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transcr i ption by Dave Hancock
Numbers in parentheses are licks listed at end of chord/lyrics
[Intro]
|-------------||----|-------------------|
|---------3---||----|-------------------|
|-------x----.||----|-------------------|
|-4-h-5------.||-x5-|-4-h-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-------------||----|-------------------|
|-------------||----|-------------------|
[verse]
G
I had plenty of keys on my key ring
D
A beautiful home I had everything
C7 G
With a lovin' wife and a car to drive
(1) D (2)
I came home from work every day at five
G (3)
And one by one I started losin' them keys
(4) D(5)
My darling wife I just couldn't please
C7(6) G (7)
My boss got on my nerves one day
(1) D (2)
I knew that I was on my way
[Chorus]
C G
I lost my wife, I lost my home
D G
Quit my job, and set out alone
C G (8)x8
With just one key on my key chain
D G (9)
I'm gonna start all over again
[verse]
G (10)
She finally decided we just couldn't be
(11) D (12)
She wanted things I just couldn't see
C7(13) G (14)
She said, I'm tired of waiting around
(1) D (2) without s5
She took the last train out of town
[Repeat chorus] (15) lead break
[verse]
G
Well the bankers came and took the key to my home
D
Just one key left from all I ever owned
C G (16)
I'm turning that key lettin' out the clutch
(1) D (2)
I never did like this town that much
[Repeat chorus]
[Licks]
=====================================
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
|---------|-----------------|--------------|---------|-----------|---------|
|---------|-----------------|-3-h-5-3------|-0-1-2-3-|-3h5-3-2-1-|---------|
|---------|---------------0-|--------4-2-0-|-0-2-3-4-|-4s5-4-3-2-|-------3-|
|-------0-|------0-2-0-s5---|--------------|---------|-----------|----2----|
|-2-3-4---|-0-1-2-----------|--------------|---------|-----------|-3-------|
|---------|-----------------|--------------|---------|-----------|---------|
Note for lick (5) :
3h5
4s5 I fret the B string 3rd fret with my index finger and the G string 4th
fret with the middle finger. Then I hammer the B string 5th fret with
my ring finger. This could also be played using slides for both
instead of the hammer. I prefer the combo slide/hammer.
(7) (8) (9)
|--------------------------|------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------|----------------2s3-------------|
|-3b(4)--(4)r3p0---------0-|----------0-|-------------0--3s4-------------|
|----------------2-0--s5---|-4-h-5--5---|-------0-2-0--------5--2-0------|
|--------------------------|------------|-0-1-2--------------------2-0---|
|--------------------------|------------|------------------------------3-|
(10) (11) (12) (13) (14)
|----------|---------------|----------------|-----------|-----------------|
|-s6-5-4-3-|-1-0-----------|-3--------------|-------1---|-----------------|
|----------|-----2-0-------|-2--0---0---0---|---------3-|-3p2p0-----------|
|----------|---------3-2-0-|------4---4---0-|-0-1-2-----|-------2p0-------|
|----------|---------------|----------------|-----------|-----------1p0---|
|----------|---------------|----------------|-----------|---------------3-|
(15) lead break
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------0------0-0------00----00-----00-----------------------------------3b(4)-0--3b(4)-0-|
|-------0-2-0----s5--------s5-----s5-----s5----2-0-2-0-s3-2-0-------------0-2-0------------------|
|-0-1-2-------------------------------------------------------2s1-----1-2------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------3------------------------------|
|-0-1-0-1-0--------------------0------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------3-0-1-0------------1--3--1--1--3--3---------------------------------------|
|-------------------2-------------3--2--0--3--3---3b(4)--3b(4)--(4)r3-0-0-----------0-|
|---------------------s3-0------------------------------------------------------0-2---|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------1-2-------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
(16) Ending
|---1-0----------------------------------------|-------------------------|----------------3-|
|-------3-1-----0------------------------------|-------------------------|----------------0-|
|-3---------2-3---3-2-0------0-----------------|-3b(4)-(4)r3p0-----------|-------------0--0-|
|------------------------2-3---3-2-0-2-0-------|---------------2p0-----0-|-------0-2-0----0-|
|----------------------------------------2-0---|-------------------1s2---|-0-1-2----------2-|
|--------------------------------------------3-|-------------------------|----------------3-|
I hope I didn't make any typos or note omissions. If you find any, yell at me.