Play twice - just with bass drum E -7-8--10-8--7----12-13-15-13-12----7-8--10-8--7--------- B -8-10-12-10-8----13-15-17-15-13----8-10-12-10-8----7--7-8-10 G ---------------------------------------------------7--7-----
[Verse - Drums in] [G] Hey where did [C] we go, [G] days when the [D] rains came [G] Down in the [C] hollow, [G] playin' a [D] new game [G] Laughin' and a- [C] runnin' hey, hey, [G] skippin' and a- [D] jumpin' [G] In the misty [C] mornin' fog with, [G] ah, our [D] hearts thumpin' and [C] you [D] My brown-eyed [G] girl, [Em] [C] you're my [D] brown-eyed [G] girl [D7]
[Verse] [G] Whatever [C] happened, [G] to Tuesday is [D] so slow [G] Goin' down the [C] old mine with a [G] transistor [D] radio [G] Standin' in the [C] sunlight laughin', [G] hidin' behind a [D] rainbow's wall [G] Slippin' and a- [C] slidin' [G] all along the [D] waterfall with yo [C] u [D] My brown-eyed [G] girl, [Em] [C] you're my [D] brown-eyed [G] girl
[D7] Do you remember when we used to
[Chorus] [G] sing Sha la la [C] la la la la [G] la la la la te [D] da (just like that) [G] Sha la la [C] la la la la [G] la la la la te [D] da, la te [G] da [G][G]
[Bass solo - JUST BASS DRUM] (Can play G then ascend on A string 0 2 3 to C then play D x5777 x5555 to allude to riff) --G-G--G--G--G-----------C------G--------D------- D 5-55-55-55-5--------------2-4-5---------------5 A ----------------------23-3-----------3-5--55-7 E --------------3---3-3-------------------------
[Verse - DRUMS BACK IN] [G] So hard to [C] find my way, [G] now that I'm all [D] on my own [G] I saw you just the [C] other day, [G] my, how [D] you have grown [G] Cast my memory [C] back there, Lord, [G] sometimes I'm [D] overcome thinkin' about [G] Makin' love in the [C] green grass, [G] behind the [D] stadium with [C] you [D] My brown-eyed [G] girl, [Em] [C] a-you're my [D] brown-eyed [G] girl
[D7] Do you remember when we used to
[Chorus] [G] sing Sha la la [C] la la la la [G] la la la la te [D] da (just like that) [G] Sha la la [C] la la la la [G] la la la la te [D] da, la te [G] da [G][G]
[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--