[Verse 1] [Em] Nights in white [D] satin, [Em] never reaching the [D] end, [C] Letters I've [G] written, [F] never meaning to [Em] send. [Em] Beauty I've [D] always missed, [Em] with these eyes be [D] fore, [C] Just what the [G] truth is, [F] I can't say any [Em] more
[Chorus] 'Cos I [A] love you, yes I [C] love you, oh, how I [Em] love yo [D] u. [Em][D]
[Verse 2 - Play SR1 with every D] [Em] Gazing at [D] people, [Em] some hand in [D] hand, [C] Just what I'm [G] going through, [F] they can't under [Em] stand. [Em] Some try to [D] tell me, [Em] thoughts they cannot [D] defend, [C] Just what you [G] want to be, [F] you'll be in the [Em] end.
[Chorus] And I [A] love you, yes I [C] love you, oh, how I [Em] love yo [D] u. [Em][D][Em] (Bass stop then snare stop)
[Solo - Finger pick chords] (No drums) - Em D C B7 (Drums in) - Em D C B7 Em C Em C Am B Am B7 Em D C Em D Em D
[Verse 3 - Play SR1 with every D] [Em] Nights in white [D] satin, [Em] never reaching the [D] end, [C] Letters I've [G] written, [F] never meaning to [Em] send. [Em] Beauty I've [D] always missed, [Em] with these eyes be [D] fore, [C] Just what the [G] truth is, [F] I can't say any [Em] more
[Chorus x 2] 'Cos I [A] love you, yes I [C] love you, oh, how I [Em] love yo [D] u. [Em][D][Em] 'Cos I [A] love you, yes I [C] love you, oh, how I [Em] love yo [D] u. [Em][D][Em]
[End - forget orchestral bit :-)]
[Notes] [String riff 1 - SR1] E --2 3 2 0 ------------------------------------------------ B ----------2---------------------------------------- G -------------------------------------------------- D -------------------------------------------------- A -------------------------------------------------- E Essentially strum D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D5 (mute high E)
[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--
