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Intro (John Jeffers plays this) May not be EXACTLY how he plays it note for note but it's pretty dang close! (7)=the fifth
fret bent up to the D note on the 7th fret
e|-------------3------------3------------3-----------3-----|
b|--3----3-------3------3-----5------3-----3-----3---------|
g|--5b(7)--(7)-----5rb----5-----5p4----4-----4h5---5-------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
Then Cody Tate comes in with this:
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
b|--10b----10brb-8--------------------------------------6h8---10b---11b----10brb--8----------------------------|
g|-----------------------7brb-5/4-----------------4/5-7--------------------------------7brb--5/4---------------|
D|------------------------------------7brb-5---------------------------------------------------------7brb-5----|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Then the verses are pretty much just G and C:
G C
Broke down in Stone Mountain Georgia
G C
Many miles from my home
G C
A trail of tears that I left searchin
G C
Some yours and my own
G C
So I'm out hear prayin to Jesus
G C
for a Ghost in the night
G C
Cuz all they want is a simple dollar
G C
and a song I won't write
Chorus:
e|--------------------15---15-/------------------------|
b|--------------------18b--18b/------------------------|
g|-----------------------------------------------------|
D|--3-4-5----------------------------------------------|
A|--3-4-5----------------------------------------------|
E|--1-2-3----------------------------------------------|
Momma! .
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
b|-----------------------------------------------------|
g|-----------3-5br-3-5b--------------------------------|
D|--3-4-5----------------------------------------------|
A|--3-4-5----------------------------------------------|
E|--1-2-3----------------------------------------------|
Let it be!
Bb C Bb F F F# G
There ain't no man gonna take this from me (listen to the song to get the last chords right with lyrics, repeat the whole
thing for the rest of the chorus)
Bridge:
F C G
Let it storm
F C G
I've got a few things on my mind
F C G
They wanna take it and break it and make it their own and it's
F C G
time I keep mine
Interlude before the solo:
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
b|-----------------------------------------------------|
g|-------------------------------------------3---------|
D|-----5-3-0------3h5-------5-3-0----------------------|(play several times until solo kicks in)
A|------------3h5-------------------3h5----------------|
E|--3--------------------3-----------------------------|
Riff played during the solo (sorry don't have the solo yet)
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
b|-----------------------------------------------------|
g|---5-5-5-3b-----3-5brb3-5p3------5-5-5-3b----------3-|and there are basically different variations of licks that John
D|---5-5------5---------------5p3--5-5------5----3-5---|Jeffers plays after the first part of the riff.
A|---------------------------------------------5-------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|