[Recording - V1 - standard, V2 - low 5th and high 3rd - style of voice for bvox - neutral, for main - distorted and doubled] [Drop D - Intro - BPM 90 - No bass until verse 2 - Minimal Guitar, mainly vox, no drums Intro - No drums - introduce the low D on D more during the song - Low but sing aggressively] [D] Ah, you gonna [C] take me home to [G/B] night [D] Ah, down be [C] side that red fire [A] light [D] Ah, you gonna [G] let it all hang out Fat bottomed [D] girls, you make the [A] rockin' world go [D] round
[Instrumental - With drums - 0:23] [D] E ----------------------------0-0-0- B ----------------------------1-1-1- G ----5h7-5h7-5h7-5h7-5h7-5h7-0-0-0---- D ----5h7-5h7-5h7-5h7-5h7-5h7-2-2-2---- A ----5---5---5---5---5-------3-2-00--- E --0-------------------------------3-- Dr B S B S B S B S E --- B --- G 7-7-7-7-7 D 7-7-7-7-7 (stop) A 5-5-5-5-5 E 0-------- DrB S B S B B B S
[Verse 1] (snare) I was [D]just a skinny lad, never knew no good from bad But I knew life before I left my nurse [A] ry (Huh!) Left a [D] lone with big fat Fanny, she was [G]such a naughty nanny Heap big [D]woman, you made a [A]bad boy out of [D]me (drums stop)
[Instrumental] [D] E -------- B -------- G -------5-5-5-5 D -5-3---5-5-5-5 (stop) A -5-3---5-5-5-5 E -5-3-0-------- Dr-----B S B S B B B S Hey hey! I've been
[Verse 2 - Bass comes in now] [D] singing with my band, across the water, across the land I've seen every blue eyed floozy on the [A] way (hey) But their [D] beauty and their style, went kind of [G] smooth after a while Take me [D] to them dirty [A] ladies every [D] time, come on! (Drum fill 1) (Drum fill - leave all of D ringing and just play figure with right hand) ---X XX-X -X-X X-X- (keep bass drum going during)
[Chorus] [D] Ah, won't you [C] take me home to [G/B] night? [D] Ah, down be [C] side your red fire [A] light [D] Ah, and you [G] give it all you got Fat bottomed [D] girls, you make the [A] rockin' world go [D] round Fat bottomed [D] girls, you make the [A] rockin' world go [D] round [Drum Fill SSSB S (ring D chord at end)]
[Interlude - Just bass drum under - 2nd line - half bar for A section] [G][G] - [D][D] - [A] ([A][A][A][D]) - [D][D] [G][G] - [D][D] - ([A][A] X [G]) - ......................... Hey listen (count 2 snares / 1 bar from here) [G][G][G][G] (B) (B) (B) S here .... ah.........now I got (Starting count new bar at G - then come back in correctly)
[Verse 3] Now I got [D] mortgages and homes, I got stiffness in my bones Ain't no beauty queens in this locali [A] ty (I tell you) Oh, but [D] I still get my pleasure Still [G] got my greatest treasure Heap big [D] woman, you done [A] made a big man of [D] me (Drum fill - SBBS BBSB BSBB SxSx - with D chord on every Snare hit)
[Chorus] [D] Oh (I know) you gonna [C] take me home to [G/B] night (Please) [D] Oh, down be [C] side that red fire [A] light [D] Oh, you gonna [G] let it all hang out Fat bottomed [D] girls, you make the [A] rockin' world go [D] round, [G] yeah Fat bottomed [D] girls, you make the [A] rockin' world go [D] round
[Outro] Get on your bikes and ride! [D] w/ad lib vocals with G to F riff 555 333 000 [D]xxx xSSS [D]xxx xSSS [D]xxx xSSS [D] (keep bass drum going under)
[Verse - No drums - BPM 88] [Em] I never saw it as the [D] start, It's more a [G] change of heart (bass drum in) [F] Rapping on the windows, whistling down the chimney [E] pot [G] Blowing up the dust in the room where I for [D] got I [C] laid my plans in [B] solid rock (snare lightly in) [Em] Stepping through the door Like a troubadour whiling just an [A] hour away, [Em] Looking at the trees on the roadside feeling it's a [A] holiday
[Chorus - Backward drums] [D] You and I should [A#dim7-x12020] ride the coast And [Bm] wind up in our [A/C#-x4222x] favourite coats just [Em] miles away. [G] Roll a number ........ write another song Like [A] Jimmy heard the day he caught the train.
[Post-Chorus - Full drums] [D] Wo [A] wo la la [G] Wo [Em7] wo la la [D] Wo [A] wo la la [G] Wo [Em7] wo laaa (drums stop)
[Verse] [Em] He sipped another rum and [D] coke and told a [G] dirty joke (drums back in) [F] Walking like Groucho sucking on a number [E] 10 [G] Rolling on the floor with the cigarette burns walked [D] in I'll [C] miss the crush and I'm [B] home again
[Em] Stepping through the door With the night in store whiling just an [A] hour away, [Em] Step into the sky in the star bright feeling it's a [A] brighter day.
[Chorus - Backward drums] [D] You and I should [A#dim7-x12020] ride the coast And [Bm] wind up in our [A/C#-x4222x] favourite coats just [Em] miles away. [G] Roll a number ........ write another song Like [A] Jimmy heard the day he caught the train.
[Post-Chorus - Full drums] [D] Wo [A] wo la la [G] Wo [Em7] wo la la [D] Wo [A] wo la la [G] Wo [Em7] wo laaa
[Bridge - run1 E 3 2 0 A 2 D 2] [A] You and I should ride the tracks And find ourselves just wading through to [D] morrow [A] And you and I when we're coming down
We're only getting back And you know I feel no [D] sorrow. [A][G(run1)][Em]
[Vamp] D A G(run1) Em x 2
[Post-Chorus] [D] Wo [A] wo la la [G] Wo [Em7] wo la la [D] Wo [A] wo la la [G] Wo [Em7] wo laaa
[Bridge] [D] When you find that [A] things are getting wild [G] Don't you want days like [Em7] these? (big fill) [D] When you find that [A] things are getting wild [G] Don't you want days like [Em7] these? (big fill) [D] When you find that [A] things are getting wild [G] Don't you need days like [Em7] these? (big fill) [D] When you find that [A] things are getting wild [G] Don't you want days like [Em7] these? I say
[Post-Chorus] [D] Wo [A] wo la la [G] Wo [Em7] wo la la [D] Wo [A] wo la la [G] Wo [Em7] wo laaa