[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] [E] What would you [B] think if I [F#m] sang out of tune, Would you [F#m] stand up and [B] walk out on [E] me. [E] Lend me your [B] ears and I'll [F#m] sing you a song, And I'll t [F#m] ry not to [B] sing out of [E] key.
[Chorus] Oh, I get [D] by with a little [A] help from my [E] friends, Hmm, I get high with a little [A] help from my [E] friends, Hmm, gonna [D] try with a little [A] help from my [E] friends.
[B] (break + drum fill)
[Verse 2] [E] What do I [B] do when my l [F#m] love is away. (Does it [B] worry you to be a [E] lone) [E] How do I [B] feel by the [F#m] end of the day (Are you [B] sad because you're on your [E] own)
[Chorus] Oh, I get [D] by with a little [A] help from my [E] friends, Hmm, I get high with a little [A] help from my [E] friends, Hmm, gonna [D] try with a little [A] help from my [E] friends.
[Bridge] Do you [C#m] need any [F#] body, I [E] need some [D] body to [A] love. Could it [C#m] be any [F#] body I [E] want some [D] body to [A] love.
[Verse 3] [E] Would you [B] believe in a [F#m] love at first sight, (Yes I'm [F#m] certain that it [B] happens all the [E] time.) [E] What do you [B] see when you [F#m] turn out the light, (I can't [F#m] tell you, but I [B] know it's [E] mine.)
[Chorus] Oh, I get [D] by with a little [A] help from my [E] friends, Hmm, I get high with a little [A] help from my [E] friends, Hmm, gonna [D] try with a little [A] help from my [E] friends.
[Bridge 2] Do you [C#m] need any [F#] body, I just [E] need some [D] one to [A] love, Could it [C#m] be any [F#] body, I [E] want some [D] body to [A] love.
[Chorus] Oh, I get [D] by with a little [A] help from my [E] friends, Hmm, gonna [D] try with a little [A] help from my [E] friends. Hmm, I get [D] high with a little [A] help from my [E] friends,
[Outro] Yes, I get [D] by with a little help from my [A] friends with a little help from my