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Kip Down On The Floor (Bakersfield Country)

[Intro] [strummed acoustic guitar, clean electric guitar lead line, steady drums] [Verse 1] [baritone male vocals] Make me kip right down on your floor Make me kip right down by your door I'll lay my head and I'll kip right here Right here on your floor [Verse 2] I'm a poor lonesome boy I'm a long ways from home I'll lay my head and I'll kip on your floor [Chorus] [vocal harmonies enter, Hammond B3 organ swells] Clock striking midnight and a long way to go I'll lay my head and I'll kip on your floor [Verse 3] Police on my trail with a big forty-four I'll lay my head down and I'll kip on your floor [Chorus] [driving rhythm, electric guitar fills] Kip on the floor baby, kip on the floor I'll lay right down here on your floor I'll lay my head and I'll kip on your floor [Bridge] [drums maintain steady beat, bass walking line] Poor lonesome boy I'm a long ways from home I'm a poor lonesome boy I'm a long ways from home I'll lay my head right down on your floor [Outro] [full band intensity, vocal ad-libs] Make me kip right down on your floor Make me kip right down by your door I'll lay my head and I'll kip right here Right here on your floor (down, down, down) Down here (down, down, down) Oh, on the floor [final drum fill, sustained organ chord]