Tuning E A D G B E Strumming There is no strumming pattern for this song yet. Add it and get +5 IQ SONG: LIVIN` NEXT TO LEROY ARTIST: ASHLEY McBRYDE TAB BY: DON CZARSKI EMAIL: GUITARZAN7@HOTMAIL.COM LIVIN` NEXT TO LEROY ASHLEY McBRYDE CAPO: NONE I prefer to play this without a capo and using barre chords. If you want you can use a capo and transpose the chords if it Makes it easier to play the song.
INTRO: F F# B VERSE: C# B F# I used to roll my cigarettes on the hood of my Tacoma C# B F# Sit and watch the world go by C# B F# And I was seventeen and green and knowin` nothin` `bout livin` C# B F# In a town where people go to die VERSE: C# B F# Leroy was a transplant from somewhere in Alabama C# B F# The first time I met him, he asked me for a spoon C# B F# And I thought he must`ve been in a bluegrass band, or somethin` C# B F# But I`d find out one August afternoon CHORUS: C# B F# Three doors down, there`s tinfoil on the table C# B F# They ain`t cookin` up nothin` good `round here C# B F# There`s one in every house: high on the couch, stealin` cable C# B F# On the dark side of the country it ain`t bonfires, it ain`t beer D#m B B But you find out quick how big a hit the neighbor`s bike`ll get ya, boy C# B F# C# B F# Livin` next to Leroy VERSE: C# B F# In the classroom, Susie Highschool was passin` pills like notes C# B F# Takin` shots in the parkin` lot at lunch C# B F# And I`d join in every now and then `cause you can`t beat the cool crowd C# B F# I`d go to Leroy`s `til I sobered up CHORUS: C# B F# Three doors down, there`s tinfoil on the table C# B F# They ain`t cookin` up nothin` good `round here C# B F# There`s one in every house: high on the couch, stealin` cable C# B F# On the dark side of the country it ain`t bonfires, it ain`t beer D#m B But you find out quick how big a hit that class ring`ll get ya, boy C# B F# C# B F# Livin` next to Leroy VERSE: C# B F# I rolled a J on the day I got my diploma C# B F# I knew Leroy would be proud C# B F# I can`t forget shakin` him, tryin` to wake him on that sofa C# B F# He never did come `round INSTRUMENTAL/SOLO: C# B F# C# B F# C# B F# C# B F# C# B F# C# B F# C# B F# C# B F# CHORUS: C# B F# Yeah, three doors down, there`s tinfoil on the table C# B F# They ain`t cookin` up nothin` good `round here C# B F# There`s one in every house: high on the couch, stealin` cable C# B F# On the dark side of the country it ain`t bonfires, it ain`t beer D#m B But you find out quick how high you get when that last hit gets ya, boy OUTRO: C# B F# Livin` next to Leroy Yeah C# B F# Livin` next to Leroy Oooh yeah ooh C# B F# C# B F# Next to Leroy Yeah ah um FADE OUT: (this can be omitted as it is so soft and quiet) F# C# G# F# C# G#
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