Lick and a Promise Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Bb][G][D]
[Bb][C][G]
[Bb]Johnny

[Verse 1]
come
lately on a Saturday night
Singin' how-de-do
[Fm]Backstreet Backs[Ab]treet Back[Bb]street
boogie in the house of delight
Where [Fm]they steal
[G]the show[Fm]
[Bb]The money come sour but
the ladies are sweet
And it's [Fm]a love affair
[Bb]Whole place rockin',
people stompin' their feet
When the [Fm]gang's [G]all [Fm]there
[G]He gets his lovin' every night for fre[D]e
[G]He's out there rockin' like
you wouldn't believe
[D]I sing na [C]na na na na[D][G]
[C]Na na [D]na na [G]na
[Bb]Johnny liked to gamble
with his lady Louise
She was a blackjack [Fm]deuces [G]are wild[Fm]
[Bb]He got to thinkin' 'bout his
nose in the breeze
Johnny [Fm]looked and [Ab]he smiled[Fm]
[Bb]He started thinkin' bout
the fortune and fame
And the young girls [G]down at his [Fm]knees
[Bb]He dug the money but forgot all the names
So he knew [Fm]just how to [Ab]appease[Fm]
[D]Lick and a promise
[Bb]Lick[D] and a promise[Bb][D]
Lick and a promise
He gave the ladies a lick and
a [G]promise[Bb]
[C]
[D]Lick and a promise
[Bb]He gave the ladi[G]es a lic[D]k and
a promise
[G][D][G][C]

[Verse 2]
[G]
[Bb]Loose change clover in
his early early years
Had his poor [Ab]mama [Fm]pa cin' th[Ab]e fl[Fm]oors
[Ab]He g[Fm]rabbe[Bb]d a guitar
and a couple of beers
Now the crowd [Ab]keeps
[Fm]screamin' for [Ab]more[Fm]

[Verse 3]
[G]He gets his lovin' every night for fre[D]e
[G]He's out there rockin' lik[Gm]e
you wouldn't [D]believe
I sing [C]na na na [D]na na
[G]I sing n[C]a na n[D]a n[G]a[Bb]
[Fm][Ab]
[Fm]na[Bb]

[Outro 1]
[Bb][Fm][Ab][Fm][Bb]
[Ab][Fm][Ab][Bbm]