Short Haired Woman Blues chords by Dave Rawlings Machine

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


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


Main riff:

   Fm              G#              Bb              Bbm     C5
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------3---1-----------1-3-1--------------|
e|-1-----------1-3-4---------------------------------------4---3--|

INTRO:

G#                  D#4         F#              C#                     Bb7


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Fm                  G#             Bb              Bbm         C5

Fm                  G#             Bb              Bbm         C5


VERSE:
Fm                  G#             Bb              Bbm         C5
   Met her  on   a  harvest moon,      once upon a time in the mid-
Fm                  G#             Bb              Bbm         C5
west
Fm                  G#             Bb              Bbm         C5
  She told me as we stole away,       that she was freer than  all the
Fm                  G#             Bb              Bbm         C5
rest


PRECHORUS:

          G#                 D#              F#                     C#
 With her hair  cut  like a  farmboy and her cards so close to her  breast
          G#                 D#              F#                     C#              Bb
Just how much harm she could do me...        No, I never would have guessed


CHORUS:

F                       Bb        F                              Bb
  Don't go chasing wild ponies;     they're half crazy and they  run
F                                   D#                      Bb            Bbsus2 Bb
Don't go lovin' short haired women, they're gonna leave you cryin'
                      D#     F
after thinking it was all in fun


VERSE:

Fm                 G#             Bb              Bbm          C5
    We came upon a boomer shack;    she broke the windows      just
Fm                 G#             Bb              Bbm          C5
because
Fm                 G#             Bb              Bbm          C5
   Later along the railroad track,  she laid me down-- that's  how she
Fm                 G#             Bb              Bbm          C5
was


PRECHORUS:

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


CHORUS:

F                       Bb        F                              Bb
  Don't go chasing wild ponies;     they're half crazy when they run
F                                   D#                      Bb            Bbsus2 Bb
Don't go lovin' short haired women, they're gonna leave you cryin'
                      D#     F
after thinking it was all in fun


INTERLUDE:

Fm                 G#             Bb              Bbm          C5
                                  hmm-            mmm,         all  in
Fm                 G#             Bb              Bbm          C5
fun
Fm                 G#             Bb              Bbm          C5
Fm                 G#             Bb              Bbm          C5


VERSE 3:

Fm                 G#             Bb              Bbm          C5
   As for her whereabouts,           I hear she's living  in   Baton
Fm                 G#             Bb              Bbm          C5
Rouge
Fm                 G#             Bb              Bbm          C5
  Giving all those Creole men                 the short-haired woman
Fm                 G#             Bb              Bbm          C5
blues,          ooooooh       ooooooooh


OUTRO:

G#                  D#                     F#                      C#
                                                                      the short-haired woman
G#                  D#                     F#                      C#                         Bb
blues
F                       Bb        F                              Bb
F                                   D#                      Bb            Bbsus2 Bb
Don't go lovin' short haired women, they're gonna leave you cryin'
                      D#     F
after thinking it was all in fun


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