Designated Driver (Wayne and Maybelle) by Dan "Cool Hand Uke" Scanlan

Written in the 1990's. Still relevant. Played on rajão, the forerunner of the ukulele. This version is in C, but here's the basic idea in G:

Wayne and Maybell
©1994 Dan Scanlan


G C G
Old Wayne sits in the honky tonk his elbow on the bar D7
Maybelle's on the dance floor although she came in Wayne's car
G C G
Old Wayne takes long slow drag, generic cigarette D7 G
Maybelle's dancin' close and slow—an old flame she can't forget.


CHORUS

C G
Maybelle, Maybelle, look around, is everything all right?
A7 D7 C7 C#7 D7
Down at the end of the bar, look beyond the neon beer sign light!
G C G
Maybelle, Maybelle, what have you found in the dark that gives you fright?
C G D7 G
Is your designated driver gettin' drunk again tonight?
C G D7 G
Is your designated driver gettin' drunk again tonight?

G C G
The jukebox's playin' slow, lights' turned way down low D7
Girls in the corner giggle up a show;
G C G
But the cowboys on their stools, everybody's fools,
D7 G
Huntin' for what they don't even know.

G C G
The barkeep clangs his bell, "Last call for alcohol, D7
Suck 'em up, I'm shuttin' this honkytonk down."
G C G
Old Wayne fumbles his keys, falls hard upon his knees, D7 G
Another night wasted in town.

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• rajão
• ukulele
• Dan Scanlan
• Cool Hand Uke
• ukelele
• uke
• Designated Driver ukulele

[Hikikomori013]

Nice toy. I might have to get one.