BUBBA SHOT THE JUKEBOX
Mark Chesnutt
Album: Longnecks & Short Stories
Submitted by: Christopher R.
12/7/2021

Intro: (Bb6) (Bb6) (G) (Bb6) (G) (G) (Bb) (G) (F) (G) (Bb) (G) (F) (G)

(G) We were all down at Margie's bar (C) 
(G) Telling stories if we (D) had (G) one
Someone fired the old jukebox (C) up
The (G) song sure was a (D) sad (G) one
A teardrop rolled down Bubba's (C) nose
From the pain the song was inflic(D)ti(G)n'
And all at once he jumped to his (C) feet
(G) Just like somebody (D) kicked (G) him

  (G) Bubba shot the juke box last night
  (D) Said it played a sad song (G) that (C) made him (G) cry
  Went to his truck and got a forty (C) five
  (G) Bubba shot the juke box last night

(Bb) (G) (F) (G) (Ab) (B) (Ab) (Gb) (Ab)

(Ab) Bubba ain't never been acc(Db)used of (Ab) being mentality st(Eb)ab(Ab)le
So we did not draw an easy (Db) breath
Til he (Ab) laid that colt on the (Eb) tab(Ab)le
He hung his head till the cops showed (Db) up
He (Ab) tried to drive out of (Eb) Marg(Ab)ie's
Told him "Don't play dumb with (Db) us, son"
"You (Ab) know damn well what the (Eb) charge (Ab) is."

  (Ab) Bubba shot the juke box last night
  (Eb) Said it played a sad song (Ab) that (Db) made him (Ab) cry
  Went to his truck and got a forty (Db) five
  Well (Ab) he shot the juke box (Eb) last (Ab) night 

(B) (Ab) (Gb) (Ab) (A) (C) (A) (G) (A)

Well, the (A) sheriff arrived with his bathrobe on
The confrontation was a (E) tense (A) one
Shook his head said, "Bubba Boy,"
"You was always a (E) dense (A) one."
A reckless discharge of a (D) gun
(A) That's what the officers are (E) claim(A)ing
Bubba hollered, "Reckless! (D) Hell!"
"I (A) hit just where I was (E) aim(A)ing."

  (A) Bubba shot the juke box last night
  (E) Said it played a sad song (A) that (D) made him (A) cry
  Went to his truck and got a forty (D) five
  Well (A) he shot the juke box (D) 
  (A) Stopped it with one shot (D)
  (A) Bubba shot the jukebox (E) last (A) night 

(C) (A) (C) (A)

Well (D) he could not tell (A) right from wrong
Through the (E) teardrops in his (A) eyes
Bey(D)ond a shadow (A) of a doubt
It was a (E) justifiable homicide

(Solo)

(A) Bubba shot the juke box (D) 
(A) Stopped it with one shot (D)
(A) Bubba shot the jukebox (E) last (A) night

(C) (A) (C) (A) (Bb) (Db) (Bb) (Db) (Bb)