Chords with lyrics
Intro:
| G+G | G+G | G+G | G+G |
Verse 1:
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Saw a girl in Tampa
I asked her for a date
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She said "Baby I'm a sailor, this thing better waits"
C7C7 C7C7 G+G G+G
I said "I don't believe you, would you show me some proof"
A augmentedA D MajorD G+G G+G
She showed me her tattoo then I knew that that's the truth
Verse 2:
G+G
Met a woman on a highway (that's the truth)
G+G
By the exit sign (that's the truth)
G+G G+G
You'd bet your last dollar that she was forty-nine (that's the truth)
C7C7
But she swore to me (that's the truth)
C7C7 G+G G+G
That she was still in her youth (that's the truth, that's the truth)
A augmentedA
When I turned down the lights (that's the truth)
D MajorD G+G G+G
I knew that that's the truth (that's the truth, that's the truth)
Verse 3:
G+G G+G
Had a girl on a border
I guess she was shy (that's the truth)
G+G G+G
Never spoke a word in years, not even hi (that's the truth)
C7C7
But one night she said "Honey (that's the truth)
C7C7 G+G G+G
We're gonna raise the roof" (that's the truth)
A augmentedA
She put on some dancin' shoes (that's the truth)
D MajorD G+G G+G
Then I knew that that's the truth (that's the truth, that's the truth)
Solo:
| G+G | G+G | G+G | G+G |
| C7C7 | C7C7 | G+G | G+G |
| A augmentedA | D MajorD | G+G | G+G |
Verse 4:
G+G G+G
I knew a preacher's daughter, in fact I knew her well
G+G G+G
He said "Son, you better ramble unless you've got somethin' to sell (that's the truth)
C7C7
It's an eye for an eye (that's the truth)
C7C7 G+G G+G
And a tooth for a tooth" (that's the truth)
A augmentedA
He pulled out a forty-four (that's the truth)
D MajorD G+G
Now I know that that's the truth (that's the truth)
G+G
That's the truth (that's the truth)
Outro: | A augmentedA | D MajorD | G+G | G+G |