This is dead easy compared to the usual Roddy "Tricky Fingering" chord lines.
I've stuck in the variations of each chord that I use on the different parts of
the song, but there's no reason why you can't just play the simple open string
variations throughout.
Chords Used:
E A D G B E
(First bit of verse)
A O O 2 2 2 O
D ---------------------- 2 O O 2 3 2
(X on 6th easier)
E O 2 2 1 O O
(Higher second bit)
A 5 7 7 6 5 5
D ---------------------- 5 5 7 7 7 5
E 4 7 6 4 5 4
(Tricky, but useful!)
(Chorus)
D 2 5 4 2 3 2
C# --------------------- 1 4 3 1 2 1
(X on 5th & 6th easier)
F# 2 4 4 3 2 2
Bm --------------------- 2 2 4 4 3 2
A O O 2 2 2 O
E ---------------------- O 2 2 1 O O
(Bridge)
G# 4 6 6 5 4 4
A ---------------------- 5 7 7 6 5 5
D 5 5 7 7 7 5
B ---------------------- 7 9 9 8 7 7
E 7 7 9 9 9 7
Verse:
A - D -------------- A ----
I recall the biggest beach,
-------- E ----------------------------
Throwing stones almost alone apart from
A ------- D ------------- A ----
Something just outside of reach.
------- E --------------------
But I'd swear, I wouldn't say.
(Now go higher!)
A --------- D ------- A ---
So paint me up into a scene
-------- E -----------------------------
And I'll throw me like a party which had
A ------ D ----------------- A --
Come and stayed and left and been
------- E ------------------------------
And had still refused to end and if your
Chorus:
D ----- C# ----------- F# ------ Bm --
Head is happy and your heart's insane,
E ------------ A ---
I'll take you there.
-------- D -------- C# ------------ F# ------ Bm ---
When you throw your thunder and you snap your reins,
E ----------- A ---
I'll make you care.
(Now have a bit of an oh-hoooo oh-hooo over the
verse's A - D - A - E sequence)
(Verse 2 as before)
Since I'm scattered and deranged
I shall seek your holy lunacy
And laugh with joy and laugh with pain.
So don't say I didn't say.
(Same pattern, but higher!)
And I'll remember a Texan man
When he spoke in major sevenths
And I 'll get my gun and blow his tan
And banish him from heaven and if your....
(leap into chorus)
Bridge:
-- G# -------------- A -----------
My mind has torn its track to you,
D ---------------- A -
Feet can't wait to go.
------ G# ----------- A ----------
That's why I'm coming back to you.
D ----------------- B -------------------
You know I'm coming. You know I'm coming.
E ---------------------------------------
You feel me coming like a gun from below.
(Now give it plenty of oh-hooo with gusto
like you did after the verses!)
