Drum bit in solo - just strum F twice then play Bass drum twice then play snare and F at same time to complete 5 notes [Intro - BPM 150] - pattern Emaj triad, then 2 x D triads repeat e|----------13-------------12--------------10---------------8-------| B|------------------------------------------------------------------| G|------14------14------12-----12------10------10-------9-------9---| D|---0---------------0--------------0---------------0---------------| A|------------------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------------| Let Ring...
[Vamp] Dsus2 with bends on 3rd fret of low A and low D then play G to go into 1st verse
[Verse] [D] It's all the same, [C] only the names will [G] change [C] And ev'ry [G] day, it [F] seems we're wasting [D] away [D] Another place, [C] where the faces are so [G] cold [C] I'd drive all [G] night, just [F] to get back [D] home
[Chorus] I'm a [C] cowboy [G] , on a [F] steel horse I [D] ride I'm [C] wanted [G] , [F] dead or a [D] live [C] Wanted [G] , [F] dead or a [D] live
[Intro again]
[Verse] [D] Sometimes I sleep, [C] sometimes it's not for [G] days [C] and people I meet [G], always [F] go their separate [D] ways [D] Sometimes you tell the day, by the [C] bottle that you [G] drink [C] And times when you're [G] alone, and [F] all you do is [D] think
[Chorus] I'm a [C] cowboy [G] , on a [F] steel horse I [D] ride I'm [C] wanted [G] , [F] dead or a [D] live [C] Wanted [G] , [F] dead or a [D] live
[Intro again]
[Solo - Verse chords]
Ooooh and I'm a [C] cowboy [G], on a [F] steel horse I [D] ride I'm wanted [C][G] (wanted), [F] dead or a [D] live
[Verse] [D] And I walk these streets, a loaded [C] six string on my [G] back I [C] play for keeps [G] 'cause I [F] might not make it [D] back I been [D] everywhere, still I'm [C] standing [G] tall I've [C] seen a million [G] faces, and I've [F] rocked them all [D]
[Chorus/Outro] I'm a [C] cowboy [G] , on a [F] steel horse [D] I ride I'm [C] wanted [G] , [F] dead or a [D] live [C] Wanted [G] , [F] dead or a [D] live
I'm a [C] cowboy [G] , I got the [F] night on my [D] side I'm [C] wanted [G] , [F] dead or a [D] live
Dead or a [C] live, (Dead or a [G] live), [F] dead or a [D] live I still drive [C] (still [G] drive), [F] dead or a [D] live
[C] Dead or a [G] live, [F] dead or a [D] live [C] Dead or a [G] live, [F] dead or a [D] live
[Intro BPM 117 - Drum intro xSSxSSxS] Approx chords C D G G (Chug - down strokes - nice and slow - snare on final phrase) E 0--- 32-3 ---- -333 ---- 32-3 ---- -333 B 1--- 33-3 ---- -333 ---- 33-3 ---- -333 G 0--- 22-0 ---- -000 ---- 22-0 ---- -000 D 2--- 00-0 ---- -002 ---- 00-0 ---- -002 A 3--- ---x ---- -x23 ---- ---x ---- -x23 E x--- ---3 ---- -3x- ---- ---3 ---- -3x- DrB-S- B-S- B-S- B-S- B-S- B-S- B-S- B-S-
E ---- 32-3 3--- B ---- 33-3 0--- G ---- 22-0 02-0 D ---- ---0 0-4- A ---- ---x x--- E ---- ---3 3--- DrB-S- B-S- SSSS
[Verse] Well we're [Em7] living here in [Asus4] Allen- [D] town [Dsus2][D] And they're [Am7] closing all the [D7sus4 - xx0213] factories [G] down [Gsus2 - 3x0233][G] Out in [Em7] Bethlehem they're [A] killing [Bm] time [F#m/A] Filling out [G6] forms, [D/F#] standing in [Asus4] line [A]
[Verse] Well our [Em7] fathers fought the [Asus4] Second World [D] War [Dsus2][D] Spent their [Am7] weekends on the [D7sus4] Jersey shore [G][Gsus2][G] Met our [Em7] mothers in the [A] US [Bm] O [F#m/A] Asked them to [G6] dance, [D/F#] danced with them sl- [Asus] ow [A] And we're [Em7] living here in [Asus4] Allentown [D-Dsus4-Dsus2-D] (break)
[Bridge - Snare on &4&] But the [F/A] restlessness was [G/B] handed [C] down [G/C - x30003][C] And it's [Am] getting very [D7sus4] hard [D7] to (backward beat) [Em] stay [G/B] a a ay [C] a a ay [D] a a ay (ays run into intro)
[Intro] (see above) Approx chords C D G G x 2
[Verse] Well we're [Em7] waiting here in [Asus4] Allen- [D] town [Dsus2][D] For the [Am7] Pennsylvania [D7sus4] we never [G] found [Gsus2][G] For the [Em7] promises our [A] teachers [Bm] gave [F#m/A] If we worked [G6] hard, [D/F#] if we be [Asus4] haved [A]
[Verse] So the [Em7] graduations [Asus4] hang on the [D] wall [Dsus2][D] But they [Am7] never really [D7sus4] helped us at all [G][Gsus2][G] No they [Em7] never taught us [A] what was [Bm] real [F#m/A] Iron and [G6] coke, [D/F#] chromium ste- [Asus4] el [A] And we're [Em7] waiting here in [Asus4] Allentown [D-Dsus4-Dsus2-D] (break)
[Bridge] But they've [F/A] taken all the [G/B] coal from the [C] ground [G/C][C] And the [Am] union people [D7sus4] crawled [D7] a-way [Em][G/B][C][D]
[Intro] (see above, first half) Approx chords C D G G x 2
[Middle 8 - Just bass drum with some snare at end] [F] Every child [G/F] had a pretty [F] good shot [F] To get at least [G/F] as far as their [Bb/F] old man got [F] But something [G/F] happened on the way [F] to that place [F] They threw an [G] American flag in [C] our [C] face (intro intro riff)
[Intro] (see above) Approx chords C D G G x 2
[Verse] (variation) Well I'm [Em7] living here in [Asus4] Allen- [D] town [Dsus2][D] And it's [F/A] hard to keep a [G/B] good man [C] down [G/C][C] But I [Am] won't be getting [D7sus4] up [D7] to (backward beat) [Em] stay [G/B] a a ay [C] a a ay [D] a a ay (ays run into intro)
[Intro] (see above, first half) Approx chords C D G G x 2
[Middle 8 - Just bass drum with some snare at end] (instrumental) F G/F F F - F G/F Bb/F Bb/F F G/F F F - F G 2/4 C
[Coda] (intro and bridge variation) Approx chords C D G G x 2
And it's [C(add9)] Getting very [D] hard to (backward beat til end) [Em] stay [G/B] ay... [C] .ay [D] ..ay... and we're [Am] living here in [D7sus4] Allentown [G][Gsus4][Gsus2][G]
