The Ballad Of Old Tom Jones tab by Barney Bentall

Tabs

Title: The Ballad of Old Tom Jones

Capo 3, Drop D MajorD


Chords: D MajorD = 0x0232
    A augmentedA = x02220
    E minorEm = 222000
    C majorC = x32033
    G+G = 550030


Note: Song in key of D MajorD (F#F# as capoed), sot try to let low D MajorD string ring while playing D MajorD
and during licks. You will need to mute the BB and high E MajorE string while playing the
licks (particularly the slide on G+G from 4 to 7).

Intro:

    D MajorD       D MajorD       D MajorD       A augmentedA (play A augmentedA for full measure)
e|-----------------------------------------------0-|
BB|-3-3-------3-3-3-3-------3-3-3-3-------3-3-3-3-2-|
G+G|-2-4-4s7-4-2-2-2-4-4s7-4-2-2-2-4-4s7-4-2-2-2-4-2-| x2
D MajorD|-0-0-0---0-0-4-0-0-0---0-0-4-0-0-0---0-0-4-0-0-2-|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------0-|
D MajorD|-----0-------------0-------------0---------------|

Then:
       D MajorD (play D MajorD for full measure)
e|-----------2-|
BB|-----------3-|
G+G|-----------2-|
D MajorD|-2h4p2p0---0-|
A augmentedA|---------2---|
D MajorD|-----------0-|


Verse 1 (same as first part of Intro):

D MajorD
Old Tom Jones, woke up on a winters morn
                       A augmentedA
The sun was barely poking through through the trees
   D MajorD
The mercury read minus 50 degrees
                         A augmentedA
He thought for sure the damn thing had finally broken

Pre-chorus 1:

          D MajorD
Until he walked outside
     E minorEm        D MajorD
He said Kenny, I'm getting old
   E minorEm           D MajorD
I'm tired, stove up and I'm cold,
    C majorC             G+G
It's a long time since I've gotten any
     C majorC                   G+G
I been crawling over dollar bills and chasing pennies

Chorus 1:

   A augmentedA                D MajorD
And lately I've been thinking 'bout home
e|-----------------2-|
BB|-----------------3-|
G+G|-----------------2-|
D MajorD|-2h4-2-0---0-0-2-0-|
A augmentedA|---------2---------|
D MajorD|----------------0--|

Verse 2:

This old ranch been here, for many, many a year
May for to feed the men, head north for gold
It'll still go strong, long after I've moved on
So to some to rich fool searching through his soul

Pre-chorus 2:

           D MajorD
Dreaming of being a cowboy
E minorEm         D MajorD
Kenny, so goddamn tired
        E minorEm                 D MajorD
Feel like I'm held together with baling twine and wire
      C majorC           G+G
There's a dance in Jesman Friday night
      C majorC           G+G
There's a widow I'm hoping just might,
C majorC            G+G
Offer me a little company
    C majorC                    G+G
She's a hard one, so I don't think it'll come free

Chorus 2:

 A augmentedA         G+G       D MajorD
Lately I've been thinking 'bout home
e|-----------------2-|
BB|-----------------3-|
G+G|-----------------2-|
D MajorD|-2h4-2-0---0-0-2-0-|
A augmentedA|---------2---------|
D MajorD|---------------0---|
       A augmentedA           G+G    D MajorD
The hills of England, where as a child I'd roam
e|-----------------2-|
BB|-----------------3-|
G+G|-----------------2-|
D MajorD|-2h4-2-0---0-0-2-0-|
A augmentedA|---------2---------|
D MajorD|---------------0---|
   A augmentedA         G+G       D MajorD
And lately I've been thinking 'bout home
e|-------------------2-|
BB|-------------------3-|
G+G|-------------------2-|
D MajorD|-2h4-2-0-----------0-|
A augmentedA|---------4-2-0-------|
D MajorD|---------------4-2-0-|

Verse 3:
I never got to see my mom, before she died
And I'd like to see just where they laid her bones
Back to the rolling hills of Bristol
Where ain't no one packs a pistol
And a cowboy only rides in books

Pre-chorus 3 (Same as pre-chorus 2):

And boy, I'll tell some tales
And Kenny, I wonder which one's home
When you ain't sure anymore, you start to feel alone
Just this restlessness, come creeping in
Following me anywhere that lately I've been
Like a heavy rain banging on the tin
The salmon down on the Fraser, swimming with the battered fins

Chorus 3:

Searching for their childhood home
e|-----------------2-|
BB|-----------------3-|
G+G|-----------------2-|
D MajorD|-2h4-2-0---0-0-2-0-|
A augmentedA|---------2---------|
D MajorD|---------------0---|
That patch of gravel they know is their own
e|-----------------2-|
BB|-----------------3-|
G+G|-----------------2-|
D MajorD|-2h4-2-0---0-0-2-0-|
A augmentedA|---------2---------|
D MajorD|---------------0---|
Lately I've been thinking 'bout home
e|-----------------2-|
BB|-----------------3-|
G+G|-----------------2-|
D MajorD|-2h4-2-0---0-0-2-0-|
A augmentedA|---------2---------|
D MajorD|---------------0---|
The hills of England, where as a child I'd roam
e|-----------------2-|
BB|-----------------3-|
G+G|-----------------2-|
D MajorD|-2h4-2-0---0-0-2-0-|
A augmentedA|---------2---------|
D MajorD|---------------0---|
Lately I've been thinking 'bout home
e|-------------------2-|
BB|-------------------3-|
G+G|-------------------2-|
D MajorD|-2h4-2-0-----------0-|
A augmentedA|---------4-2-0-------|