Rex Bob Lowenstein chords by
Mark Germino
Mark Germino

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Key: Gb major
Intro 1
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C#sus4
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G#m
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D#m
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Verse 1
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There's a disc jockey in Hartlanberg
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Who works at W.A.N.T.
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He puts two or three eggs in him
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And he's in your car by 6.00 am
Verse 2
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He lives for his job and he
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accepts his pay
You can call and request ‘Lay Lady
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Lay'
He'll play Stanley Jordan,
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The ‘Dead and Little Feat
And he'll even play the band from
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the college down the street
Verse 3
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And his name is Rex Bob Lowenstein
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He's forty- seven,
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goin' on sixteen
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His request line's open,
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but he'll tell you where to go
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If you're dumb enough to ask him
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why he plays Hank Snow
Verse 4
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Well, he tries to keep his
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talkin' to a minimum
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He's a Democrat,
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he's a Republican
He's an ad man with a great voice,
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say some
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But when he spins those records
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he's neither one
Verse 5
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He'll talk to the truckers on
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the interstate strip
The housewife and the car
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dealership
And when his second wife left him
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for a pa per millionaire
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He cried unashamedly right on the air
Verse 6
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And his name is Rex Bob Lowenstein
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He's forty- seven,
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goin' on sixteen
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His request line's open
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D#m
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but he makes no bones
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About why he plays Madonna after George Jones
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D#m
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Interlude 1
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D#m
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Verse 7
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Now, one day a man in a
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pinstriped suit
Took the owner of the station
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to a restaurant booth
His pitch was simple,
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“you'll increase your sales
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“If you only play the song list we send
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in the mail.”
Verse 8
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He guaranteed a larger audience
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Less confusion and
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higher points
“But your drive- time jock won't
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get to do his thing.
“Hey he's not half bad,
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tell me, what's his name?”
Verse 9
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Well his name is Rex Bob Lowenstein
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He's frequently heard,
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but he's seldom seen
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His formula's simple and
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his format's big
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“I just play anything,
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you call and tell me what you dig.”
Verse 10
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Now Rex Bob David Saul Lowenstein
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Quit his job a week later,
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but before he'd leave
He locked and bolted the
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control room door
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And played smash or trash till they cuffed
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him on the floor
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F#m
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Verse 11
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Well they drug him into court and the judge said,
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“Rex
“I've got to lock you up,
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for what I'm not sure yet.
“But your boss here says he thinks
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you're wrapped too tight.
“But, by the way thanks for playing
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‘Moon River' last night”
Verse 12
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And his name is Rex Bob Lowenstein
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He's a flaming bell inside
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a tambourine
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He could play it all if he
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was just set free
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Just to find what
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the people WANT
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Just to find what the people WANT
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Just to find what the people WANT
Outro 1
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