Date: 11/15/98; 3:21:04 PM From: Andrew Lyon Subject: How'd You Get This Number? by Guy Clark How'd You Get This Number? written by: Guy Clark Artist: Guy Clark CD: Boats to Build From: Andrew@lyonap.force9.co.uk Capo 2 Intro: A (see tab below song) A Sorry 'bout your mama, sorry 'bout your pa A Sorry about the business with your brother-in-law A Hard cheese about the money man, hard cheese about the stocks A Hard cheese about you being up to your ears in hock A Tough luck about your luggage, tough luck about your socks A Tough luck about the way that the other shoe drops D Too bad about your girlfriend, too bad about your wife A Too bad about the thing you call the rest of your life D Hey, how'd you get this number man - who do you think you're talking to? A Now who do you think you are kidding, what do you want me to do? D How'd you get this number man, please don't make me laugh E You know you ought to be on TV with a line like that A I heard about the car rent, I heard about the fail A I heard about the time you was in jail all night A I know you don't like trouble and I know you don't like to fight A I know that you could argue with a fence post all night A I heard about the lampshade, how you had it on your head A I heard you told a joke and knocked the whole room dead D No kidding about the car sir, no kidding about the junk A No kidding about you being in a deep blue funk D Hey, how'd you get this number man - who do you think you're talking to? A Now who do you think you are kidding, what do you want me to do? D How'd you get this number, please don't make me laugh E You ought to be on TV with a line like that solo over D A D A D A solo The approximate tab for the intro is shown below: sl sl sl sl sl b x2 x2 ||-----------------------------------3------------------|----------|| ||-3--5--3--1-----3--5--3--1---3--5-----5--3--1--3--1---|----------|| ||-------------2---------------------------------------2|-0--1--2--|| ||------------------------------------------------------|----------|| ||------------------------------------------------------|----------|| ||------------------------------------------------------|----------||