Open The Door Richard! Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[C]Oh, so [Am]you throwed me ou[D]t, huh?
[G]Well, that's alr[C]ight,
that ain't the [D]first time
I've been threwed out of a [G]saloon[C]
I know [Ebdim]what I'll do,
I'm go[D]ing on home and get me some [C]sleep[Cm]
[Eb]I wonder what di[D]d Richard
do with that [C#]key?[C]
[Cm]Wonder did h[Eb]e go to sleep with [D]the key,
[C]well, that's alright
[Cm]I'll[Eb] just wake him up an[D]d make
him open [C]the door[Eb]
Open [D]the door, Richard,
that's [C]the boy's rooms we [D]in
Open [Db]the door, Richard,
[Cm]I know he ain'[Eb]t gone out nowhere
[D]'Cause I got on the[Db] clothes[D][Eb]
Open the door, [D]Richard
[Db]Now that's the reason I don't like
[C]to room with [Eb]nobody
[D]He don't wanna open
[C]the door [Cm]for me
[Eb]And I owe just a[D]s much rent
up here [C#]as he do[C]
Open the [Am]door,

[Verse 2]
[D]Richard[G][C]
Open the [Am]door [D]and let[G] me [Cm]in
Open the [C]door, [D]Richard
Richard, [F]why [D]don't you open [C#]that [C]door?
Open the [Am]door,

[Verse 3]
[D]
[C]Richard (Richard)
Open the [D]door and let me in
[C](Richard)
Open the [Am]door,
[D]Richard (I don't understand)
Richard, why [Eb]don't you
[D]open that [C]door?

[Verse 4]
I don't [C]care,
I'm gon' [Am]move [A]side [D]anywho
This old woman,
[G]she charging [C]too much [Am]rent
Three dol[D]lars a month
And got [Am]the nerve to be [D]mad because
we left [G]months in the [C]rear
Why, she [Am]came after [D]me this morning,
she said
"When [C]are [D]you boys gonna give
some [Am]of my [Dm]back rent?"
So I get to told her, she [C]lucky if she getting
[Am]the front rent outta [D]me[G]
Open [D]the door, Richard
[Am]Then [A]she com[D]e asking me
when [C#]is I'm going to w[C]ork
[Cm]And I ain'[Eb]t thinking '[D]bout no work,
I don't [G]want [Eb]no job
[C]I'm going [F]back on relief [D]Monday[Dm]
I [Gm]was on relief [C]last Summer, but I[Am] don't they
[D]Got short of help,
they couldn't figure checks out
You had to go get 'em, so
I gave it [G]up[C]
Open the [Am]door,

[Verse 5]
[D]Richard[G][C]
Open the [Am]door and [D]let me in (Richard it's
[Cm]cool out here)
Open the door,
[D]Ric[C]hard (Richard)
Richard, why [E]don't [D]you open [C#]that [C]door?
Now [D]here's something, I sorry

[Verse 6]
[D]
and [Dm]I get it[D]
I'll go [Gm]'round through the [C]back and
I'll come [Am]'round through the alley
I don't [D]need no Richard (hey[Gm]Dusty,
why don't you call the [Cm]policeman?)
Oh, I don't want no [D]police, I'll get in
I- i- i'll get [Gm]in,
I'll bet [C]a man I'll get i[Am]n
[D]Hey [C]Richard (I don- )
I feel so [Am]shamed,
[D]the[Dm] polic[D]e? The[G] police is looking for[D] me
I'll get somebody else [G]locked
up and get [C]myself messed up
Open the [Am]door,

[Verse 7]
[Dm]Richard [G](open the door,
[C]Richard)
Open the [Am]door [D]and let me [G]in[Cm]
Open the [D]door, [C#]Richard[D]
Richard, [C]why don't [D]you open that [C]door?
Now let's [Eb]see now

[Verse 8]
[D]
There used to be [C#]an old steplad
[C]der laying around here [Eb]somewhere
Oh, [D]here it [Dm]is[C#]
I know [C]what I'll do,
I'll take [Eb]this ladder to climb [D]up on the trusses
That's what I'll do
[Cm]Say, boy, [Eb]what are you doing[D]
up on that lad[C#]der?
Open the door, Richard,
[C]there's a [Eb]man [D]out here ([Db]Oh Lordy, Lord)
[C]Sir? (what are you doing [Eb]up
on that ladder?)
[Db]I live [C]up here (you live [Eb]up th[D]ere?)
Yessir (why don't you come
[Db]down and go in [C]the [Cm]door?)
I [Eb]don't live in the door,
I [D]live on the second [C#]floor[C]
Open the [Am]door,

[Verse 9]
[D]Richard[Cm]
Open the [Eb]door [D]and let [C#]me i[Cm]n
Open the [Eb]door, [Dm]Richard[D][C#]
[C]Richard, [F]why [C]don't [D]you open that [C]door?
[Cm]Open the [Eb]door,

[Verse 10]
[D]Richard[Db][C]
[Cm]Open the [Eb]door and [Dm]let [Db]me in[C][Cm]
Open the [Eb]door, [Dm]Richard
[C]Richard, [F]why [C]don't you [D]open
[Dm]that [C]door?

[Verse 11]
[C](Come on down off that ladder) uh,
[Eb]this is my l[D]adder offi[Dm]cer
I don't care [C]who's ladder it is,
[Eb]you come down
You [D]mean to tell me a man can't [Cm]stood
on his own [Eb]ladder?[D]
Nah, a man [C#]can't [Eb]stood on [Cm]his own ladder
[Eb]Oh, open the d[D]oor, Richard
Well, I [Cm]guess that [Eb]must be a new
law [D]just come [G]out
[Cm]Ah, supposed I don't come down
[Eb]then what's [D]gon' happen?
Then [C#]I'm gonna w[C]hoop
you [Cm]until [Eb]you get sober
[D]Oh no, whoop who[C#] 'til who get sober?
[C]I'm gonna [Cm]whoop you [Eb]until you [D]get sober
Oh, yeah? [C#]Ah, wait a [C]minute officer,
[Cm]what you doin'?
[Eb]No, don't do that man,
you'll [Dm]hit my bunion, don't do that
[C]Ohh, [Cm]open that [Eb]door up there
[D]Richard
Don't do that, man, that [C]hurt my bunion
[Eb]Ain't this a shame[D],
let me come on [Eb]down
[Cm]You act like one of [Eb]them police that ain't
never [D]arrest nobody [C]before
[Eb]Open the door,

[Verse 12]
[D]Richard[C#][C]
[Cm]Open the [Eb]door and [D]let me [C#]in[Cm]
Open the [Eb]door, [D]Richard[Dm][C#]
[C]Richard, [F]why [C]don't [D]you open that [C]door?
Ah, [Cm]what you [Eb]say you gon' do now, officer?

[Verse 13]
[D]
I said, I'm gonna whoop [C#]you until
[C]you get sober [Eb](don't do that)
Wait [D]a minute,
let's get some understand[C]ing here
You [Cm]gon' whoop who?
[Eb](I'm gonna whoop you)
[D]I know you [C#]ain't (I won't
do [C]what?)
No you won't, [Eb]oh, wait a minute,
officer, [D]ahh
How'd that [C#]feel[C]
Oh what [Eb]the hell,
[D]uh, open that door there, Richard
[C]Wait a minute,
let's [Eb]get some understanding
[D]Oh, look here, the [C#]judge told me
don't come [C]down there no more
[Eb]You gon' mess me up,
I'm gon' [Db]get- , open the door

[Verse 14]
[Cm]Open [Eb]the door,
[D]Richard [C#](ain't this [C]a s[Cm]hame?)
Open the [Eb]door and [D]let me
[C]in (Richard)
Open the [Eb]door, [D]Richard (Richard,
just open the door)
Richard, why don't you open that door?

[Verse 15]
Go back home and tell Ma and them they got me,
[C#]Richard (Richard)
(Open the [Eb]door and [D]let me in)
Well, [C#]I'll be seein' ya
[Eb](Open the door,
[D]Richard) Richard you done me dirty
(Richard, why don't
you open that door?)
Oh, why don't you open that door, Richard?