Women and Work

Hell yeah. It's that time again, folks. New Lucero songs are starting to trickle out into the world. There has to be at least seven of them in the chute. And despite being encumbered by inconveniences like a new job and a full load of grad work, I am determined to keep up with the tabs.

The latest one is called Women and Work. Here's a nice video of it. It's a bouncy working man's blues that reminds me of both The Devil & Maggie and Sounds of the City. The main part of the song is an A shuffle like this:

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|-2-4-2---2-4-2---2-4-2---2-4-2---|
|-2-4-2---2-4-2---2-4-2---2-4-2---|
|-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---|
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The strumming pattern there sounds like up-down-up-rest. All the chords are power chords except the typical Lucero Dsus (xx0230).

Brian has a cool fill that shows up twice. You can see a video of him working on it with producer Ted Hutt here. It goes like this:

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|-12^v-12-10----10-|
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|-12^v-12-10----10-|
|------------11----|
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|-12^-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12v-10-|
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Verses:

A shuffle
Now it's one shot of women, one shot of work
A shuffle
One shot's sweeter but they both can hurt
D__________________________A shuffle
Just let it go. Kid, just let it go.
A shuffle
Feels alright for being so wrong
A shuffle
Don't look back cause it won't last long
D__________________________A shuffle
Just let it go. Kid, just let it go.
E
Raise up your glass. Let's make a toast
D
It hurts in the morning but you still need `em both

A shuffle

Choruses:

B__________________E
A honky tonk and a jack knife
A_________________D
A tomahawk and an ex-wife
A_________________E_____________D
Come on kid let's drink `em down
A_________E_________________A shuffle
Kid don't let it get you down



Now I'm playing too fast, thinking too slow
Women and the work and a kid don't you know
Let it go. Kid just let it go.
Come on in, get out of the cold
Women and work got you froze to the bone

A honky tonk and a jack knife
A tomahawk and an ex-wife
Come on kid let's drink `em down
Kid don't let it get you down

Bridge:
(I think this "B" might actually be x044xx)

B__________________________E
Women and the work and the booze in between
________A_____________________D
Got you puking in the aisles, smashing TVs
A_________E__________________D
Kid don't let it get you down

Now it's one shot of women, one shot of work
Don't try to sip `em cause they'll only taste worse
Let it go. Kid, just let it go.
Raise up your glass. Let's make a toast
You can't win `em all, but you still need `em both

A honky tonk and a jack knife
A tomahawk and an ex-wife

A honky tonk and a jack knife
A tomahawk and an ex-wife
Come on kid let's drink `em down
Come on kid let's drink `em down
Kid don't let it get you down