Gimme Three Steps Lyrics
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.
@thisishardcore That's a lot of BS. It happened at a bar on Jacksonville's westside known as the Pasttime, later changed to The Jug. All of the members of the band as well as the crew have acknowledged this.
@thisishardcore That's a lot of BS. It happened at a bar on Jacksonville's westside known as the Pasttime, later changed to The Jug. All of the members of the band as well as the crew have acknowledged this.
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" ;)
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.
I heard Gary Rossington interviewed year ago and he said a girl was dancing with Ronnie just to get her boyfriend jelous. The boyfriend came over and pulled out a handgun. After a few words were exchanged Ronnie said "Well, if you're going to shoot me you'll have to shoot me in the ass or the elbows" then turned around and quick stepped it out of there. Rossington and Collins waited a few seconds then followed him. They had the song pretty well written by the time they got home that night.
Wow what a greaaaat song!! Can't believe there is only one comment.
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!
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!
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'
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...
hmmm...as a skynyard fan this song "floats my boat"
its on my MP3...when i snowboard..i can rock out..WOOOOOOOOOOOO!