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# Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 14:49:36 -0500 From: Andrew Rogers <rogers@hi.com> Subject: ./l/lovin_spoonful/nashville_cats.crd "Nashville Cats" (John Sebastian) Intro: (stock C&W intro, more-or-less invented in the 50's by Luther Perkins of Johnny Cash's Tennessee Two) (C) v v v v v v v v ---00--00--00--00|------------------| ---11--11--11--11|------------------| ---00--00--00--00|------------------| ---22--22--22--22|------------------| -3-------3-------|-3-------0---2----| -----3-------3---|-----3------------| <----- 3X -------------------------| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ doubled w/bass Chorus:
NCashvG7ille cCats, play clean as country water NCashvG7ille cCats, play wild as mountain dew NCashvG7ille cCats, been playin' since they's babies NCashvG7ille cCats, get work before they're two
Verse 1: (C) G7 Well, there's 1352 guitar pickers in Nashville (G7) And they can pick more notes than the number of ants on a
TCennessee ant hill Yeah, there's 1352 guitar cFases in Nashville And anyG7one that unpacks his guitar can play twice as bCetter than I will
Verse 2: Well, I was just thirteen, you might say I was a musical proverbial knee-high When I heard a couple new-soundin' tunes on the tubes and they blasted me sky-high And the record man said every one was a yellow Sun record from Nashville [historical note: Sun was in Memphis] And up North here ain't nobody buys them, and I said "but I will" [repeat chorus] Verse 3: Well, there's 16,821 mothers from Nashville All their friends play music and they ain't uptight if one of the kids will Because it's custom made for any mother's son to be a guitar picker in Nashville And I sure am glad I had the chance to say a word about the music and the mothers in Nashville [repeat chorus] Coda: (spoken:) Pick it... C F / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / C G7 C / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / -- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers