Beat Me Daddy Eight To The Bar

D# Cm In a little honky-tonky village in Texas D# G# There's a guy who plays the best piano by far C# He can play piano any way that you like it Fm D# But the way he likes to play is eight to the bar D# G# D# When he plays, it's a ball, he's the daddy of them all D# G# D# The people gather around when he gets on the stand G# D# D Then when he plays, he gets a hand C# The rhythm he beats puts the cats in a trance G# Nobody there bothers to dance D# But when he plays with the bass and guitar D# G# Fm G# They holler out, "Beat me Daddy, eight to the bar" G# F# G# F# A-plink, a-plank, a-plink-a-plank-a-plink-a-plank G# A-plunkin' on the keys C# A#m A#m F# A-riff, a-raff, a-riff-a-raff-a-riff-a-raff D# Fm A-riffin' out with ease D# And when he plays with the bass and guitar G# C# G# They holler out, "Beat me Daddy, eight to the bar" G# D# G... G# He plays a boogie, he plays eight to the bar G# Fm The boogie-woogie, that is the way he likes to play on his piano C# D# And we all know G# D# That when he plays he puts them all in a trance D# The cats all holler, "Hooray" G# Fm You'll hear them say, "Beat me Daddy, eight to the bar" Cm Fm Cm G# Fm G# D# G# D# A#m D# Cm D# | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Fm C# G# In a little honky-tonky village in Texas C# A#m C# G# There's a guy who plays the best piano by far D# A#m D# When he plays with the bass and guitar C# D# G# They holler, "Beat me up Daddy, beat me Daddy, eight to the bar" Cm D# The people gather around when he gets up on the stand G# Cm Then when he plays, he gets a hand C# The rhythm that he plays puts the cats in a trance A#m Fm G# D# Nobody there ever bothers to dance D# C# D# But when he plays with the bass and guitar G# They holler out, "Beat me Daddy, eight to the bar" A-plink-plink, a-plank-plank, a-plink-a-plank-a-plink-a-plank A-plunkin' on the keys A-riff-riff, a-raff-raff, a-riff-a-raff-a-riff-a-raff A-riffin' out with ease And when he plays with the bass and guitar They holler out, "Beat me Daddy, eight to the bar"