[Intro Riff - First 4 bars - BPM 113] [D][G][D] e |--2-2-2--3-3-3-3--|--2------X-X-X---| B |--3-3-3--3-3-3-3--|--3------X-X-X---| G |--2-2-2--0-0-0-0--|--2------X-X-X---| D |--0-0-0--0-0-0-0--|--0--------------| A |---------2-2-2-2--|-----------------| E |---------3-3-3-3--|-----------------|
[D][G][D] e |--2-2-2--3-3-3-3--|--2--------5-h8--| B |--3-3-3--3-3-3-3--|--3--------------| G |--2-2-2--0-0-0-0--|--2--------------| D |--0-0-0--0-0-0-0--|--0--------------| A |---------2-2-2-2--|-----------------| E |---------3-3-3-3--|-----------------|
[Intro - With drums] x [D][D][D] - [G][G][G][G] - [D] x x x - x x x x x B S B S B B (full drums now) "oooowwww" - repeat once
[Verse 1] [N.C.] Darling, you've got to let me know, [D][G][D] [N.C.] Should I stay or should I go, [D][G][D] [N.C.] If you say that you are mine, [G][F][G] [N.C.] I'll be here 'til the end of time, [D][G][D] [N.C.] So you've got to let me know... [A7] [N.C.] ...Should I stay or should I go? [D][G][D]
[Verse 2] [N.C.] It's always tease, tease, tease, [D][G][D] [N.C.] You're happy when I'm on my knees, [D][G][D] [N.C.] One day it's fine, and next it's black, [G][F][G] [N.C.] So if you want me off your back, [D][G][D] [N.C.] Well, come on, and let me know... [A7] [N.C.] ...Should I stay or should I go? [D][G][D]
[Verse 3 - DOUBLE TIME - bd = bass drum - Intro drum pattern and just keep bass drum going after B B B BS - BSBSBSBS] [N.C.] Should(bd) I stay(bd), or should(bd) I(snare) [D] go now? [G][D] Should I stay, or should I [D] go now? [G][D] (more bass drum) If I go there will be [G] trouble, [F][G] And, if I stay, it will be [D] double, [G][D] So, come on, and let me [A7] know... ( 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 - stop+snare) [SNARE STOP]
[NO VOCALS - Drum figure] Sh I St Or Sh I Go (FOR GUIDANCE BUT NO VOCALS AT THIS POINT) [D][D] - [G][G][G][G]-[D] - stop S S - S S S S - S - B - B
[Verse 4 - NORMAL TIME] N.C. This indecision's (BS pickup) buggin' me, [D] (Esta inde - [G] cision me mo - [D] lesta) [N.C]If you don't want me, set me free! [D] (Si no me [G] quieres, libra - [D] me!) [N.C]Exactly whom I'm supposed to be? ( [G] Digame [F] ...quein [G] tengo ser!) [N.C] Don't you know which clothes even fit me? ( [D] No sabes que [G] ropas me que - [D] da?) [N.C]Come on, and let me know... [A7] (Me tienes que decir...) [N.C]Should I cool it, or should I blow? [D] (Me debo [G] ir o quedar - [D] me?)
[Break - NORMAL TIME] aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrggggggggh!!!!!!!! [D][G][D]SPLIT! [D][G][D] [G] (Yo me en - [F] frio o lo [G] soplo?) [D][G][D] [A7] [D][G][D]
[Verse 5 - DOUBLE TIME] [N.C.] Should(bd) I stay(bd), or should(bd) I(snare) [D]go now? (Yo me en - [G] frio o lo [D] soplo?) Should I stay, or should I [D] go now? (Yo me en - [G] frio o lo [D] soplo?) If I go there will be [G] trouble, (Si me [F] voy va a haber pel - [G] igro!) And if I stay it will be [D] double, (Si me [G] quedo sera el [D] doble!) So you gotta let me [A7] know... [A7] (Me tienes que decir...) [A7] Should I cool it, or should I [D] blow? (Yo me en - [G] frio o lo [D] soplo?)
[Verse 6] [D] Should I stay, or should I go now? (Yo me en - [G] frio o lo [D] soplo?) If I go there will be [G] trouble, (Si me [F] voy va a haber pel - [G] igro!) And if I stay it will be [D] double, (Si me [G] quedo sera el [D] doble!) So you gotta let me [A7] know... [A7] (Me tienes que decir...) (snare on all chords to finish) [D] Should I [G] stay, or should I [D] go? (stop)
[Intro - BPM 140 - with Asus2 could try x07600] Chug on [D] - no drums - optional to play G before A during verse
[Verse 1 - No drums - Down stroke strumming chug] [D] I got my first real six-string [G] [A] Bought it at the five-and-dime [G] [D] Played it 'til my fingers bled [G] [A] It was the summer of '69 [G]
[Verse 2 - Bass on 1 only, snare at usual times - move to slow strum] [D] Me and some guys from school [G] [A] Had a band and we tried real hard [G] [D] Jimmy quit, Joey got married [G] [A] I shoulda known we'd never get far
[Chorus 1 - Full drums - BAd DoG] [Bm] Oh, when I [A] look back now [D] That summer seemed to [G] last forever [Bm] And if I [A] had the choice [D] Yeah, I'd always [G] wanna be there [Bm] Those were the [A] (stop) best days of my
[Instrumental - Up and down strumming - very open] Life [Dsus2 D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D][Asus2 A Asus4 A Asus2 A] x 2
[Verse 3] [D] Ain't no use in complainin' [G] [A] When you got a job to do [G] [D] Spent my evenin's down at the drive in [G] [A] And that's when I met you, yeah [G]
[Chorus 2] [Bm] Standin' on your [A] mama's porch [D] You told me that you'd [G] wait forever [Bm] Oh, and when you [A] held my hand [D] I knew that it was [G] now or never [Bm] Those were the [A] best days of my [D] life
[Instrumental] [Dsus2 D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D][Asus2 A Asus4 A Asus2 A] x 2 Oh yeah Back in the summer of '69 Ohhh
[Bridge] [F] Man, we were [Bb] killin' time We were [C] young and restless We [Bb] needed to unwind [F] I guess [Bb] nothin' can last for [C] ever, forever no
[Instrumental - No drums until fill on final A - just follow chords stab with snare] [Dsus2 D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D][Asus2 A Asus4 A Asus2 A] x 2
[Verse 4] [D] And now the times are changin' [G] [A] Look at everything that's come and gone [G] [D] Sometimes when I play that old six-string [G] [A] I think about you, wonder what went wrong
[Chorus 3] [Bm] Standin' on your [A] mama's porch [D] You told me that it'd [G] last forever [Bm] Oh, and when you [A] held my hand [D] I knew that it was [G] now or never [Bm] Those were the [A] best days of my [D] life
[Outro] [Dsus2 D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D][Asus2 A Asus4 A Asus2 A] x ad lib - solo out Oh yeah Back in the summer of '69 uh huh/ooh etc - repeat
