Doing A Hundred [C]

Jimmy Thackery

(as performed by The Canettes Blues Band)

[drums start]
[4-bar intro with guitar, keyboard, rhythm]

I'm doing a hundred, baby, just to get back home to you
I've got loving on my mind and I ain't got time to lose
I've been a way so doggone long, I can't sing nothing but the blues

When I was a child, I'd go driving in my car
Didn't care how fast I'd go, didn't care how far
Now, I'm a full grown man, I've got loving on my mind
You see, I can't go fast enough, I believe I'm wasting time

I'm doing a hundred, baby, just to get back home to you
I've got loving on my mind and I ain't got time to lose
I've been a way so doggone long, I can't sing nothing but the blues

[12-bar harp solo]

You're the one I'm thinking of, you're always on my mind
Love like ours and happiness are truly hard to find
Listen mister highway man, please don't rock the boat
I'm screaming down the highway, I'm ready to explode

I'm doing a hundred, baby, just to get back home to you
I've got loving on my mind and I ain't got time to lose
I've been a way so doggone long, I can't sing nothing but the blues

[Bridge (Eb for 8 bars, C for 4 bars)]

Look out everybody, I'm breaking all the rules
I've got to find my baby, got to get around this fool
Listen mister highway man, please don't rock the boat
I'm screaming down the highway, I'm ready to explode

I'm doing a hundred, baby, just to get back home to you
I've got loving on my mind and I ain't got time to lose
I've been a way so doggone long, I can't sing nothing but the blues

[Solos/Introductions ad infinitum]