[Intro - Capo 2 - do use capo] [Just drums for a couple of bars] [F][G][C][Am]
[F][G][C][Am] E 1-----------0-- B 1--------1--0-3 G 2-2-2-0-2---0-- D 3-----------0-- A X-----------X-- E 1*----------3-- *USE THUMB
[Verse 1] It's [F] fine, it's [G] cool You can [C] say that we are nothing, but you [Am] know the truth And guess [F] I'm the [G] fool With her [C] arms out like an angel through the [Am] car sunroof
[Pre-Chorus- Dm9-xx0210] [Dm9] I don't wanna call it off [Dm] But you don't wanna call it love (go down octave at this point) [Dm9] You only wanna be the one that [Dm] (drums stop) I call baby
[Chorus- drums back in] [F] You can kiss a hundred [G] boys in bars Shoot [C] another shot, try to [Am] stop the feeling You [F] can say it's just the [G] way you are Make [C] a new excuse, another [Am] stupid reason Good luck, [F] well Good luck, Well, good luck, [G] babe You'd have [C] to stop the world just to [Am] stop the feeling Good luck, [F] babe Good luck, Well, good luck, [G] babe You'd have [C] to stop the world just to [Am] stop the feeling
[Verse 2] I'm cliche, [F] who cares? [G] It's a se [C] xually explicit kind of [Am] love affair And I cry, [F] it's not [G] fair I just [C] need a little lovin', I just [Am] need a little air
[Pre-Chorus] [Dm9] Think I'm gonna call it off [Dm] Even if you call it love [Dm9] I just wanna love someone who [Dm] (drums stop) calls me baby
[Chorus - drums back in] [F] You can kiss a hundred [G] boys in bars Shoot [C] another shot, try to [Am] stop the feeling You [F] can say it's just the [G] way you are Make [C] a new excuse, another [Am] stupid reason Good luck, [F] well Good luck, Well, good luck, [G] babe You'd have [C] to stop the world just to [Am] stop the feeling Good luck, [F] babe Good luck, Well, good luck, [G] babe You'd have [C] to stop the world just to [Am] stop the feeling
[Bridge] When you [Dm] wake up next to him in the middle of the night [Dm] With your head in your hands, you're nothing more than his wife [Dm] And when you think about me, all of those years ago [Dm] You're standing face to face with "I told you so" (drop octave for vocals) [Dm] You know I hate to say it, I told you so [Dm] You know I hate to say, but I told you so
[Chorus] [F] You can kiss a hundred [G] boys in bars Shoot [C] another shot, try to [Am] stop the feeling You [F] can say it's just the [G] way you are Make [C] a new excuse, another [Am] stupid reason Good luck, [F] well Good luck, Well, good luck, [G] babe You'd have [C] to stop the world just to [Am] stop the feeling Good luck, [F] babe Good luck, Well, good luck, [G] babe You'd have [C] to stop the world just to [Am] stop the feeling
[Outro - slow down to end] You'd have [C] to stop the world just to [Am] stop the feeling You'd have [C] to stop the world just to [Am] stop the feeling You'd have [C] to stop the world just to [Am] stop the feeling
[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--
