(Shel Silverstein)
Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show: DOCTOR HOOK
First Verse
A D
The waitress with the orange hair keeps motionin' me to hurry up and leave
D E
So I gulp my coffee - burn my mouth - grab up my coat and slippin' out
E A
I smear a streak of mustard down my sleeve
A
And the guy behind the register takes my bread and shakes his head
A D
And looks at me as though I've blown his mind
D E A
Hey, I just come here for some coffee...hope I'm not wastin' anybody's time
Chorus
A D A
And Judy I'm slowly movin' back to you
A E A
And I wish that I could say I'll treat you better than I used to
A D A
It's just I'm learnin' lots of things I never knew back then
E A
Judy I'm slowly movin' back again
E A
Judy I'm slowly movin' back again
Second Verse
A
That blue eyed barracuda smiles and tells me she could use some brand new
D
clothes
D E
She grabs my leg and with a wink, asks if I want another drink
E A
She's not the campfire girl you might suppose
A
But she's so busy tellin' me her troubles I don't think she's got time
A D
For any kind of trouble small as mine
D E A
Hey, I just come in here for nothin'... hope I'm not wastin' anybody's time
Chorus
A D A
And Judy I'm slowly movin' back to you
A E A
And I wish that I could say I'll treat you better than I used to
A D A
It's just I'm learnin' lots of things I never knew back then
E A
Judy I'm slowly movin' back again
E A
Judy I'm slowly movin' back again
Third Verse
B
Well I'm stopped here on the corner, when the red faced cop says move along
B E
your way
E F#
But my nose is cold and my toes are numb, I got no feeling in my thumb
F# B
I think I just might stop inside that church and maybe pray
B
But they pass the plate and they look at me when it turns out that I ain't
B E
got a dime
E F#
Hey, I just come in here to talk to GOD... hope I'm not wastin' anybody's
B
time
Chorus
E B
And Judy I'm slowly movin' back to you
B F# B
And I wish that I could say I'll treat you better than I used to
B E B
It's just I'm learnin' lots of things I never knew back then
F# B
Judy I'm slowly movin' back again
F# B
Judy I'm slowly movin' back again...
F# B Judy I'm slowly movin' back again...
F# B Judy I'm slowly movin' back again...
(c)1972 Evil Eye Music Inc.
Songwriters
Shel Silverstein
