SHOTGUN

Original Junior Walker & The All Stars version

I said shotgun
Shoot 'em before they run, now
Do the jerk baby
Do the jerk, now
Hey!

Put on your red dress
And then you go downtown now
I said buy yourself a shotgun now
We're gonna break it down baby now
We're gonna load it up baby now
And then you shoot 'em before they run now

I said shotgun
Shoot 'em before they run now
Do the jerk baby
Do the jerk now
Hey!

Shotgun
Shoot 'em before they run now
Do the jerk baby
Do the jerk now
Hey!

Put on your high heels shoes
I said we're going down here, listen to 'em play the blues
We're gonna dig potatoes
We're gonna pick tomatoes

I said shotgun
Shoot 'em before they run, now
Do the jerk baby
Do the jerk now
Hey!

I said it's Twine Time
I said it's Twine Time
I said it's Twine Time
Hey, what did I say

Info

SHOTGUN is a song written by Autry DeWalt and originally recorded by Junior Walker & The All Stars who released it on their 1965 album Shotgun. The above lyrics are for the original Junior Walker & The All Stars version of SHOTGUN as released in 1965.

Jr. Walker And The All Stars -- Shotgun

LP - Soul (S 701) - USA, 1965

Bruce Springsteen's Version

Although he has never performed it in full, Bruce Springsteen has regularly played a snippet of SHOTGUN in the midsection of ROSALITA (COME OUT TONIGHT) in 1974. These were instrumental snippets, but he used some of the song's lyrics at least once. See the live 06 Jan 1974 version of ROSALITA (COME OUT TONIGHT) for an example.

Credits

Thanks Jake (ol'catfishinthelake at BTX and Greasy Lake) for the help.

Available Versions

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