Lyrics for Gimme Three Steps as interpreted by magicnudiesuit

Gimme Three Steps Lyrics
I was cutting a rug
Down at a place called The Jug
With a girl named Linda Lou
When in walked a man
With a gun in his hand
And he was looking for you know who
He said, "Hey there fellow
With the hair colored yellow
Whatcha tryin' to prove?
'cause that's my woman there
And I'm a man who cares
And this might be all for you"

I was scared and fearing for my life
I was shakin' like a leaf on a tree
'Cause he was lean, mean
Big and bad, Lord
Pointin' that gun at me
I said, "Wait a minute, mister
I didn't even kiss her
Don't want no trouble with you
And I know you don't owe me
But I wish you'd let me
Ask one favor from you"

"Won't you give me three steps
Gimme three steps mister
Gimme three steps towards the door?
Gimme three steps
Gimme three steps mister
And you'll never see me no more"

Well the crowd cleared away
And I began to pray
As the water fell on the floor
And I'm telling you son
Well, it ain't no fun
Staring straight down a forty-four
Well he turned and screamed at Linda Lou
And that's the break I was looking for
And you could hear me screaming a mile away
As I was headed out towards the door

"Won't you give me three steps
Gimme three steps mister
Gimme three steps towards the door?
Gimme three steps
Gimme three steps mister
And you'll never see me no more"

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bahablaze
04-16-2002

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I have to actually thank Skynyrd for this song, it got me to playin guitar!!!. But for those of you skynyrd fans that "just listen" and dont know.... This is an actually true account about ronnie van zant, the song went pretty much what happened cept it left out the quote that ronnie told the guy "your gonnah have to shoot me in the ass or the elbows cause i am walkin outtah here" ;)


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BeautifulSound
09-11-2002

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Wow what a greaaaat song!! Can't believe there is only one comment.

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Muzzy
03-16-2003

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Bahablaze is right, the song is sort of a true story. Just extremely exaggerated.

Great song, one of my favorite Skynyrd songs. Love that guitar riff at the beginning.

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BeautifulSound
03-26-2003

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Yeah Ronnie went into the bar and was talking to the girl when her man came and he was shoooken up! They wrote this song the same night!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WAHOOOOOO!

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BeautifulSound
03-26-2003

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Yeah Ronnie went into the bar and was talking to the girl when her man came and he was shoooken up! They wrote this song the same night!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WAHOOOOOO!

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dannylowery
05-07-2003

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Just for your info the name of the bar was 'The Little Brown Jug' -

'I was cuttin' the rug, down at a place called the jug'

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Yakuza Warlord
06-27-2003

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Yeah its kinda one of those "Captain Obvious to the
Rescue" times for this song. the lyrics are like the biggest piece of the puzzle and all you gotta do is set it down and your done! excellent riffs with the guitar and the song was just on the radio so yeah... I guess it tempted me...

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ledskynyrd
09-26-2004

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It didn't even take them time to get home to write this song. thaey wrote in vthe car comin' home. thank you

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dub12
01-07-2005

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hmmm...as a skynyard fan this song "floats my boat"


its on my MP3...when i snowboard..i can rock out..WOOOOOOOOOOOO!

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eaglesgirl997
03-17-2005

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I grew up with this song! I also thought this is a good place for me to tell a fellow Skynyrd fan, Spalding, I LOVE YOU!

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thisishardcore
06-22-2006

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This is based on a true story. Lead singer Ronnie Van Zant, who was 18 at the time, used a fake ID to get in a bar while his band mates Gary Rossington and Allen Collins waited for him in a truck. Van Zant danced with a girl named Linda, whose boyfriend came up to Ronnie and reached for something in his boot. Figuring he was going for a gun, Van Zant told him to give him a few steps and he would get out. He ran to the truck, and he, Rossington, and Collins wrote this that night.It's local legend that the song takes place in Bowling Green, Kentucky. After a gig at the Tobacco Warehouse, the boys from Skynyrd went down the road to a bar in town called The Little Brown Jug, thus "I was cuttin' the rug, down a a place called The Jug," which is where Ronnie Van Zant ran into an angry local man with a gun.

And the Little Brown Jug is still open on the Bypass like it always has been.

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XchelsatthediscoX
02-02-2007

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I love this song. Listened to it a billion times going up to Boston from Georgia. Never get tired of it!

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VanOwen1
08-29-2008

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This song has always had a lot of meaning to me, mainly because this song is about my uncle and Linda Lou became his wife. Yup, that's right, I am very proud to have connections to this song.

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