REQ: Chuck Berry: "No money down" - Tab?

[Chris Hughes]

Does anyone have the words and music to this rather obscure (it seems)
Chuck Berry song? Words, music, tab - anything would be appreciated.
It's about buying a car - no money down. That's about all we can remember
of it!

Thanks
Chris Hughes

[Barnes family]

In article <Chris.Hughes-0...@med-bcmm-kstar-node.med.yale.edu>
Chris....@QM.yale.edu "Chris Hughes" writes:

Is this "Too Much Monkey Business". Although this song is not
in it, Hal Leonard's "Chuck Berry; Recorded Versions" covers Chucks'
lick(s) pretty thouroughly!

--
Colin Barnes "Truth will sooner come out of error than confusion"
Francis Bacon (1561-1626)

[Simon Peake]

It is not Too Much Monkey Business, there is a song called No Money Down
and it is a good, bluesy song. The chorus goes :

I`m gonna get me a car,
And go headin` on down the road,
Then I won`t have to worry about..
My broken down ragged Ford.

That was from memory, I have not found the TAB for it anywhere.

[Barnes family]

In article <4aovjf$g...@gerry.cc.keele.ac.uk> u2h85 "Simon Peake" writes:

> It is not Too Much Monkey Business, there is a song called No Money Down
> and it is a good, bluesy song. The chorus goes :
>
> I`m gonna get me a car,
> And go headin` on down the road,
> Then I won`t have to worry about..
> My broken down ragged Ford.

Having got it wrong the first time I thought I had better go and dig out
the original 45 rpm "ep" on which this track appears. Its on a 1960 Pye
International R&B series 1.EP.1012-A "Chuck and Bo" with Chuck's
"You Can't catch Me", Bo Diddley's "She's Fine, She's Mine", (one
of his best!) and "Bo Meets the Monster" (one of his worst!)
Anyway, the "No Money Down" track is built around Bo Diddley's
"I'm a Man" riff (in G) while Chuck sings about taking advantage of the
late '50's economic climate which made buying big cars on credit easy..

"As I was motivating, back in town,
I saw a Cadillac sign sayin' .."No Money Down",
So I eased on my brakes pulled in the drive,
gunned my motor twice, then I walked inside...... "
(and so on until the best bit when Chuck specifies the Caddie he wants:-)
".....air conditioning, I want automatic heat,
a full Murphy(?) bed, in my back seat,
I want short wave radio, TV and a 'phone,
You know I gotta talk to my baby, when I'm ridin' alone...."

Sorry about confusing it with "Too much Monkey Buisiness" which is
a completely different story but does have the line "Salesman talkin' to me,
tryin' to run me up a creek, Said you can buy it, go on try it, You can
pay me next week! Arrgh....Too Much etc......."
I found the music for both (incorrect keys, however) in "Folk Blues"
Jewel Music Publishing Co. Ltd, London (1965). Merry Christmas.
--
Colin Barnes "I gotta hear it again today,---"
Chuck Berry, 1956
Francis Bacon (1561-1626)