[Intro - Full riff and drums - DROP D] [D] (twice round riff)
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[Verse 1 - singing whilst playing the riff] I've had a [D]large mouth bass bust [D] my line A+couple+of [D]beautiful girls tell [D]me good bye Trucks [D] break down, dogs [D] run off Po [D] liticians lie, being [D]fired by the boss
[Verse 2] It takes [D]one hand to count the things I can [D]count on There ain't [D]much man, that ain't never let [D]me down (Drums stop - play descending riff)
[Chorus - Slide up to notes] [D]Long neck ice cold beer [G] never broke my [D]heart Like [D]diamond rings and football teams have torn [A] this boy apart Like a [D]neon dream it just dawned on me, that bars [G] and this guitar And [D]*long neck ice cold beer [A] never broke* my [D]heart (** vocal stay on F#)
[Riff - just once] [D]
[Verse 2] she was a Ca [D] ro li na blue [D] jean baby Fire [D] in her eyes that [D]drove me crazy .. it was [D]Red tail lights when she [D] left town .. If I [D]didn't know then, I [D] sure know now
[Chorus - Slide up to notes] [D]Long neck ice cold beer [G] never broke my [D]heart Like [D]diamond rings and football teams have torn [A] this boy apart Like a [D]neon dream it just dawned on me, that bars [G] and this guitar And [D]long neck ice cold beer [A] never broke my [D]heart
[Solo] [G][D][E][A]
[Verse 4 - JUST BASS DRUM] It takes [D]one hand to count the things I can [D]count on But I got [D]one hand that's gripping down on a [D] cold one
[Random Pause]
[Chorus - No drums] [N.C.]Long neck ice cold(snare - then drums in) beer [G] never broke my [D]heart Like [D]diamond rings and football teams have torn [A] this boy apart Like a [D]neon dream it just dawned on me, that bars [G] and this guitar And [D]long neck ice cold beer [A] never broke my [D]heart, no
[Riff out with solo] [D] It never broke my heart (play riff 4 times)
[Verse 1 - Capo 2 original key - BPM 82] When I was [D] young I'd listen to the [F#m] radio Waiting [Bm] for my [Bm/A] favourite [Gmaj7] songs When they pl [Gmaj7] ayed I'd sing a [F#m7] long It made me smile [Em7][Em7][A/C#][G9/B-x20005]
Those were such [D] happy times and not so [F#m] long ago How I wo [Bm] ndered [Bm/A] where they'd [Gmaj7] gone [C#m7] But they're [Bm] back again Just like a [Bm/A] long lost friend All the [Gmaj7] songs I [Em7] love so [A] well
[Chorus] [G/A] Eve [A]ry [D]sha-la-la-la, Every [Bm] wo-o-wo-o still [D] shines [Bm] [Bm riff - Bsus2 to Bm Bsus2 - then x244x2 - mute B with fretting finger x x Bm Bsus2 - Bsus2 Bm Bsus2 B5]
Every [D] shing-a-ling-a-ling That they're [Bm] startin' to sing so [Em7] fine [A] [G/A]When [A]they [Bm] get to the part (can play just Asharp to cheat) Where he's [A#aug-x1232x] breaking her heart It can [D] really make me [G#m7] cry Just like be [D] fore [G/A] (double stop) It's yesterday once [Dmaj7] more (D to G/A is quick change) [Dmaj7] Shu be doo [D]lang [G/A]lang [Dmaj7] Shu be doo [D]lang [G/A]lang
[Verse 2] Looking [D] back on how it was in [F#m] years gone by And the [Bm] good times [Bm/A] that I [Gmaj7] had Makes [Gmaj7] today seem rather [F#m7] sad So much has c [Em7] hanged [A/C#][G9/B] It was [D] songs of love that I would [F#m] sing to then And I'd [Bm] memo [Bm/A] rize each [Gmaj7] word [C#m7] Those old [Bm] melodies Still sound so [Bm/A] good to me As they [Gmaj7] melt the y [Em7] ears a [A] way.
[Chorus with variation] [G/A] Eve [A]ry [D] sha-la-la-la, Every [Bm] wo-o-wo-o still [D] shines (All the oldies but the [Bm] goodies) Every [D] shing-a-ling-a-ling That they're s [Bm] tartin' to sing so [Em7] fine [A]
[G/A]All [A]my [Bm] best memories come back [A#aug] clearly to me Some can [D] even make me [G#m7] cry. Just like be [D] fore [G/A] (double stop) It's yesterday once [Dmaj7] more
[Dmaj7] Shu be doo [D]lang [G/A]lang
[G/A] Eve [A]ry [D] sha-la-la-la, Every [Bm] wo-o-wo-o still [D] shines [Bm] Every [D] shing-a-ling-a-ling That they're s [Bm] tartin' to sing so [Em7] fine [A] [Repeat Chorus Start to end - End on D]
[Possible ending] [G/A] Eve [A]ry [D] sha-la-la-la
