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Rolling Stones-Honky Tonk Woman - BPM - 114

[Intro - 120 BPM]
[Just drums with cowbell - Cowbells muted strums - then ]
Cowbell - CCxC CxCx CCxC xSxS (G Chord comes in)
Drums -   BxSx BxSx BxSx BxSx
[G] Riff
 
[Verse 1 - Barre chords for - put G riff in sometimes]
[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]
[G] laid a divorcee in New York C [C] ity
[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--

[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-----

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Sister Sledge-Lost In Music - BPM - 114

[Drums]
8 bars - just bass drum
8 bars - bring in more hihat

[Chorus - Full drum]
Lost in music x 2

[Verse] Have you ever seen

[Chorus - Bass drum only - more hihat second time - complex rhythm]
Lost in music x 2

[Verse] Mhym in spite of that

[Chorus - Just bass drum]
Lost in music x 2

[Repeat until end of time - with fuller drums]

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[Guitar]
[Intro]
C Dm7 C G
C Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7 C
C Dm7 C G
C Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7 C
 
[Chorus]
       C       Dm7    C           G
We're lost in music; caught in a trap.
C           Bbmaj7     Bbmaj7   C
No turning back. We're lost in music.
       C      Dm7     C         G
We're lost in music. Feel so alive.
   C      Bbmaj7              Bbmaj7  C
I quit my nine-to-five. We're lost in music.
 
[Verse 1]
Dm7                C     G
   Have you ever seen some people lose ev'rything?
Bbmaj7        C        Dm7
  First to go is their mind.
Dm7                C     G
Responsibility to me is a tragedy.
Bbmaj7        C        Dm7
I'll get a job some other time. uhuh
Dm7                C     G
I want to join a band and play in front of crazy fans.
Bbmaj7        C        Dm7
Yes I call that temptation.
Dm7                C     G
  Give me a melody.        That's all that I ever need.
Bbmaj7          C      Dm7
   The music is my salvation.
 
[Chorus]
       C       Dm7    C           G
We're lost in music; caught in a trap.
C           Bbmaj7     Bbmaj7   C
No turning back. We're lost in music.
       C      Dm7     C         G
We're lost in music. Feel so alive.
   C      Bbmaj7              Bbmaj7  C
I quit my nine-to-five. We're lost in music.
 
[Verse 2]
   Dm7                C     G
mmhmm in the spotlight the band plays so very tight
Bbmaj7          C   Dm7
    Each and every night. uhuh
Dm7              C  G
It's not vanity. To me it's my sanity.
Bbmaj7        C        Dm7
I could never survive.
Dm7                C     G
Some people ask of me:     'What are you gonna be?'
Bbmaj7                C    Dm7
    Why don't you go get a job? ah-ah
Dm7                   C     G
   All that I can say:        'I won't give up my music'
Bbmaj7           C          Dm7
Not me, not now, no way, no how.
 
[Chorus]
       C       Dm7    C           G
We're lost in music; caught in a trap.
C           Bbmaj7     Bbmaj7   C
No turning back. We're lost in music.
       C      Dm7     C         G
We're lost in music. Feel so alive.
   C      Bbmaj7              Bbmaj7  C
I quit my nine-to-five. We're lost in music.
 
[Chorus]
       C       Dm7    C           G
We're lost in music; caught in a trap.
C           Bbmaj7     Bbmaj7   C
No turning back. We're lost in music.
       C      Dm7     C         G
We're lost in music. Feel so alive.
   C      Bbmaj7              Bbmaj7  C
I quit my nine-to-five. We're lost in music.
 
[Chorus]
       C       Dm7    C           G
We're lost in music; caught in a trap.
C           Bbmaj7     Bbmaj7   C
No turning back. We're lost in music.
       C      Dm7     C         G
We're lost in music. Feel so alive.
   C      Bbmaj7              Bbmaj7  C
I quit my nine-to-five. We're lost in music.
 
[Chorus]
       C       Dm7    C           G
We're lost in music; caught in a trap.
C           Bbmaj7     Bbmaj7   C
No turning back. We're lost in music.
       C      Dm7     C         G
We're lost in music. Feel so alive.
   C      Bbmaj7              Bbmaj7  C
I quit my nine-to-five. We're lost in music.
 
(fade out)

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