Chords with lyrics
i don't actually know the name of the following chord, but this is how it'll be referred to for this tab.
Let me know if you know what it's called!
C1 C2
E MajorE|---3------3---
BB|---1------1---
G+G|---0------0---
D MajorD|---2------0---
A augmentedA|---0------0---
E MajorE|---3------3---
Just to try to simplify things, C1 will have hammer ons for the 4th string (listen to the song and listen for
it, hard to miss) and C2 will just be strumming the chord shown.
Standard Tuning
Capo 2
FF C majorC C1 (x4)
Verse 1: (use some palm muting)
FF C majorC C1
i fell a victim to a long hard way of livin
FF C majorC C1
i was on the beaten path
FF C majorC C1
i got lost in my own self reservations
Chorus:
FF C majorC C1
used to driving girls wild
FF C majorC C1
yeah i had me a few
FF C majorC C1
i was a wild child
FF C majorC C1
i broke some hearts in two
FF C majorC C2
never was the kind of guy you wanted around
A minorAm C majorC C2
there was nothing that i would do
FF C majorC C1
until i met you
FF C majorC C1
until i met you
Verse 2: (use some palm muting)
FF C majorC C1
you could say i was star struck in your presence
FF C majorC C1
you weren't like all the rest
FF C majorC C1
you didn't care that i sounded like a country singer
FF C majorC C1
though you weren't impressed
Chorus (x1)
Bridge:
FF A minorAm C2
well you held me down and you held my hand
FF A minorAm C2
and i didn't want to let go
FF A minorAm C2
so i set em down til you came around
FF A minorAm C2
cause i didn't want you to know
Chorus (x1)
FF C majorC C1
until i met you
FF C majorC C2 (end with just one strum)