I don't really have time for this hobby anymore, but this song was pretty easy to work out and write down, so what the hell. If you don't know it, there are a handful of versions on YouTube. I like it. Luckless love lyrics. Country chords in G. Lots of hammers and pulls. Kinda like 1979.
Verses riff:
G
|-----------3-|
|-3---3-----3-|
|-0h2-2p0---0-|
|-0---0-----0-|
|-----------2-|
|---------3-3-|
Cadd9
|-----------0-|
|-3---3-----3-|
|-0h2-2p0---0-|
|-0---0-----2-|
|---------3-3-|
|-------------|
Em7
|-----------0-|
|-3---3-----3-|
|-0h2-2p0---0-|
|-0---0-----2-|
|-----------2-|
|---------0-0-|
Cadd9
|-----------0-|
|-3---3-----3-|
|-0h2-2p0---0-|
|-0---0-----2-|
|---------3-3-|
|-------------|
G riff
It was Texas it was Tennessee
Cadd9 Riff
It was what I had coming to me
Em7 Riff
You were unlike anything before
Cadd9 Riff
Black magic devil killer, I was yours
G riff
It was the early days of rock and roll
Cadd9 Riff
It was Otis it was Memphis soul
Em7 Riff
It was a plane crash it was overnight
Cadd9 Riff
It was burning fast and burning bright
________________G
Baby, don't you talk no more. That look is loud enough
__________________Em7
You don't have to tell me how it feels not to be in love
________________Cadd9___________________________D
See that was my oldest game. Darling, it was my claim to fame
______Em7_____________________________D___________________________________Cadd9
And I knew it when I met you all that you would need was more than what I got
________________________G
Oh, so baby please just stop
G riff
It was Texas it was Tennessee
Cadd9 Riff
It was exes and some wanna-be-s
Em7 Riff
It was reckless it was understood
Cadd9 Riff
It didn't matter 'cause it felt so good
G riff
And I'll still be here if you change your mind
Cadd9 Riff
But I can see the leaving in your eyes
Em7 Riff
Don't want to hear it 'cause I know it well
Cadd9 Riff
I've said it all before to someone else
________________G
Baby, don't you talk no more. That look is loud enough
__________________Em7
You don't have to tell me how it feels not to be in love
________________Cadd9___________________________D
See that was my oldest game. Darling, it was my claim to fame
______Em7_____________________________D___________________________________Cadd9
And I knew it when I met you all that you would need was more than what I got
________________________G
Oh, so baby please just stop
G riff
It was Texas it was Tennessee
Cadd9 Riff
A kind of love close akin to grief
Em7 Riff
It was everything that I could want
Cadd9 Riff
California came and took it all
________________G
Baby, don't you talk no more. That look is loud enough
__________________Em7
You don't have to tell me how it feels not to be in love
________________Cadd9___________________________D
See that was my oldest game. Darling, it was my claim to fame
______Em7_____________________________D___________________________________Cadd9
And I knew it when I met you all that you would need was more than what I got
________________________G
Oh, so baby please just stop
Saturday, January 26, 2013
Texas and Tennessee
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3 comments:
So glad to see some activity on here. Sorry to hear you don't have much time for it these days. Well will still lurk to see what you get out when you can! Best of luck!
Good tab only thing to add is during the line "See that was my oldest game. Darling, it was my claim to fame" it sounds like hes doing a shuffle or something with the Cadd9 and D chords. So itd be alternating between a Cadd9 and a G chord. The D chords the same way it sounds like hes playing a D then hitting the open A string. Hard to describe without tabbing it out.
Do you ever plan on tabbing out the rest of the Texas and Tennessee EP? BTW love the what you do here been coming for years and I'll keep coming back.
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