[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)
[Intro - No drums just play low notes for verse and higher notes for chorus to simulate guitar on record] [A]xxx [A]xxx [A]xx[Asus4] xx[Asus4]x - Repeat
[Distorted Riff] [A][E][Bm/D][A] E ---------------0---------7---7-10----9---------- B ----5--5p3-----9--99-----7---7-10----10------- G ----2----2-----9--911----7---7-7-----9------- D ----2----2-----9--99-----0---0-0-----x-------- A ----0----------x- -------x-----x-----0--------- E ----x----------0---------x-----x-----------------
[Verse 1 - Light drums - Pluck chords on first note then chug their bass note to simulate record] [A] Look at the stars Look how they shine for [E] you And everything you do [Dmaj7] Yeah, they were all yellow [A] I came along I wrote a song for [E] you And all the things you do [Dmaj7] And it was called "Yellow" [A] ........... So then I took my [E] turn Oh, what a thing to have done [Dmaj7] And it was all yellow [A] ([Gsus4][A])
[Chorus 1] [Dmaj7] Your skin [F#m7] Oh yeah, your [E] skin and bones [Dmaj7] Turn in.... to [F#m7]something [E] beautiful [Dmaj7] You know, [F#m7] you know I [E] love you so [Dmaj7] (drums stop) You know I love you so
[Instrumental- as per intro] [A][E][Bm/D] ([A][Asus4])
[Verse 2] [A] I swam across I jumped across for [E] you Oh, what a thing to do [Dmaj7] 'Cause you were all yellow [A] I drew a line I drew a line for [E] you Oh, what a thing to do [Dmaj7] And it was all yellow [A][Gsus4]
[Chorus 2] [D] Your skin [F#m7] Oh yeah, your [E] skin and bones [Dmaj7] Turn in.... [F#m7] to something [E] beautiful [Dmaj7] And you know [F#m7] For you I [E] bleed myself [Dmaj7] dry (drums stop) For you I bleed myself dry
[Instrumental- as per intro Gsus4 Dsus2 and Cadd6 in there] [A][E][D] ([A][Gsus4])
[Bridge] It's [A] true... oooh, look how they shine for [E] you.... oooh Look how they shine for [Dmaj7] you.... oooh Look how they shine for [A] Look how they shine for [E] you.... oooh Look how they shine for [Dmaj7] you.... oooh Look how they shine (stop drums)
[Outro] [A] Look at the stars Look how they shine for [Em7] you And all the things that you [Dmaj7] do [End]