The Lovin' Spoonful - Nashville cats
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Tuning: E A D G B E
NASHVILLE CATS (Bassline)
As recorded by The Lovin' Spoonful
(From the 1966 Album HUMS OF THE LOVIN' SPOONFUL)
Words and Music by John Sebastian
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Steve Boone - Bass'
[Intro]
Q=169(8=s8)
4/4
Gtr I
Wx3 Q Q Q Q
G|------------|-------------||
D|------------|-------------||
A|------------|-3-----0--2--||
E|------------|----3--------||
[Chorus]
Segno $
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E Q. H
G|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
A|-3-----------|-3-----------|-3-----------|-3-3---------|
E|-------3-----|-------3-----|-------3-----|-------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E Q. H
G|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
A|-3-----------|-3-----------|-3-----------|-3-3---------|
E|-------3-----|-------3-----|-------3-----|-------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E Q. H
G|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
A|-3-----------|-3-----------|-3-----------|-3-3---------|
E|-------3-----|-------3-----|-------3-----|-------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E Q. H
G|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------||
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------||
A|-3-----------|-3-----------|-3-----------|-3-3---------||
E|-------3-----|-------3-----|-------3-----|-------------||
[1st & 3rd Verses]
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
G|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
A|-3-----0--2--|-3-----------|-3-----------|-5-----------|
E|----3--------|-------3-----|-------3-----|-------3-----|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
G|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
A|-5-----------|-5-----------|-5-----------|-3-----------|
E|-------3-----|-------3-----|-------3-----|-------3-----|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
G|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
D|-------------|-------------|-------0--2--|-3-----------|
A|-3-----------|-3-----------|-3--3--------|-------3-----|
E|-------3-----|-------3-----|-------------|-------------|
To Coda
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
G|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------||
D|-3--2--0--3--|-5-----------|-5--------5--|-------------||
A|-------------|-------5-----|-------5-----|-3-----------||
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------3-----||
[2nd Verse]
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
G|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
A|-3-----0--2--|-3-----------|-3-----------|-5-----------|
E|----3--------|-------3-----|-------3-----|-------3-----|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
G|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
A|-5-----------|-5-----------|-5-----------|-3-----------|
E|-------3-----|-------3-----|-------3-----|-------3-----|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
G|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
A|-3-----0--2--|-3-----------|-3-----------|-5-----------|
E|----3--------|-------3-----|-------3-----|-------3-----|
Dal Segno al Coda
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
G|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------||
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-3--2--0--3--||
A|-5-----------|-5-----------|-5--------5--|-3-----------|-------------||
E|-------3-----|-------3-----|-------3-----|-------3-----|-------------||
[Chorus]
Coda &
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
G|-------------||--------------|-------------|-------------|
D|-------------||o-------------|-------------|-------------|
A|-------0--2--||o-3-----------|-3-----------|-3-----------|
E|-3--3--------||--------3-----|-------3-----|-------3-----|
[Outro]
E Q. H 4x Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
G|--------------||-------------|-------------|
D|-------------o||-------------|-------0--2--|
A|-3-3---------o||-3-----------|-3-----------|
E|--------------||-------3-----|-------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
G|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
D|-3-----------|-3-----------|-------------|-------------|
A|-------3-----|-------3--2--|-3-----------|-5-----------|
E|-------------|-------------|-------3-----|-------3-----|
Q Q Q Q Q E E +H +W
G|-------------|---------------|--------*|
D|-------------|---------------|--------*|
A|-3-----------|-3----3-(3)----|-(3)----*|
E|-------3-----|----3----------|--------*|
[Lyrics]
Nashville Cats, play clean as country water
Nashville Cats, play wild as mountain dew
Nashville Cats, been playin' since they's babies
Nashville Cats, get work before they're two
Well, there's thirteen hundred and fifty two
Guitar pickers in Nashville
And they can pick more notes than the number of ants
On a Tennessee anthill
Yeah, there's thirteen hundred and fifty two
Guitar cases in Nashville
And any one that unpacks 'is guitar could play
Twice as better than I will
Yeah, I was just thirteen, you might say I was a
Musical proverbial knee-high
When I heard a couple new-sounding tunes on the tubes
And they blasted me sky-high
And the record man said every one is a Yellow Sun
Record from Nashville
And up North there ain't nobody buys them
And I said, "But I will"
And it was
Nashville Cats, play clean as country water
Nashville Cats, play wild as mountain dew
Nashville Cats, been playin' since they's babies
Nashville Cats, get work before they're two
Well, there's sixteen thousand eight hundred 'n' twenty one
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 got a chance to say a word about
The music and the mothers from Nashville
Nashville Cats, play clean as country water
Nashville Cats, play wild as mountain dew
Nashville Cats, been playin' since they's babies
Nashville Cats, get work before they're two
Pick it
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Duration Legend
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; a - acciaccatura;
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted;
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration).
| (n) - note tied to previous
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