Riff in final section - xxx232 xxx232 xxx235 x42224 x42222 x4222(2) - emphasis on B string INTRO RIFF - A to G with b ringing 3x0003 then hammer on 3x0023 then D (barre 222 with 1st finger this to be able to play the notes) is D 0232 0252 0222 0202 0222 then G with B ringing 3x0003 then xx043x xx023x xx043x then A Violin line during Chorus - D 0232 0252 0222 0202 (not back to Dmaj7) D G A Riff during Verse is xx043x xx023x xx043x then A [Intro] BPM 123 | A G | D/F# | G | D G A |
[Verse 1] I was [A] working part [G] time in a [D/F#] five-and-dime, My [G] boss was Mr. McGee. [D][G][A] [A] He told me several [G] times that he [D/F#] didn't like my kind, 'Cause [G] I was a bit 2 leisurely. [D][G][A] [A] Seems that I was [G] busy doing [D/F#] something close 2 nothing, But [G] different than the day before. [D][G][A] [A] That's when I [G] saw her, [D/F#] ooh, I saw her She walked [G] in through the out door (out door).
[Chorus] She wore a [A] Rasp [G] berry beret [D/F#] The [G] kind U find in a se [D] cond [G] hand [A] store [A]Rasp [G] berry beret [D/F#] And [G] if it was warm she wouldn't wear [D] much [A] more [A]Rasp [G] berry beret [D/F#] I think I [E] love [A] her
[Verse 2] [A] Built like she [G] was, uh, [D/F#] she had the nerve 2 ask me If I [G] planned 2 do her any harm [D][G][A] [A] So, look here, I put her on the back [G] of my bike and-a [D/F#] we went riding [G] Down by old man Johnson's farm [D][G][A] [A] I said now, overcast [G] days never [D/F#] turned me on But [G] something about the clouds and her mixed [D][G][A] [A] She wasn't [G] 2 bright but [D/F#] I could tell When she kissed [G] m
She knew how 2 get her kicks
[Chorus] She wore a [A] Rasp [G] berry beret [D/F#] The [G] kind U find in a se [D] cond [G] hand [A] store [A] Rasp [G] berry beret [D/F#] And [G] if it was warm she wouldn't wear [D] much [A] more [A] Rasp [G] berry beret [D/F#] I think I [E] love [A] her
[Verse 3] [D] The rain [A/C#] sounds so cool [D] when it [A/C#] hits the barn roof, [NC] And the horses wonder who U are. [D] Thunder [A/C#] drowns out what the [D] lightning sees [A/C#] U [NC] feel like a movie star Listen, [G] they say [F#m] the first time [E] ain't the greatest But I tell ya, [NC] if I had the chance 2 do it all again I [G] wouldn't change a stroke 'cause [F#m] baby I'm the most, With a [E] girl as fine as she was then. (chorus repeated to fade)
[Verse] She's a [E] good [A] girl loves her [B] mama Loves [E] Je [A] sus and America [B] too She's a [E] good [A] girl crazy 'bout [B] Elvis Loves [E] hor [A] ses and her boyfriend [B] too
[Instrumental] [E][A] ([A][Amaj7]) [B]
It's a [E] long [A] day livin' in Re [B] seda There's a [E] free [A] way runnin' through the [B] yard And I'm a [E] bad [A] boy 'cause I don't even [B] miss her I'm a [E] bad [A] boy for breakin' her [B] heart
[Verse] All the [E] vam [A] pires walkin' through the [B] valley Move [E] west [A] down Ventura Boule [B] vard And all the [E] bad [A] boys are standing in the [B] shadows All the [E] good [A] girls are home with broken [B] hearts
[Verse] I wanna [E] glide [A] down over Mulholland I wanna [E] write [A] her name in the sky I wanna [E] free [A] fall out into nothin' Gonna [E] leave [A] this world for a while
