Friday, September 16, 2011
How to Play If Heaven Wasn't So Far Away by Justin Moore
Capo 4 Intro: G, Cadd9, G, Cadd9 G Cadd9 Every day I drive to work across Flint River bridge G Cadd9 A hundred yards from the spot where me and grandpa fished D/F Cadd9 There's a piece of his old fruit stand on the side of Sawmill Road D/F Cadd9 He'd be there peelin' peaches if it was twenty years ago Bm7 Cadd9 And what I wouldn't give Bm7 Cadd9 D/F To ride around in that old truck with him G If heaven wasn't so far away Cadd9 I'd pack up the kids and go for the day D/F Introduce them to their grandpa Cadd9 Watch 'em laugh at the way he talks G Find my long lost cousin John Cadd9 The one we left back in Vietnam D/F Show him a picture of his daughter now Cadd9 She's a doctor and he'd be proud Em7 D/F Cadd9 Then tell him we'd be back in a couple of days Em7 D/F Cadd9 In the rear view mirror we'd all watch 'em wave Em7 D/F Cadd9 Yeah losing them wouldn't be so hard to take D/F G Intro If heaven wasn't so far away G Cadd9 I'd hug all three of those girls we lost from the class of '99 G Cadd9 And I'd find my bird dog Bo and take him huntin' one more time D/F Cadd9 I'd ask Hank why he took those pills back in '53 D/F Cadd9 And Janis to sing the second verse of "Me and Bobby McGee" Bm7 Cadd9 Sit on a cloud and visit for a while Bm7 Cadd9 D/F It'd do me good just to see them smile G If heaven wasn't so far away Cadd9 I'd pack up the kids and go for the day D/F Introduce them to their grandpa Cadd9 Watch 'em laugh at the way he talks G Find my long lost cousin John Cadd9 The one we left back in Vietnam D/F Show him a picture of his daughter now Cadd9 She's a doctor and he'd be proud Em7 D/F Cadd9 Then tell him we'd be back in a couple of days Em7 D/F Cadd9 In the rear view mirror we'd all watch 'em wave Em7 D/F Cadd9 Yeah losing them wouldn't be so hard to take Cadd9 D/F If heaven wasn't so far Cadd9 D/F If heaven wasn't so far Cadd9 D/F G Intro If heaven wasn't so far away So far away So far away
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Great Moments in Country Guitar #20: Glen Campbell Plays Witchita Lineman
Here's another one from Glen as we salute our country music legend of the week.
How to Play Here in the Real World by Alan Jackson
Capo 1st fret
Slow tune
Intro:
G-A-D-G-D
D G A
Cowboys don't cry,
D
And heroes don't die.
G A
And good always wins
D
Again and again.
G A
And love is a sweet dream
A7 D
That always comes true
G A
Oh, if life were like the movies,
A7 D G D
I'd never be blue.
Chorus:
D7 G A
But here in the real world,
D
It's not that easy at all,
G A7
'Cause when hearts get broken,
D
It's real tears that fall.
D7 G A
And darlin', it's sad but true,
D
But the one thing I've learned from you,
Em D G
Is how the boy don't always get the girl,
A7 G Intro
Here in the real world.
I gave you my love,
But that wasn't enough,
To hold your heart
When times got tough.
And tonight on that silver screen,
It'll end like it should,
Two lovers will make it through
Like I hoped we would.
Repeat Chorus
At the end of second chorus play D-A7-D to wrap it up.
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
How to Play Barefoot Blue Jean Night by Jake Owen
Intro:
E B A B x2
Verse 1:
E B
Full moon shinin' bright
A B
Edge of the water we were feelin' alright
E B
Back down a country road
A (stop)
The girls are always hot & the beer is ice cold
E B A B
Verse 2:
E B
Cadillac horns on the hood
A B
My buddy Frankie had his dad hook him up good
E B
Girls smiled when we rode by
A (stop)
They'd hop in the back & we'd cruise to the riverside
Chorus:
E B
Wohh never gonna grow up
A B
Wohh never gonna slow down
E B A
Wohh we were shinin' like lighters in the dark
B
In the middle of a rock show
E B
Wohh we were doin' it right
A B
Wohh we were comin' alive
E B A
Wohh Yeah caught up in a southern summer
B
Barefoot blue jean night
E B A B
Verse 3:
E B
Blue eyes & auburn hair
A B
Sittn' lookin' pretty by the fire in a lawn chair
E B
New to town and new to me
A (stop)
Her ruby red lips were sippin' on sweet tea
Verse 4:
E B
Shot me a look like a shootin' star
A B
So I grabbed a beer & my ole guitar, then we
E B
Sat around til the break of dawn
A B
Howlin' & singin' to our favorite songs
Chorus:
E B
Wohh never gonna grow up
A B
Wohh never gonna slow down
E B A
Wohh we were shinin' like lighters in the dark
B
In the middle of a rock show
E B
Wohh we were doin' it right
A B
Wohh we were comin' alive
E B A
Wohh Yeah caught up in a southern summer
B
Barefoot blue jean night
Chorus:
E B A B
Wohh never gonna grow up
E B
Never gonna slow down
A (once)
We were shinin' like lighters in the dark
In the middle of a rock show
E B
Wohh we were doin' it right
A B
Wohh we were comin' alive
E B A
Wohh Yeah caught up in a southern summer
B
Barefoot blue jean night
Outro:
The outro is just this a bunch of times over the same chord progression:
E B A E
Wohh Barefoot blue jean night
Great Moments in Country Guitar #19: Glen Campbell Plays William Tell Overture
In light of the recent announcement concerning Glen Campbell's alzheimer's, we are featuring him and his amazing contribution to country music this week.
How to Play You and Tequila by Kenny Chesney
G C G C
Baby here I am again, kicking dust in the canyon wind
G C G C
Waiting for that sun to go down
G C G C
Made it up Mulholland Drive, hell-bent on getting high
G C G
High above the lights of town
D G
You and tequila make me crazy
D G
You run like poison in my blood
Bm Em
One more night might kill me, baby
C D G C G C
One is one too many, one more is never enough
G C G C
For 30 days and 30 nights, I've been putting up a real good fight
G C G C
There were times I thought you'd win
G C G C
It's so easy to forget the bitter taste morning left
G C G
Swore I wouldn't go back there again
D G
You and tequila make me crazy
D G
You run like poison in my blood
Bm Em
One more night might kill me, baby
C D Em
One is one too many, and one more is never enough
Em A
When it comes to you, oh the damage I could do
Em C
It's always your favorite sins that do you in
{INSTRUMENTAL BREAK}
D G
You and tequila make me crazy
D G
You run like poison in my blood
Bm Em
One more night might kill me, baby
C D G C G C
One is one too many, and one more is never enough
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
How to Play Your Man by Josh Turner
Intro Tabs
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---------------2-4---2-----2---2-|
-----------2-4-----4---2h4---4---|
-0-0-0-0-4-----------------------|
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--------1-------------------------|
-4-4-4----4-2-----2-------------2-|
--------------4-2-----------2---2-|
--------------------0-4-2h4---4---|
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--------------0-1-4-1-------1-----2-2---2-2-2-|
-2-2-2-2-4-2-4--------4-2h4---4-2-----4-----2-|
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Intro: A E B E
(No Chords)
A
Baby lock the door and turn the lights down low
A E
Put some music on thats soft and slow
B
Baby we ain't got no place to go
E(Stop)
I hope you understand
(No Chords)
A
I've been thinking bout this all day long
A E
Never felt a feeling quite this strong
B
I can't believe how much it turns me on
E
Just to be your man
F#m
Theres no hurry,don't you worry
E
we can take our time
F#m G#m
Come a little closer,lets go over
A E (Stop)
What I had in mind
(No Chords)
A
Baby lock the door and turn the lights down low
E
Put some music on that soft and slow
B
Baby we ain't got no place to go
E (Stop)
I hope you understand
(No Chords)
A
I've been thinking buot this all day long
A E
Never felt a feeling quite this strong
B
I can't believe how much it turns me on
E
Just to be your man
Solo: E A E B E
F#m
Ain't nobody, ever loved nobody
E
The way that I love you
F#m G#m
We're alone now, you don't know how
A E (Stop)
Long I've wanted to
(No Chords)
A
Baby lock the door and turn the lights down low
A E
Put some music on that's soft and slow
B
Baby we ain't got no place to go
E (Stop)
I hope you understand
(No Chords)
A
I've been thinking bout this all day long
A E
Never felt a feeling that was quite this strong
B
I can't believe how much it turns me on
E
Just to your man
E B
I can't believe how much it turns me on
E
Just to be your man
Solo: E A E B E
Monday, May 9, 2011
Sunday, April 24, 2011
How to Play You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma by David Frizzell & Shelly West
Intro: D, D/F#, G, Walk up (2X)
D D/F# G D
There's a full moon over Tulsa
A7 D (walk up)
I hope that it's shining on you . . .
G
Sundown came and I drove to town
A G D
And drank a drink or two
G D
You're the reason God made Oklahoma
G D
You're the reason God made Oklahoma
A7 D
And I'm sure missing you
A7 D E
I'm sure missing you (2X)
Intro 2 A A/C# D, Walk down (2X)
A A/C# D A
Here the city lights out shine the moon
E7 A Walk down
I was just now thinking of you . . .
D
The Santa Monica Freeway
E A
Sometimes makes a country girl blue A D A
You're the reason God made Oklahoma
A D A
You're the reason God made Oklahoma
E7 A Bb
And I'm sure missing you(2X)
E A E
I work 10 hours on a John Deere tractor
Bb7 E
Just thinking of you all day . . .
E A E
You're the reason God made Oklahoma
A E
You're the reason God made Oklahoma
Bb7 E
And I'm sure missing you (2X)
Sunday, April 3, 2011
How to Play Mean by Taylor Swift
Capo 4th fret No sure about the bits between the chorus and verse Am G You, with your words like knives C F And swords and weapons that you use against me, Am G You, have knocked me off my feet again, F Got me feeling like I’m nothing. Am G You, with your voice like nails on a chalkboard C F Calling me out when I’m wounded. Am G F You, pickin’ on the weaker man. G Well you can take me down, C F G With just one single blow. F But you don’t know, what you don’t know, C G Am F Someday, I’ll be living in a big old city, C G F And all you’re ever gonna be is mean. C G Am F Someday, I’ll be big enough so you can’t hit me, C G F And all you’re ever gonna be is mean. F Why you gotta be so mean? Am G You, with your switching sides, C F And your walk by lies and your humiliation Am G You, have pointed out my flaws again, F As if I don’t already see them. Am G I walk with my head down, F Trying to block you out cause I’ll never impress you Am G F I just wanna feel okay again. G I bet you got pushed around, C F` G Somebody made you cold, G But the cycle ends right now, F You can’t lead me down that road, F You don’t know, what you don’t know C G Am F Someday, I’ll be living in a big old city, C G F And all you’re ever gonna be is mean. C G Am F Someday, I’ll be big enough so you can’t hit me, C G F And all you’re ever gonna be is mean. F Why you gotta be so mean? G And I can see you years from now in a bar, Am F Talking over a football game, G With that same big loud opinion but, Am F Nobody’s listening, G Am C F Washed up and ranting about the same old bitter things, G Am C F Drunk and grumbling on about how I can’t sing. C G Am F(repeat) But all you are is mean, All you are is mean. And a liar, and pathetic, and alone in life, And mean, and mean, and mean, and mean But someday, I’ll be, living in a big old city, And all you’re ever gonna be is mean. Yeah, Someday, I’ll be big enough so you can’t hit me, And all you’re ever gonna be is mean. Why you gotta be so ? Someday, I’ll be, living in a big old city, And all you’re ever gonna be is mean. Yeah, Someday, I’ll be big enough so you can’t hit me, And all you’re ever gonna be is mean. Why you gotta be so mean?
Thursday, March 31, 2011
How to Play Craig Campbell's Family Man
Capo 4 Standard tuning
Intro + Verse Pattern: C D4 Em7 D/F# G x2
I've been working as a temp
At the local factory
I hope they hire me on full time
G
I've got shoes to buy
C
And a mouth to feed
I drive a buy here, pay here truck
It ain't new but it is to me
It ain't much but it fires right up
G C
And gets me from A to B
Pre-Chorus:
Dsus4
What puts the dirt underneath my nails
F
What keeps the calluses on my hands
C
Family man
Chorus:
G
They're the world, my world revolves around
Dsus4
My sacred piece of solid ground
Em7
The flesh and bone
Dsus4 Cadd9
That gives me strength to stand
G
They are the fire in my drivin' on
D
The drive behind my comin' home
Em7 Dsus4 Cadd9
The livin', breathin', reason that I am
G
A family man
There's dirty shirts to wash
Dishes in the sink to do
And there's how many times
Does 17 go into 52
There's bedtime prayers to pray
Sleep tights and I love you's
And then there's a pair of eyes
I get to lose myself into
What keeps me keepin' the faith
What makes me believe I can
Family man
They're the world, my world revolves around
My sacred piece of solid ground
The flesh and bone
That gives me strength to stand
They are the fire in my drivin' on
The drive behind my comin' home
The livin', breathin', reason that I am
A family man
They're the fire in my drivin' on
The drive behind my comin' home
The livi'n, breathin, reason that I am
A family man, a family man
How to Play Without You by Keith Urban
*All tabs are relative to capo 1
Intro Chords: G F Am C
Play this riff in between the first three chords in the intro.
B |-0-2-4-2----|
G |-----------0--|
After the C chord play the riff below.
D |--------0---------0--|
A |--0h3-----3h4-----|
VERSE 1:G G/F
I’ve loved you since the very first day
Em7 Cadd9
When I caught you looking my way, I smiled and just knew it.
G G/F Em7
And up until you came along, no one ever heard my song,
Cadd9
Now its climbing with a bullet.
D Am D
Its nice to have someone, so honestly devoted,
Am G/B C
But when it’s said and done, girl I hope you know that,
CHORUS:
G D/F# Em7 Cadd9 G
The traveling, the singing, it don’t mean nothing without you
D/F# Em7 Cadd9 G
The fast cars, the guitars, they are all just second to,
D/F# Em7 Cadd9 G
This life, this love that you and I have been dreaming of, for so long
G/F Cadd9
Would all be as good as gone, without you.
G G/F Em7 Cadd9
Oh ho, without you, hey…
VERSE 2:
G G/F Em7
Along comes a baby girl, and a suddenly my little world,
Cadd9
Just got a whole lot bigger, yes it did.
G G/F Em7
And people that I barely knew, love me ‘cause I’m part of you
Cadd9
Man it's tough to figure
D Am7 D
How two souls can be, miles from one another
Am7 G/B C
But still you and me, have somehow found each other.
CHORUS:
G D/F# Em7 Cadd9 G
The traveling, the singing, it don’t mean nothing without you
D/F# Em7 Cadd9 G
The fast cars, the guitars, they are all just second to,
D/F# Em7 Cadd9 G
This life, this love that you and I have been dreaming of, for so long
G/F Cadd9 G
Would all be as good as gone, without you.
G F - C G F - C G F - C
Without you, ohhhh ho ho
PRE-CHORUS
D Am D
Without you I'd survive, But I’d have to have the notion
Am G/B C
That I could live this life, just going through the motions
CHORUS:
G D/F# Em7 Cadd9 G
The traveling, the singing, it don’t mean nothing without you
D/F# Em7 Cadd9 G
The fast cars, the guitars, they are all just second to,
D/F# Em7 Cadd9 G
This life, this love that you and I have been building up so high,
G/F Cadd9 G
It’s never gonna touch the sky, without you.
G G/F Em7 - Cadd9 G G/F Em7
Mmmm, without you Without you, baby, baby, baby without you
Cadd9 G
Without you.
How to Play Let Me Down Easy by Billy Currington
Capo 1
Intro: G (CsD4) C G (CsD4) C
G C
There's a little moonlight, dancin on the sand
G C
There's a warm breeze blowin by the ocean as your takin my hand
D C
You need to know, where I'm standin now
G C
That I'm right on the edge of givin in to ya
D
Baby its a long way down
Chorus:
G Bm C
If I fall, can ya let me down easy
G Bm
If I leave my heart with you tonight,
C Am
Will you promise me that you're gonna treat it right
Bm C Em F Em G (CsD4) C
I'm barely hangin on, if i fall, can you let me down easy
Vs. 2
The scent of your perfume, floatin in the air
Lookin like an angel, lyin on a blanket with a halo of hair
And those lips, look to good to be true
Once I taste that kiss, I know what'll happen
I'll be at the mercy of you
Monday, March 21, 2011
How to Play Pancho and Lefty by Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard
(Verse 1)
D
Livin' on the road, my friend
A
Was gonna keep us free and clean
G
But now you wear your skin like iron
D A
And your breath's as hard as kerosene
G
You weren't your mama's only boy
D G
But her favorite one, it seems
Bm G A
She began to cry when you said good bye
G Bm
And sank into your dreams
(Verse 2)
D
Pancho was a bandit, boys
A
Rode a horse fast as polished steel
G
Wore his guns outside his pants
D A
For all the honest world to feel
G
Pancho met his match, you know
D G
On the deserts down in Mexico
Bm G A
No one heard his dyin' words
G Bm
But that's the way it goes
(Chorus)
G
And all the federales say
D G
They could have had him any day
Bm G A
They only let him slip away
G Bm
Out of kindness, I suppose
(Verse 3)
D
Now Lefty he can't sing the blues
A
All night long like he used to
G
The dust that Pancho bit down South
D A
It ended up in Lefty's mouth
G
The day they laid old Pancho low
D G
Lefty split for Ohio
Bm G A
Where he got the bread to go
G Bm
Well there ain't nobody 'knows
(Chorus)
(Verse 4)
D
Now poets sing how Pancho fell
A
Lefty's livin' in a cheap hotel
G
The desert's quiet and Cleveland's cold
D A
And so the story ends, we're told
G
Pancho needs your prayers, it's true
D G
But save a few for Lefty, too
Bm G A
He only did what he had to do
G Bm
And now he's growin' old
(Chorus)
(Final Chorus)
D
Yes a few old gray federales still say
D G
They could have had him any day
Bm G A
They only let him go so wrong
G Bm
Out of kindness, I suppose
Monday, February 14, 2011
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Friday, February 4, 2011
How to Play He Stopped Loving Her Today by George Jones
G
He said I'll love you til I die
C
She told him you'll forget in time
D
As the years went slowly by
G
She still preyed upon his mind
G
He kept her picture on his wall
C
Went half crazy now and then
D
He still loved her through it all
G
Hoping she'd come back again
G# (# from here on out)
Kept some letters by his bed
C
dated 1962
D7
He had underlined in red
G
Every single I love you
G
I went to see him just today
C
Oh but I didn't see no tears
D7
All dressed up to go away
G
First time I'd seen him smile in years
Chorus:
G G7
He stopped loving her today
C
They placed a wreath upon his door
D7
And soon they'll carry him away
G
He stopped loving her today
G
You know she came to see him one last time
C
Oh and we all wondered if she would
D7
And it kept running through my mind
G
This time he's over her for good
Chorus:...
Saturday, January 15, 2011
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