays, he gets a [D]hand
[Bm]The rhyt[G]hm he play[D] puts[G]
the cats in [D]a trance
[Bm]Nobody there bothers to dance
[D]But whe[Bm]n he jam[A]s with
the bass and guitar
They holler out, [D]"Beat me Daddy,
[Bm]eight to the bar"

[Verse 4]
A- [Bm]plink, a- plank, a- plink plank, plink plank
A- plunkin' [D]on the keys
[Bm]A- r[G]iff, a[Bdim]- raff, a- riff ra[Dm]ff, riff raff
A- [D]riffin' out with [Bm]ease
And when he [A]jams, it's a ball
He's the daddy of [D]them [Bm]all

[Interlude 1]
Let's jam one time
[Bm][D][C#][Dm][C][C#][D]
[G][Dm][D][Bm]
[A][G][A]
[Dm][G][D][Bm][G][D][Bm]
[D][Bm][G][Dm]
[D][Bm][A]
[D][Bm]
[D]Well

[Verse 5]
there's a little [Bm]honky-
tonky village in Texas
There's a guy who plays
the best piano by far
He [G]can play piano any way that you [D]like it
[Bm]But [D]the way he plays
[Bm]is eight to the bar
When he [A]jams, it's a ball
He's the daddy of them [D]all[Bm][D]
[Bm]C'mon boy, yeah

[Interlude 2]
[Bm]
[G][Bdim][G][Bdim][Dm][G]
[Bm][A]
[D][Bm]
[Bdim][G][Bm]
[D][A][D]
[Bm]

[Verse 6]
[Bm]Well [D]there's a little honky-
[Bm]tonk[D]y village in Texas
[Bm]There's a guy who plays
the best piano by [D]far
[Bm]He can p[G]lay piano any way that you like it
[D]But the [Bm]way he plays is eight to the bar
When [A]he jams with the bass
and guitar
They holler out, [D]"Beat me Daddy,
[Bm]eigh[D]t to the bar"
[Bm]Let'[D]s go d[Bm]own e[D]veryb[Bm]ody
one [D]time[Bm]

[Interlude 3]
[D][Bm][D][G]
[D][Bm]
And [G]when he

[Verse 7]
[A]jams with
the bass and guitar
They holler out, [D]"Beat me Daddy,
eight to the bar"
[D]