[Intro - Just drums BPM 120 - Indie Beat sort of] [Verse] [D] I can see [G] clearly now the [D] rain is gone [D] I can see [G] all obstacles [A] in my way [D] Gone are the [G] dark clouds that [D] had me blind
[Chorus] It's gonna be a [C] bright, (bright) [G] bright, (bright) sun shiny [D] day ...It's gonna be a [C] bright, (bright) [G] bright, (bright) sun shiny [D] day
[Verse 2] [D] I think I can [G] make it now the [D] pain is gone, [D] All of the [G] bad feelings [A] have disappeared. [D] Here is the [G] rainbow I've been [D] praying for .....It's gonna be a [C] bright, (bright) [G] bright, (bright) sun shiny [D] day
[Bridge] [F] Look all around, there's nothing but [C] blue skies [F] Look straight ahead, there's nothing but Blue ...... (sing over top of chords below) [A7]skies [C#m]ies [G]uh [C#m]ies [G] (pause) [C]ies [Bm]ies [A]ies [A]
[Verse 3] [D] I can see [G] clearly now the [D] rain is gone [D] I can see [G] all obstacles [A] in my way [D] Gone are the [G] dark clouds that [D] had me blind
[Outro] It's gonna be a [C] bright, (bright) [G] bright, (bright) sun shiny [D] day ..... It's gonna be a [C] bright, (bright) [G] bright, (bright) sun shiny [D] day ..... It's gonna be a [C] bright, (bright) [G] bright, (bright) sun shiny [D] day ..... It's gonna be a [C] bright, (bright) [G] bright, (bright) sun shiny [D] day
[Intro - 120 BPM] [Just drums with cowbell - Cowbells muted strums - then ] Cowbell - CCxC CxCx CCxC xSxS (G Chord comes in) Drus -    BxSx BxSx BxSx BxSx [G Riff - Really try to play notes individually whilst holding full chord] E -3---------------------------------------- B -3---------------------------------------- G -0--2h4-2-0-2-0--2h4-2-0----0-2-0-0------ D -0-----------------------2----------------- A -X---------------------------------------- E -3---------------------------------------- D--B--S----B--S-----B----S----B----S-----
[Verse 1 - Barre chords for - put G riff in sometimes] I [G] met a gin-soaked barroom queen in Mem [C] phis She [G] tried to take me [A] upstairs for a [D] ride (G riff) She [G] had to heave me right across her [C] shoulder cause [G] I just can't seem to [D] drink you off my [G] mind
[Chorus - Open chords for] It's the [G] ho-ooo [D] o-nky tonk [G] women That [G] gimme, gimme, [D] gimme the honky-tonk [G] blues
[Verse 2] I [G] laid a divorcee in New York C [C] ity I [G] had to put up s [A] ome kind of a f [D] ight The [G] lady then she covered me in r [C] oses She [G] blew my nose and [D] then she blew my m [G] ind
[Chorus] It's the [G] ho-ooo [D] o-nky tonk [G] women That [G] gimme, gimme, [D] gimme the honky-tonk [G] blues
[Solo] | G | G | C | C | | G | A | D | D | | G | G | C | C | | G | D | G | G
[Chorus] It's the [G] ho-ooo [D] o-nky tonk [G] women That [G] gimme, gimme, [D] gimme the honky-tonk [G] blues
It's the [G] ho-ooo [D] o-nky tonk [G] women That [G] gimme, gimme, [D] gimme the honky-tonk [G] blues
[End figure] BSSB SSSB SSSS
[Notes - play sus4 on D and C to approximate riff] [G riff - bass run is (play down strokes for all to articulate)] D ------5- A -------- E -3-5s7--