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(Thanks to user: b_munroe , fitzmunroe@gmail.com for starting this in Version 1.)
I changed some chords, and added the rhythm changes.
Standard Tuning. no capo. sample chords:
G 320003
Em 022000
D xx0323
C x32010
In 4/4 time, except for a couple of 2-beat measures in each verse, noted as "2/4".
[Verse 1]
G | | | |
Delta Mama and a Nickajack Man. Raised their
Em | | | |
Cumberland daughter in a Tennessee band
D | |
Played Springwater at Station Inn. Could-
C |2/4 | Em |
n't play fast, could-n't fit in. Caught a
[Verse 2]
G | | | |
'66 Dodge in Caroline.
Em | | | |
Got her education on her mama's dime She was
D | |
singing in a bar called Comatose
C |2/4 | Em |
Halfway rusted on the sal-ty coast Rock of A-
[Chorus]
C | G | |
ges, cl-eave for me
C | G | Em | G |
Let me hi- de mys-elf in Th-ee
| C |Em |
Buried in the sand, five hun-
C |G |D |G | | |
dred mi-les from B-irmingh-am Well,
[Verse 3]
G |
Rockamount Cowboy in a rock and roll band, plugged his
|2/4 |Em | |
amplifier in all a-cross the land. Ath-
D | |
ens, Georgia on a Friday night; s-
C | 2/4 |Em | |
aw that little girl, well she could sing al-right. Spent
[Verse 4]
G | |
five years going from town to town, wait-
G |2/4 |Em | |
ing on that little girl to come a-round. Ca-
D | |
ught in the arms of New York City, to
C |2/4 | Em |
lose that gal seemed terri-ble pity. Rock of A-
[Chorus]
C | G | |
ges, cl-eave for me
C | G |Em |G |
Let my he-art for-get of Thee
| C |Em |
Why do you de-mand? Cal-
C |G |D |G | | | |
ling me from B-irmingh-am
[Bridge]
EmPulled her covered wagon off the B.Q.E.
Em |2/4 |G
Said this'll be the last you'll ever see of me
EmWell the cowboy laughed said I know it's not true
Em |2/4 | G
Cause there's nothing I could do to get loose from you
[Verse 5]
GMade a little money playing in the bars
G |2/4 |Em
With two beat up drums and two old gui-tars
DFrom the Crescent City to the Great Salt Lake
C |2/4 | Em
It ain't what you got, it's what you make
[Solo]
G Em D C Em
[Verse 6]
When the Groad got rough and the wheels all broke
EmCouldn't take more then we could tow
DMaking something out of nothing with a scratcher and our hope
C |2/4 | Em |
With two old guitars like a shovel and a rope. Rock of A-
[Chorus]
C | G | |
ges, cl-eave for me
C | G | Em | G |
Let me hi- de mys-elf in Th-ee
| C |Em |
Now I und-der-stand On-
C | G |D |G | | | |
bet-ter terms since B-irmingh-am