[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--
[Verse 1] [G] We're caught in a trap; [C] I can't walk out [D] because I love [C] you too much, [G] baby. [G] Why can't you see, [C] what you're doing to me, [D] when you don't believ [C] e a word I [D] say? [C][Bm][D7]
[Chorus] [C] We can't go on [G] together [Bm] , with Suspicious Mi [C] nds; [D] [Em] and we can't buil [Bm] d our dreams [C] , on Suspicious [D] Minds. [D7]
[Verse 2] [G] So, if an old friend I know, [C] drops by to say hello, [D] would I still se [C] e suspicion [G] in your eyes? [G] Here we go again, [C] asking where I've been. [D] You can see these tear [C] s are real I'm c [D] rying. [C][Bm][D7]
[Chorus] [C] We can't go on [G] together [Bm] , with Suspicious Mi [C] nds; [D7] [Em] and we can't buil [Bm] d our dreams, [C] on Suspicious [B7sus4] Minds... [B7]
[Em] Oh, let our [Bm] love survive, [C] I'll dry the [D] tears from your eyes. [Em] Let's don't let a [Bm] good thing die, [C] when honey, you [D] know I've never, [G] lied to you; [C] Mmm, [G] yeah, [D7] yeah!
[Verse 3] [G] We're caught in a trap; [C] I can't walk out [D] because I love [C] you too much, [G] baby. [G] Why can't you see, [C] what you're doing to me, [D] when you don't believ [C] e a word I [G] say? [C][G][C]
[Outro] Don't you know... [G] I'm caught in a trap; [C] I can't walk out [D] because I love [C] you too much, [G] baby [C][G][C]
