Shovels & Rope - O be joyful
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Tuning: E A D G B E
Here's another one by ShoRo. CAH picks it at the start with the B string open for the A chord. Also,
the G's in parentheses are step-ups from when she goes from E to A. You don't have to play them, but
that's how she plays it. During the second verse, the electric guitar comes in (keyboard when they
play it live) playing the same chords just barred.
"O' Be Joyful"
by Shovels and Rope
O' Be Joyful
G A G A G
O' Be AJoyful, is that what you're brewing
GDoes your daddy know Athat's what you're doing
His little girl's got her reputation out to ruin
G E (G)
She was giving them the country wave
AMachete in a tree stump, hound dog on a chain
GWooden legged woman playing the Abanjo in the rain
She can't recall the tune but the song is always the same
"GJesus, give me Estrength"
DBabe, it's alEright, gonna Awrap you up toF#mnight
D E (G) A G A G
And carry you out right on time
AShe got Comanche, she got Iroquois
GShe got a young man that she Aplays with like a toy
And he don't mind when she calls him little boy
That's a Gthing that he enEjoy
(G) A
He wants to get it all back but it's a little too late
He wants to sGtart all over, wants a Ashiny clean slate
But she'll skin him like a snake and hang him up over the gate
Don't Gbelieve it, well just you Ewait
DBabe, it's alEright, gonna Awrap you up toF#mnight
D E (G) A
And carry you out right on time
GHey alriAght, ain't it Ggood to be Aalive G
A D E (G)
Ain't it nice to be fighting on the winning side
A G A G A G A G A