[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--
[Intro - No drums CAN ALSO TAP WITH RIGHT HAND AS NO SNARE Dm figure play as per Mr Blue Sky] (play Dm at 5th fret - just play Bb on its own, A at nut)
[Verse] The [Dm] taxman's taken [C7] all my dough And [F] left me in my [C7] stately home [A] Lazin' [A/G] on a [A/F] sunny [A/E] after [Dm] noon And I can't sail [C7] my yacht He's [F] taken every [C7] thing I've got [A] All I've gots [A/G] this sunny [A/F] [A/E] after [Dm] noon
[Chorus] [D] Save me, save me, [D7] save me from this [G] squeeze [G7] .. I got a big [C7] fat mama tryin' to break [F] me [A7] .. And I [Dm] love to live so [G] pleasantly [Dm] Live this [G7] life of luxury [F] Lazin' on a [A] sunny after
(JUST BASS DRUM, NO SNARE, STRUM CHORD AND SUSTAIN IT THEN TAP BASS LINE WITH RIGHT HAND) [Dm] noon [Dm/C][Dm/B][Dm/Bb] In the [A] summer time [A/G][A/F][A/E] In the [Dm] summer time [Dm/C][Dm/B][Dm/Bb] In the [A] summer time [A/G][A/F][A/E]
[Verse] My [Dm] girlfriend's run [C7] off with my car And [F] gone back to her [C7] ma and pa [A] Tellin' [A/G] tales of [A/F] drunke [A/E] ness and [Dm] cruelty .. Now I'm sittin' [C7] here Sippin' [F] at my ice- [C7] cooled beer [A] Lazin' [A/G] on this [A/F] sunny after [A/E] noon [Dm] on
[Chorus] [D] Help me, help me, [D7] help me sail away [G][G7] Or give me [C7] Two good reasons why I oughta [F] stay [A7] And I [Dm] love to live so [G] pleasantly [Dm] Live this life of lux [G7] ury [F] Lazin' on a [A] sunny after (TAP BASS LINE WITH RIGHT HAND) [Dm] noon [Dm/C][Dm/B][Dm/Bb] In the [A] summer time [A/G][A/F][A/E] In the [Dm] summer time [Dm/C][Dm/B][Dm/Bb] In the [A] summer time [A/G][A/F][A/E]
[Chorus] [D] Save me, save me, [D7] save me from this [G] squeeze [G7] .. I got a big [C7] fat mama tryin' to break [F] me [A7] .. And I [Dm] love to live so [G] pleasantly [Dm] Live this [G7] life of luxury [F] Lazin' on a [A] sunny after
(TAP BASS LINE WITH RIGHT HAND) [Dm] noon [Dm/C][Dm/B][Dm/Bb] In the [A] summer time [A/G][A/F][A/E] In the [Dm] summer time [Dm/C][Dm/B][Dm/Bb] In the [A] summer time [A/G][A/F][A/E] [Repeat a few times]
[End][D] E X--------------------- B 3--------------------- G 2-2-2-2--------------- D 0--------------------- A ---------------------- E ----------------------