(bass intro)
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E
I don't need no one's opinion
On the matter concerning my dress.
I was raised in a clinic down in Oklahoma,
There were many things I did not possess.
A
I never complained, because my father said,
"Son you'll get your chance before you're my age".
E
Then he took me upstairs and gave me this suit
Written all over his face
B
He said, "Others may come and others may go,
A
But that suit will be around wherever you're goin'"
E A
Three button hand me down
E A
Three button hand me down
(bass intro)
E
I had my fair share of neat women,
But they came between me and my suit.
That was a filly from Boston, a barmaid from Houston,
Not forgetting the one in Detroit.
A
They said, "We like you boy and we think you're sweet,
But can't you lose your suit?"
E
I said, "No, no, no, no, you can't do that to me"
I remember what my father said:
B
He said, "Others may come and others may go,
A
But that suit will be around wherever you're goin'"
E A
Three button hand me down, ha ha,
E A
Three button hand me down
(simple, bluesy solo)
E
I've never been a tidy dresser
And the fold in my trousers it ain't straight.
Still I know a good cloth when I see one.
That's why I'm clad in this gray flannel suit.
A
Sometimes I wonder if I should visit a tailor
And get myself a smooth outfit.
E
Then I remember what my father said to me.
I'll make you from the open road
B
He said, "Others may come and others may go,
A
But that suit will be around wherever you go"
E A
Three button hand me down,
E A
Three button hand me down
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