Dr. John - Qualified

      Qualified - Dr. John
1973 - In The Right Place

NOTES: Dr. John plays this in the vicinity of Eb.  I moved it to E to play with my band.
Feel free to tune down a half step to sync up with the recording, and these chords should
still work for you.  The intro is my simplified interpretation of what Dr. John plays on the
piano, transferred to guitar.  There are a lot of offbeat hits and syncopation.  I'm not good
enough with tab to notate that.  You'll just want to listen to it and familiaze yourself with
it.  And lastly, on the recording, the song fades out over the last bridge.  Rather than fading
out, I like to hit the intro lick one more time and end it there.

[INTRO 1]

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B|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
G|-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-|-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4--|-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-|-1-2-3-4-1---------|
D|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|-----------4-2-0---|
A|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|-----------------2-|
E|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|

E7
Look'a here
E7
Better hurry up and check it out
E7
Look'a here, look'a here
E7

[VERSE 1]
E7
Your steak
E7
Ain't no hipper than my porkchop
E7
Your Cadillac
E7
Ain't no hipper than my bus stop
E7
Your champagne
E7
Ain't no hipper than my soda pop
B7
Look'a here, I'm ready to take care of business
A7                 G7   F#7   F7
Have no fear, I'm already here

[CHORUS 1]
E7
I'll tell you now
E7
(I'm qualified)
E7
You know that I'm qualified
E7
(Don't ya know that I'm qualified)
C7       B7       E7       E7

[VERSE 2]
E7
Your top hat
E7
Ain't no badder than my stingy brim
E7
And your sharkskin
E7
Ain't no badder than my Levis, Jim
E7
The money you got
E7
It ain't no better than a'how your spending, Ben
B7
All I've got is a little bit of common sense
    A7                                        G7 F#7 F7
I believe in my heart, the best teacher is experience

[CHORUS 2]
E7
I'll tell you now
E7
(I'm qualified)
E7
You know that I'm qualified
E7
(Don't ya know that I'm qualified)
C7       B7       E7       E7

[BRIDGE 1]
E     D     A     E
E     C     A     E
E       D
You may find me
       A     E
In a project slum
E          C
Be hanging out
             A        E
With all the skid row bums
E        D
I may be sick
      A        E
And I may seem dumb
E               C
That don't mean you know where
    A      E
I'm coming from

[INTERLUDE 1]
(like INTRO)

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B|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
G|-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-|-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4--|-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-|-1-2-3-4-1---------|
D|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|-----------4-2-0---|
A|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|-----------------2-|
E|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|

E7
Look out here
E7

E7
Just make a little room
E7

[VERSE 3]
E7
Your social life
E7
Ain't no better than my hot dog stand
E7
Your edu-ma-cation
E7
Ain't no hipper than what you understand
E7
Your woman that you got
E7
She ain't no hipper than a hard loving band
B7
I got the power to control
A7                               G7   F#7    F7
I can see clean through your blindfold

[CHORUS 3]
E7
I'll tell you now
E7
(I'm qualified)
E7
You know that I'm qualified
E7
(Don't ya know that I'm qualified)
C7       B7       E7       E7

[BRIDGE 2]
E     D     A     E
E     C     A     E
E     D     A     E
E     C     A     E
E         D
Look at me,
              A        E
I'm filling up in class
        E               C
And you better watch out
    A              E
I'm filling up fast
E            D
Can't hang a jacket on me
          A                     E
I've been hanging out in the projects
E                          C
Hangin' out with all these rednecks
      A               E
These rubbernecks and rejects

[INTERLUDE 2]
(like INTRO)

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B|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
G|-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-|-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4--|-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-|-1-2-3-4-1---------|
D|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|-----------4-2-0---|
A|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|-----------------2-|
E|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|

End with an E7 chord