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Short Haired Woman Blues chords by Dave Rawlings Machine

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SHORT HAIRED WOMAN BLUES
from "Nashville Obsolete"
transcribed by Tim Herold


NOTE: Dave capos the 1st fret (Chord diagramF minorFm = Em, etc.), while Gil capos the 8th (Chord diagramF minorFm = Am, etc.)


Main riff:

   Chord diagramF minorFm              Chord diagramG#G#              Chord diagramBb majorBb              Chord diagramBbmBbm     Chord diagramC5C5
Chord diagramE MajorE|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-----------------------------3---1-----------1-3-1--------------|
e|-1-----------1-3-4---------------------------------------4---3--|

INTRO:

Chord diagramG#G#                  D#4         Chord diagramF#F#              Chord diagramC#C#                     Chord diagramBb7Bb7


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Chord diagramF minorFm                  Chord diagramG#G#             Chord diagramBb majorBb              Chord diagramBbmBbm         Chord diagramC5C5

Chord diagramF minorFm                  Chord diagramG#G#             Chord diagramBb majorBb              Chord diagramBbmBbm         Chord diagramC5C5


VERSE:
Chord diagramF minorFm                  Chord diagramG#G#             Chord diagramBb majorBb              Chord diagramBbmBbm         Chord diagramC5C5
   Met her  on   a  harvest moon,      once upon a time in the mid-
Chord diagramF minorFm                  Chord diagramG#G#             Chord diagramBb majorBb              Chord diagramBbmBbm         Chord diagramC5C5
west
Chord diagramF minorFm                  Chord diagramG#G#             Chord diagramBb majorBb              Chord diagramBbmBbm         Chord diagramC5C5
  She told me as we stole away,       that she was freer than  all the
Chord diagramF minorFm                  Chord diagramG#G#             Chord diagramBb majorBb              Chord diagramBbmBbm         Chord diagramC5C5
rest


PRECHORUS:

          Chord diagramG#G#                 Chord diagramD#D#              Chord diagramF#F#                     Chord diagramC#C#
 With her hair  cut  like a  farmboy and her cards so close to her  breast
          Chord diagramG#G#                 Chord diagramD#D#              Chord diagramF#F#                     Chord diagramC#C#              Chord diagramBb majorBb
Just how much harm she could do me...        No, I never would have guessed
CHORUS:

Chord diagramFF                       Chord diagramBb majorBb        Chord diagramFF                              Chord diagramBb majorBb
  Don't go chasing wild ponies;     they're half crazy and they  run
Chord diagramFF                                   Chord diagramD#D#                      Chord diagramBb majorBb            Chord diagramBbsus2Bbsus2 Chord diagramBb majorBb
Don't go lovin' short haired women, they're gonna leave you cryin'
                      Chord diagramD#D#     Chord diagramFF
after thinking it was all in fun


VERSE:

Chord diagramF minorFm                 Chord diagramG#G#             Chord diagramBb majorBb              Chord diagramBbmBbm          Chord diagramC5C5
    We came upon a boomer shack;    she broke the windows      just
Chord diagramF minorFm                 Chord diagramG#G#             Chord diagramBb majorBb              Chord diagramBbmBbm          Chord diagramC5C5
because
Chord diagramF minorFm                 Chord diagramG#G#             Chord diagramBb majorBb              Chord diagramBbmBbm          Chord diagramC5C5
   Later along the railroad track,  she laid me down-- that's  how she
Chord diagramF minorFm                 Chord diagramG#G#             Chord diagramBb majorBb              Chord diagramBbmBbm          Chord diagramC5C5
was


PRECHORUS:

          Chord diagramG#G#                  Chord diagramD#D#                     Chord diagramF#F#                      Chord diagramC#C#
 With the first rush of the freight train, there was rain on the high summer corn
          Chord diagramG#G#                  Chord diagramD#D#                     Chord diagramF#F#                      Chord diagramC#C#              Chord diagramBb majorBb
"Oh, it's just a game," she told me;       I said,  "No,       I  am       reborn"


CHORUS:

Chord diagramFF                       Chord diagramBb majorBb        Chord diagramFF                              Chord diagramBb majorBb
  Don't go chasing wild ponies;     they're half crazy when they run
Chord diagramFF                                   Chord diagramD#D#                      Chord diagramBb majorBb            Chord diagramBbsus2Bbsus2 Chord diagramBb majorBb
Don't go lovin' short haired women, they're gonna leave you cryin'
                      Chord diagramD#D#     Chord diagramFF
after thinking it was all in fun


INTERLUDE:

Chord diagramF minorFm                 Chord diagramG#G#             Chord diagramBb majorBb              Chord diagramBbmBbm          Chord diagramC5C5
                                  hmm-            mmm,         all  in
Chord diagramF minorFm                 Chord diagramG#G#             Chord diagramBb majorBb              Chord diagramBbmBbm          Chord diagramC5C5
fun
Chord diagramF minorFm                 Chord diagramG#G#             Chord diagramBb majorBb              Chord diagramBbmBbm          Chord diagramC5C5
Chord diagramF minorFm                 Chord diagramG#G#             Chord diagramBb majorBb              Chord diagramBbmBbm          Chord diagramC5C5


VERSE 3:

Chord diagramF minorFm                 Chord diagramG#G#             Chord diagramBb majorBb              Chord diagramBbmBbm          Chord diagramC5C5
   As for her whereabouts,           I hear she's living  in   Baton
Chord diagramF minorFm                 Chord diagramG#G#             Chord diagramBb majorBb              Chord diagramBbmBbm          Chord diagramC5C5
Rouge
Chord diagramF minorFm                 Chord diagramG#G#             Chord diagramBb majorBb              Chord diagramBbmBbm          Chord diagramC5C5
  Giving all those Creole men                 the short-haired woman
Chord diagramF minorFm                 Chord diagramG#G#             Chord diagramBb majorBb              Chord diagramBbmBbm          Chord diagramC5C5
blues,          ooooooh       ooooooooh


OUTRO:

Chord diagramG#G#                  Chord diagramD#D#                     Chord diagramF#F#                      Chord diagramC#C#
                                                                      the short-haired woman
Chord diagramG#G#                  Chord diagramD#D#                     Chord diagramF#F#                      Chord diagramC#C#                         Chord diagramBb majorBb
blues
Chord diagramFF                       Chord diagramBb majorBb        Chord diagramFF                              Chord diagramBb majorBb
Chord diagramFF                                   Chord diagramD#D#                      Chord diagramBb majorBb            Chord diagramBbsus2Bbsus2 Chord diagramBb majorBb
Don't go lovin' short haired women, they're gonna leave you cryin'
                      Chord diagramD#D#     Chord diagramFF
after thinking it was all in fun


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