GIMMIE THREE STEPS - Lynyrd Skynyrd

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

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with a girl named Linda Lou.

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When in walked a man with a gun in his hand

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and he was lookin' for you-know-who.

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He said, "Hey fat fella with the hair colored yella,

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what you tryin' to prove?

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'Cause that's my woman there and I'm a man who cares

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and this might be all for you."

Well I was scared and a-fearin' for my life.

I was shakin' like a leaf on a tree.

'Cause he was lean and mean, big and bad,

and was pointin' that gun at me.

I said, "Wait a minute mister, I didn't even kiss her.

Don't want no trouble with you.

I know you don't owe me but I wish you would let me ask one favor of you."

[CHORUS]

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Gimmie three steps gimmie three steps mister

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gimmie three steps towards the door.

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Gimmie three steps gimmie three steps mister

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and you never see me no more.

Well the crowd went away and I began to pray

and the water fell on the floor.

And I'm a-tellin' you son, well it ain't no fun

starin' straight down a forty four.

Well he turned to scream at Linda Lou

and that's the break I was lookin' for.

You could hear me screamin' a mile away as I headed out towards the door.

(Chorus)