I'm gettin' around to trying this song. I never had the joy of doing it when it was popular. After listening I realized I was counting 17 bars and 9 bars. Or 16 plus 1 8 plus 1
I just want someone to say, that's right. (or like me, " gee, I never counted it before, I just felt it ")
Here's a link to what I'm going to hand out. Key of G, I know it's not the original key, no need to talk about this key.
Cannot attest to the number of bars in the song. However growing up in the westside of Jacksonville FL with the "One Percent" (Skynners original name) I know the bar "the Jug" well. Not for music - but all the high school kids went to their drive thru because they did not check your IDs.