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)
[Intro - BPM 150 - No drums] - pattern Emaj triad, then 2 x D triads repeat
[Vamp] Dsus2 with bends on 3rd fret of low A and low D then play G to go into 1st verse
[Verse] [D] It's all the same,[D] --- [C] only the names will [G] change [C] And ev'ry [G] day, it [F] seems we're wasting [D] away [D] Another place, [D] --- [C] where the faces are so [G] cold [C] I'd drive all [G] night, just [F] to get back [D] home
[Chorus] I'm a [C] cowboy [G] , on a [F] steel horse I [D] ride I'm [C] wanted [G] , [F] dead or a [D] live [C] Wanted [G] , [F] dead or a [D] live
[Intro again - STRUM TO MAKE IT BIGGER]
[Verse - Drums in] [D] Sometimes I sleep,[D] --- [C] sometimes it's not for [G] days [C] and people I meet [G], always [F] go their separate [D] ways [D] Sometimes you tell the [D] day, by the [C] bottle that you [G] drink [C] And times when you're [G] alone, and [F] all you do is [D] think
[Chorus] I'm a [C] cowboy [G] , on a [F] steel horse I [D] ride I'm [C] wanted [G] , [F] dead or a [D] live [C] Wanted [G] , [F] dead or a [D] live
[Intro again - STRUM AGAIN CHORDS]
[Solo - Verse chords - DISTORTION ON - PLAY CHORDS HIGH UP NECK TO SIMULATE SOLO?] [D][D][C][G] [C][G][F][D] [D][D][C][G] [C][G][F][D]
Ooooh and I'm a [C] cowboy [G], on a [F] steel horse I [D] ride I'm wanted [C][G] (wanted), [F] dead or a [D] live
[Build] [D]
[Verse] [D] And I walk these streets, a loaded [C] six string on my [G] back I [C] play for keeps [G] 'cause I [F] might not make it [D] back I been [D] everywhere, still I'm [C] standing [G] tall I've [C] seen a million [G] faces, and I've [F] rocked them all [D]
[Chorus/Outro] I'm a [C] cowboy [G] , on a [F] steel horse [D] I ride I'm [C] wanted [G] , [F] dead or a [D] live [C] Wanted [G] , [F] dead or a [D] live
I'm a [C] cowboy [G] , I got the [F] night on my [D] side I'm [C] wanted [G] , [F] dead or a [D] live
Dead or a [C] live, (Dead or a [G] live), [F] dead or a [D] live I still drive [C] (still [G] drive), [F] dead or a [D] live
[C] Dead or a [G] live, [F] dead or a [D] live [C] Dead or a [G] live, [F] dead or a [D] live
[Intro twice then end on D] [End]
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