Words & Music:
Steve Miller, Eddie Curtis & Ahmet
Ertegun
The September 2007 issue of Acoustic Guitar has an arrangement of
this song. Tuning is: D
G C F
A D
G C
D C
G C
D C
Some people call me the space cowboy. Some call me the gangster of love.
G C
D C
G C
D C G
Some people call me Maurice, Õcause I speak of the pompitous of love.
People talk about me, baby.
Say I'm doin' you wrong, doin' you wrong.
But don't you worry, baby, Õcause I'm right here, right here,
Right here, right here at home.
CHORUS:
G
C
G
C
'Cause I'm a picker, I'm a grinner, I'm a lover and I'm a sinner;
G
C D C
Play my music in the sun.
G C G C
I'm a joker, I'm a smoker, I'm a midnight toker;
G
C D Dsus4
I get my loving on the run.
You're the cutest thing that I ever did see.
I really love your peaches want to shake your tree.
Lovey dovey, lovey dovey, lovey dovey all the time.
Come on, baby, I'll show you a real good time.
CHORUS:
REPEAT VERSES 2 & 3 AND OUT
Verse riff:
G
C
D
C
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--------------------------Oh2-----|-O--O-----------------------------|
|------------Oh2--3---3------------|-----------O-2-3-3-3-3-2-2-O------|
|---3--3---------------------------|-----------------------------2----|
G
C
D
C
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------O-O--|
|-----------------------------O-2--|-O--O-------------------Oh2-------|
|-------------O-2-3--3-------------|-----------O-2-3-3-3-3------------|
|--h3--3---------------------------|----------------------------------|
Chorus riff:
G
C
G
C
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------O---------------1----------|----O------------------1----------|
|-------O-------O---O---O------O-O-|--------------O-----O-------------|
|-------O------------------Oh2-----|----O-------O-------2-------------|
|----------Oh2----3---3------------|--------Oh2-----3---------2-2-O-O-|
|--3-3-----------------------------|-3--------------------------------|
G
C
D
C
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-3--3--3-3--3-1--1----------------|
|--------O---O---O--O---O-----O----|-2--2--2-2--2-O--O-----------O--O-|
|----------O---O----2-----Oh2------|-O--O--O-O--0-2--2-----Oh2--------|
|-------------------3--------------|--------------3--3----------------|
|---3------------------------------|----------------------------------|