[Intro - BPM 125 - Slow groove - Lower 5th Vocal harmony for the choruses] [Main Riff No drums ] e|-------------------------------| B|-------------------------------| G|-------------------------------| D|---5-5-5-----5--5--------------| A|---------7-5-------------------| E|---3-3-3-----------------------| Lets go girls
[Vamp] [G] - 2 bars no drums - offbeat riff * sustained longer than the others X* xxX xxX xxX xxX "come on" drums in - 2 bars
[Verse 1 - C can play C then C7 and pull off the 7th to open string to simulate riff - then bend whole Bb chord slightly] [G] I'm going out tonight, I'm feelin' alright Gonna let it all hang [C]* out [Bb] [G] Wanna make some noise - Really raise my voice Yeah, I wanna scream and [C] shout [Bb]
[Vamp - that implies the main riff - count triplets] xxx xx[G] xx[G] xx[Em] B S B S [Em7]xx xx[G] xx[G] (stop guitar) B S B S xxB S ('ah' on the 1)
[Verse 2] [G]No inhibitions, make no conditions Get a little outta [C] line [Bb] [G]I ain't gonna act politically correct I only wanna have a good [C] time [Bb] [F] The best thing about being a woman [G] Is the prerogative To have a little fun and
[Chorus - with D play high A to simulate melody] [D] Oh, oh, oh go totally crazy Forget I'm a lady Men's shirt, short skirts Oh, oh, [Bm] oh really go wild, yeah [G] Doin' it in [D] style Oh, oh, oh get in the action, feel the attraction Color my hair - Do what I dare Oh, oh, [Bm] oh I wanna be free Yeah, to [G] feel the way I [Em7] feel (drums 1 bar) Man!(drums stop) I feel like a woman!
[Main Riff- Gsus4 - 33x--3 - *=drums back - Em can put run in - 022 020] [G][G][Em][Em7]* - [G][G] x x [C][C][Em][Em7] - [C][C] x x
[Verse] [G] The girls need a break - Tonight we're gonna take [G] The chance to get out on the [C] town [Bb] [G] We don't need romance - We only wanna dance [G] We're gonna let our hair hang [C] down [Bb] [F] The best thing about being woman [G] Is the prerogative To have a little fun and
[Chorus] [D] Oh, oh, oh go totally crazy Forget I'm a lady - Men's shirt, short skirts Oh, oh, [Bm] oh really go wild, yeah [G] Doin' it in [D] style Oh, oh, oh get in the action feel the attraction Color my hair - Do what I dare Oh, oh, [Bm] oh I wanna be free Yeah, to [G] feel the way I [Em7] feel (stop) Man! I feel like a woman!
[Solo - Play chords higher to make more interesting - can use Higher Ground technique to play triplets - 6 beats each chord] [F][C][G][G] [F][C][G][G] oh yeah
[F] The best thing about being woman [G] Is the prerogative to have a little fun (stop with snare) fun fun(snare)
[Chorus] [D] Oh, oh, oh go totally crazy Forget I'm a lady Men's shirt, short skirts Oh, oh, oh [Bm] really go wild, yeah [G] Doin' it in [D] style Oh, oh, oh get in the action, feel the attraction Color my hair - Do what I dare Oh, oh, oh [Bm] I wanna be free Yeah, to [G] feel the way [Em7] I feel (the way I feel) (stop) Man! I feel like a woman!
[Outro - *=drums back] [G][G][Em][Em7]*
[G][G][G][G] - [G][G][Em][Em7]
[C][C][C][C] - [C][C][Em][Em7]
[G][G][G][G] - [G][G][Em][Em7]
[C][C][C][C] - [C][C][Em][Em7]
[G][G][G][G] - [G][G][Em][Em7] woo woo [C][C][C][C] - [C][C][Em][Em7](lyrics kind of follow rhythm of underlying riff) wooo I feel like a
[Intro Riff 1 - BPM - 82] E Emaj7 A/C# B/D# E Emaj7 A/C# B/D# [Intro Riff 2] E Esus4 E E Esus4 E Esus4 E E Esus4 E(no 3) Esus4 E Esus4 E
[Verse 1] They [A] paved paradise and put up a parking [E] lot With a [A] pink hotel, a [B] boutique, and a [E] swinging hot spot
[Chorus] [E] Don't it always [Emaj7] seem to go That you [A] don't know what you've got till it's [E] gone They [A] paved paradise and [B] put up a parking [E] lot
[Verse 2] They [A] took all the trees and put 'em in a tree mu [E] seum And they [A] charged all the people [B] twenty-five bucks [E] just to see 'em
[Chorus] [E] Don't it always [Emaj7] seem to go That you [A] don't know what you've got till it's [E] gone They [A] paved paradise and [B] put up a parking [E] lot
[Verse 3] [A] Hey farmer, farmer, put away your DD [E] T now Give me [A] spots on my apples but [B] leave me the birds and the [E] bees, please
[Chorus] [E] Don't it always [Emaj7] seem to go That you [A] don't know what you've got till it's [E] gone They [A] paved paradise and [B] put up a parking [E] lot [E] Don't it always [Emaj7] seem to go That you [A] don't know what you've got till it's [E] gone They [A] paved paradise and [B] put up a parking [E] lot
[Verse 4] [A] Late last night I heard the screen door [E] slam And a [A] big yellow taxi [B] carried off my old [E] man
[Chorus] [E] Don't it always [Emaj7] seem to go That you [A] don't know what you've got till it's [E] gone They [A] paved paradise and [B] put up a parking [E] lot [E] Don't it always [Emaj7] seem to go (snare on all As and Es at end) That you [A] don't know what you've got [A] till [A] it's [E] gone They [A] paved paradise and [B] put up a parking [E] lot
[End]
[Old Notes] BPM - 82 INTRO 1 - [EBAB] x 2 Barre chords at 7th fret INTRO 2 at 7th fret - [E Esus4] VERSE 1 "Paved paradise" [A A A A , E E E E (put sus4 phrase in) , A A B B E E E E] CHORUS "Don't it always " [E E Emaj7 Emaj7 , A/E A/E A/E E , A A B B E E E E E E E E] VERSE 2 Drums - "Took all the trees" [A A A A E E E E , A A B B E E E E] CHORUS "Don't it always " [E E Emaj7 Emaj7 , A/E A/E A/E E , A A B B E E E E E E E E] 2 Shoos VERSE 3 "Hey farmer" [A A A A E E E E , A A B B E E E E] CHORUS "Don't it always " [E E Emaj7 Emaj7 , A/E A/E A/E E , A A B B E E E E E E E E] "Paved" twice above - then intro 2 chords Solo - Verse chords CHORUS "Don't it always " [E E Emaj7 Emaj7 , A/E A/E A/E E , A A B B E E E E E E E E] VERSE 4 "Late last night" [A A A A E E E E , A A B B E E E E] 2 down strums til its gone to 1 down strum to E for emphasis CHORUS x 2 - "Don't it always " [E E Emaj7 Emaj7 , A/E A/E A/E E , A A B B E E E E E E E E] "Paved paradise, paved paradise, steamrolled paradise" x 3 Intro 2 chords at double time Then intro 1 to go out
