Steve Marriott: Lead vocal, guitar and harmonica
Clem Clempson: guitar and backing vocal
Greg Ridley: bass and backing vocal
Jerry Shirley: drums
We don't have any footage of the band playing this song live, but some other (more interesting) videos are available.
This video has the lyrics (including some spoken words that are difficult to hear):
This video, with some nice photos and video of the band (albeit playing other songs), has more than 11 million views:
And in the next video, James James, my favorite YouTube guitar teacher, shows you how to play it:
Thanks to James James, RIP Steve and Greg, and best wishes to Clem and Jerry. What a band! What a song!!
Roll my tape
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Thirty days...
Anyone doin' that one?
(Which one?)
I'm doin' that one
Thirty days in the hole
(Yeah, that's nice)
Thirty days in the hole
Thirty days in the hole
(Lord have mercy)
'Come on in man, that's it. Yeah. Right.
Alright, alright, alright, alright yeah
Chicago Green, talkin' 'bout Red Lebanese
A dirty room and a silver coke spoon
Give me my release, come on
Black Nepalese, it got you weak in your knees
Seeds and dust that you got bust on
You know it's hard to believe
Thirty days in the hole
Thirty days in the hole
Thirty days in the hole
That's what they give you
Thirty days in the hole
Newcastle Brown, I'm tellin' ya, can sure smack you down
Take a greasy whore and a rollin' dance floor
It's got your head spinnin' round
If you live on the road, well there's a new highway code
You take the urban noise with some Durban poison
It's gonna lessen your load
Thirty days in the hole
That's what they give you now
Thirty days in the hole
Oh, yeah
Thirty days in the hole
All right, all right
Thirty days in the hole
How you doin' boy
You here for thirty days
Get, get, get, get your long hair cut
And cut out your ways
Black Nepalese, it got you weak in your knees
Only seeds and dust that you got bust on
You know it's so hard to please
Newcastle Brown can sure smack you down
You take a greasy whore and a rollin' dance floor
You know you're jailhouse-bound
Thirty days in the hole
Thirty days in the hole
Thirty days in the hole
Oh, yeah
Thirty days in the hole
Thirty days, thirty days in the hole
Thirty days in the hole
Thirty days in the hole
Thirty days in the hole
Thirty days in the hole
Thirty days in the hole
Thirty days in the hole
Thirty days in the hole
Thirty days in the hole
