The Fireflys Song tab by Alan Jackson

Tabs

Listen to the recording to get the beat. My tab only shows note order and not tempo.

The first intro bit:

|2-------0-----|
|-3---2--------|
|--2----2---2-2|
|--------------|
|-----0---0--0-|
|--------------|

then:

|2-----0------------2-----0-----------------------|
|-3--2------3---2--3-3--2------3---2-2---0--------|
|--2------4-----2-2---2------4-----2-2-1---1---2--|
|-------2-----2------------2-----2-----------2----|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|

Then a D MajorD chord with a hammer-on on the G+G string, and a hard plucked high E.
He plays the intro twice, and the goes to the verse with this:
p=pull-off

|-----1p0-------|
|---------------|
|-4p2-----------|
|----------3----|
|---------------|
|---------------|

Then an A augmentedA chord, and then an E MajorE chord, with the G+G string hammered on, and the E MajorE string
hard again.


Its hard to hear the picking pattern for the rest of the song. Just listen to it and
up something that sounds close.

It was also pretty hard to hear the chords for the chorus. Let me know if you think they
wrong.

F#m:244222
G#m:466444
Bm:x24432
Dmaj:x4333x

Verse:
 A augmentedA
I used to run in a young man's boots

    E MajorE
With a young man's heart
And a young man's roots

F# minorF#m                   Bm(with a hammer-on on b string)
But now I stand where a young man stood before
          A augmentedA
I don't run like I used to
     E MajorE        A augmentedA
This old man don't run no more

Chorus:

F# minorF#m E MajorE
Hey hidee ho
G# minorG#m     F# minorF#m      E MajorE
I used to go where the devil wouldn't go
     D MajorD
Where the river run still
    A augmentedA
And the water don't flow

Dmaj       F# minorF#m
Heaven couldn't stop me then
  E MajorE
Hey Hidee hi
G# minorG#m
Good lord willin
F# minorF#m         E MajorE
And the creek don't rise
  D MajorD
And life goes by
     A augmentedA
Like the fireflies
     E MajorE         A augmentedA
Where the devil sits with a grin


Well those are all the peices. Listen to the song to see how they all fit together.
Let me know if you enjoyed this tab (its my first one) or if you think I made an error
left out something.
Enjoy!

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