Intro 2x: E  D  A 

  E             D              A
   A shoe shine boy gave me a nickel
  E                 D         A
   With a smile on his face
  E                 D                             A
   The school kids would give me some gin, if I would let them in

  B                        C#m
   They were shaking all over

  E                    D                   A
   Got a call from a friend with a lonely lady on his arm
  E                 D            A
   Woke up in my garage, I was holding my own
  E           D            A
   I can't remember where I'd been

  B                    C#m
   I was aching all over
                    A
   Rolling on the stone
                           B
   I was aching all over, rolling on the hard stone.

  C                                              G
   Ooh, what a night you can have when you're a big boy
  C                                              G
   Ooh, what a night you can have when you're a real big boy
  C                                              G
   Ooh, what a night you can have when you're a big boy
  C                                              G
   Ooh, what a night you can have when you're a real big boy

  E          D           A
   Kissin' cousins just ain't my style
  E               D                A
   Not like some knight in shining armour
  E                  D                  A
   Touring with the sideshow, that was my blow

  B                    C#m
   Uuh, but we hung on for the fun
  A                     B
   Uuh, lots of fun for everyone

  C                                              G
   Ooh, what a night you can have when you're a big boy
  C                                              G
   Ooh, what a night you can have when you're a real big boy
  C                                              G
   Ooh, what a night you can have when you're a big boy
  F
   Ooh, what a night! 

Solo: E  D  A (3x)
      B  C#m 

  E                 D           A
   Till the danger man with his danger plan
  E           D     A
   He took me aside, and then he took me apart
  E          D             A
   I was a young man with love in my heart

 B                   C#m
   How he made me pay
                       A
   It was the hard way
               B
   It was the hard way

  C                                              G
   Ooh, what a night you can have when you're a big boy
  C                                              G
   Ooh, what a night you can have when you're a real big boy
  C                                              G
   Ooh, what a night you can have when you're a big boy
  C                                              G
   Ooh, what a night you can have when you're a real big boy

Solo: C  G (4x)
   
  C                                              G
   Ooh, what a night you can have when you're a big boy
  C                                              G
   Ooh, what a night you can have when you're a real big boy
  C                                              G
   Ooh, what a night you can have when you're a big boy
  C                                              G
   Ooh, what a night you can have when you're a real big boy

  E             D            A
   What a night you can have! 
  E             D            A
   What a night you can have! 
  E             D            A
   What a night you can have! 
  E             D            A
   What a night you can have! 
  E             D            A
   What a night you can have!