No Capo
Standard Tuning
[Intro]
[Verse]
Hello Dan, it s Joe here,
I hope you re keeping well,
itâs the 21st of December
now theyâre ringing the last bell.
If I get good behaviour
I ll be out of here by July,
wonât you kiss my kids on Christmas day,
please don t let them cry for me.
[Verse]
I guess the brothers are driving down from Queensland
and Stella s flying in from the coast.
They say it s gonna be a hundred degrees, even more maybe,
but that won t stop the roast.
Who s gonna make the gravy now?
I bet it won t taste the same
Just add flour, salt, a little red wine and don t forget a
dollop of tomato sauce for sweetness and that extra tang.
[Bridge]
And give my love to Angus and to Frank and Dolly,
Tell em all I m sorry I screwed up this time.
And look after Rita, I ll be thinking of her,
early Christmas morning, when I m standing in line.
[Verse]
I hear Mary s got a new boyfriend,
I hope he can hold his own
Do you remember the last one? What was his name again?
(Just a little too much cologne)
And Roger, you know I m even gonna miss Roger
Cause there s sure as hell no one in here I want to fight
[Bridge]
Oh praise the Baby Jesus, have a Merry Christmas,
I m really gonna miss it, all the treasure and the trash
And later in the evening, I can just imagine,
You ll put on Junior Murvin and push the tables back
And you ll dance with Rita, I know you really like her,
Just don t hold her too close, oh brother please don t stab me in the back
I didn t mean to say that, it s just my mind it plays up,
Multiplies each matter, turns imagination into fact
You know I love her badly, she s the one to save me,
I m gonna make some gravy, I m gonna taste the fat
Tell her that I m sorry, yeah I love her badly,
tell em all I m sorry, and kiss the sleepy children for me.
You know one of these days, I ll be making gravy,
I ll be making plenty, I m gonna pay em all back.
[Outro]
