Reckless Kelly is an American country rock band. Formed in Idaho, the band moved to Austin, Texas in October 1996 and is now based there.
Led by brothers Willy (vocals/guitar) and Cody Braun (vocals/fiddle/mandolin/harmonica), the alternative country-rock outfit Reckless Kelly formed in Bend Oregon in February 1996 before moving to Austin, Texas. The Brauns had previously toured with their father in Muzzie Braun & the Boys, a Western swing band, and were joined in their own group by the lead guitarist Casey Pollock
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A Sadie got a six gun, she ain’t afraid to use it A The banker took us straight down to the safe and I blew it D The sheriff heard a big bang in the broad daylight A And by the time the smoke cleared we were nowhere in sight
A Sadie got an Mustang, an old '64 A Sadie got the top down and her foot to the floor D Lights in the rearview, got the fuzz on our tail AE A Better give me that scattergun, baby I ain’t goin’ back to jail
(Repeat chords and strumming for the whole song)
Sadie got a hideout off of 71 We'll count up all the money, ditch the car and the guns Sadie says she loves me, I'll always be her man "And I’ll see you in Rio honey, we gotta stick to the plan"
I woke up in the hayloft to the rooster's crow No sign of Sadie, no sign of the dough I’m heading to the airport, I got a little brass key I got a ticket and a passport, locker 32-B
Open up the blue box, there ain’t nothing inside I been played like a fiddle, I’ve been taken for a ride Sadie made a phone call in the middle of the night They’ve got the place surrounded with the black and white
I got myself a hostage in a Delta skirt "Do as I tell you and nobody gets hurt Show me where your car's parked, you’re gonna have to drive Because I’ll be hiding in the backseat with a .45"
"Get me through the roadblock, better drive real slow Better play your cards right and I’ll let you go" And I hear my heart a pounding as fast as it can I hear the copper askin’ “Have you seen this man?”
Delta kept her mouth shut like a good girl should "And you’re free to go now 'cuz you done real good" Now I got a suitcase and a thumb in the air I don’t know where I’m goin’ and I don’t really care
Bubba’s got a big rig and an empty seat We’re headin’ to Laredo, it’s alright with me I’ll check into a hotel in old Mexico I gotta wait until it cools down, I’m gonna lay a little low
Well I don’t miss the money, I don’t miss the guns Well I sure miss Sadie even after all she’s done Yea, Sadie left me hanging and she told a lotta lies Well it’s true what they say boys, true love never dies
A She plays castanets, she works without a net GDA I like her better when she walks away A She said she was mine, she told me twice GDA I like her better when she walks away
Chorus 1: GDA I like her better when she walks away GDA I like her better when shes here to stay GDA I like her better when she danced my way GDA I like her better when she walks away, yeah
I love the sun as it silhouettes I like her better when she walks away I love her hair as it falls across my face I like her better when she walks away
Chorus
She plays castanets, she works without a net I like her better when she walks away She turns me on like a pickup truck I like her better when she walks away
I like the sun shining through her dress I like her better when she walks away I like her hair in a tangled mess I like her better when she walks away
Chorus
Solo out...
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track 3- Motel Cowboy Show ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chorus CDGCDG Hey ol' lady let’s go to the motel cowboy show DEmC We’ll drink and dance, there’s no place else to go GDEmC We’ll stay out all night long, we’ll toast the break of dawn GDCDG Hey ol' lady let’s go to the motel cowboy show
CDGC G Well they rolled one for the road, put on the same dirty old clothes CDGCD G Down the trail they road to the motel cowboy show CDGC DG Well, they parked at the end of the line, underneath the cold beer sign GDCEm It’s a long, long way to ride without your whiskey and your wine CDGD G Something stronger would be fine, something stronger would be fine
Chorus
Well they walk thru the swingin’ doors, through the sawdust on the floor Everybody was ready to go at the motel cowboy show They’ve been all over the land, not bad for a honky tonk band Well, it’s a long hard hill to climb, when you're so far ahead of time And you’ve never seen a dime, you’re so far ahead of your time
Chorus
Bridge 1: CDGEm A Well the doses soon kicked in and the fun would soon begin EmA The fun would soon begin EmA And the world did a great big spin EmA Whoo baby, it’s fun, and it ain’t no sin
Instrumental break
Bridge 2: DAG I know you well, you don’t remember DAmEm We partied way back in November DAGDAm Em The 72 or was it 73, I know you well, you don’t remember me DGDG All the faces changed and the room went round DGDG What a mystic place, what a mystic sound
Well we rolled one for the road, and they candied up their nose Down the trail they rode to the motel cowboy show
Chorus
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track 4 - I Still Do ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Verse: EBAB BAB She said boy why don't you love me like you used to EBABEBAB You never want to hold me anymore EBAB BAB And I said girl now don't you go start talking crazy EBABE BAB Cause I love you more than I ever have before
Chorus: EBAB But if I don't show it lately EBAB It's just cause I m a little bit crazy EBABEBAB Don't think my days of loving you are through BEBAB Cause I still do EBABEBABEBA I still do
Verse: EBAB BAB Well I guess I must have slipped and let my guard down EBABEBAB Cause you know you re always gonna be my girl EBABEBAB When I get turned around and loose direction EBABEBAB Sometimes I forget you re my whole world
Chorus EBAB But if I don't show it lately EBAB It's just cause I m a little bit crazy EBABEBAB Don't think my days of loving you are through BEBAB Cause I still do EBABEBABEBA I still do
Yeah
(instrumental) then EBDACGB EBAB But if I don't show it lately EBAB It's just cause I m a little bit lazy EBABEBAB Don't think my days of loving you are through BEBAB Cause I still do EBABEBABEBA I still do
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track 5 - 1952 Vincent Black Lightning ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Capo 2
GCadd9 Well says Red Molly to James that's a fine motorbike Cadd9G And a girl could feel special on any such like GCadd9 Says James to Red Molly, my hat's off to you Cadd9G Thats a Vincent Black Lightning, 1952 DCadd9G And I've seen you at the corners and cafes it seems DCadd9G Red hair and black leather, my favorite color scheme AmCadd9 And he pulled her on behind Cadd9G And down to Box Hill they did ride
Says James to Red Molly, here's a ring for your right hand But I'll tell you in earnest I'm a dangerous man For I've fought with the law since I was seventeen And I robbed many a man to get my Vincent machine Now I'm 21, I might not make 22 But I don't mind dying but for the love of you And if fate should break my stride Then I'll give you my Vincent to ride
Come down, come down, Red Molly, called Sergeant McRae For they've taken young James Adie for armed robbery Shotgun blast hit his chest, left nothing inside Oh, come down, Red Molly to his dying bedside When she came to the hospital, there wasn't much left He was running out of road, he was running out of breath But he smiled to see her cry And said I'll give you my Vincent to ride
Says James, in my opinion, there's nothing in this world Beats a 52 Vincent and a red headed girl Now Nortons and Indians and Greeveses won't do Well, they don't have a soul like a Vincent 52 He reached for her hand and he slipped her the keys He said I've got no further use for these I see angels on Ariels in leathers and chrome Swooping down from heaven to carry me home And he gave her one last kiss and died And he gave her his Vincent to ride
Alternate between G and Cadd9 for the ending
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track 6 - Seven Nights In Eire ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Intro chords: AmCGAmCG twice
AmCGAm CG The first pub we could stagger to was twelve steps from the plane AmCGAm CG A Virgin flight to Shannontown the day it didn’t rain AmCGAm G The laughing eyes of Ireland sparkling blue and green AmCGAm CG With hair as black as Guinness stout and barely seventeen FEm We’re back out on the cobblestones, whiskey drunk and high again DmGAm GAm Liquored up and gearing up for seven nights in Ireland
The corner booth is waiting for the session to begin It’s quiet as a mother’s prayer ‘till we all stumble in And it’s fifty happy voices mixed with whistles made of tin And a piper man is blowing like the North Atlantic wind And an Aran island beauty is sawing on the violin I wonder will she miss me after seven nights in Ireland
It’s Ladies’ Day in Galway and we watched the ponies run Fifty pounds against the odds and came in six to one McSwiggin heard the race report, he invited us on in So we drank Catholic whiskey with all our newfound friends They raised a glass to all of us and we all toasted them Here’s to Michael, Tom and Pat and seven nights in Ireland
Well we kissed all the girls goodbye and gathered in our gear And when she walked me to the gate I swear I saw a tear But then she looked into my eyes I knew she felt my pain And only then I realized we were standing in the rain So save our places at the pub and when the eyes are dry again We’ll come back another day for seven nights in Ireland
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track 7 - Break My Heart Tonight ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
GEm Well I got empty bottles and legal papers wrinkled up all over the floor Cadd9D My pen won't write and my guitar doesn't have a song in it anymore GEm Well I can write another love song, yeah, but first you got to find someone to love Cadd9D I could write another fight song, yeah, but there's got to be something to be proud of they say
Chorus 1: Cadd9DGG/F# Em Misery love's company, but it damn sure ain't lookin' for me Cadd9DCadd9 G I'll be alright, I just gotta find someone to break my heart tonight
Going out walkin' on Avenue B and I ain't comin' back until dawn And find some stranger in a Greenich bar to shower my affection upon Well maybe she'll stay 'til one fateful day when we realize we've got nothin' left And maybe I'll find she's messed up my mind and I can get back to doing what I do best they say
Chorus 1
Solo
Bridge: AmEm Well all these A&R guys keep knockin' on my door AmDD/C I guess the last batch wasn't good enough cause they keep on wanting more D/BD/A and more and they say
Chorus 2: Cadd9DG G/F#Em Write what you know and it just goes to show, you gotta write your own destiny Cadd9DCadd9 G I'll be alright, I just gotta find someone to break my heart tonight, they say Cadd9DGG/F# Em Misery love's company, but it damn sure ain't lookin' for me Cadd9DCadd9 G I'll be alright, I just gotta find someone to break my heart tonight
AE The first man that you ever loved F#mD Left your mama, never said goodbye to anyone. AE And you were raised with your head held high F#mD But any fool can see it's just a clever disguise.
AEF#m You've always been a little scared to open your heart DA And you never let anybody take it too far. E You never let 'em on the inside F#mD Cause you're always scared of gettin' taken for a ride.
AE Everybody wants you but you don't wanna care F#mD So you keep 'em at a distance with the frown you wear. AE You spend your time tryin' to even the score F#mD And you've got it in your head you deserve alot more. AE The first one was a total disaster F#mD So was the second one and every one after. AE But when you're breakin' in a broken home, F#mD You're gonna be sure to spend some nights on your own when
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track 9 - Hey Say May/Guacamole ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
GCadd9GCadd9 (4x)
GCadd9GCadd9 I got a phone call today GCadd9GCadd9 From a girl who walked away GCadd9GCadd9G Cadd9G But I hung it up be-fore I heard what it was she had to say
Chorus: CDGG/F#Em Hey say May, well I drink all day CDGCadd9 Cadd9GCadd9GCadd9 Dammit I told her I'm doing alright
GCadd9GCadd9 I found a letter there in my drawer GCadd9GCadd9 What it said I'm not quite sure GCadd9GCadd9 GCadd9G But it's been so long since you walked out my door, I just don't care anymore
Chorus 2: CDGG/F#Em I don't care fallin’ drunk down the stairs CDGCadd9 Cadd9GCadd9GCadd9 Dammit I told her I’m doin’ alright
Bridge: CFCF I’m doin’ alright GCadd9GCadd9 I’m doing alri-i-ight yeah DCD Nobody's changin’ the way I’m feeling tonight CGCadd9GCadd9 harmonica solo) Cause I’m doing alright
GCadd9GCadd9 Well it must of been 12 months ago GCadd9GCadd9 Whene I found a note slipped under my door GCadd9GCadd9GCadd9G But I never read it, I guess I was sore, I don't even know now what for
Chorus 4: CDGG/F#Em For the girl next door, 20 years before CDGCadd9GCadd9GCadd9GCadd9 There's cookie crumbs on my floor, I’m doing alright
GCadd9GCadd9 In a moment of weakness it came GCadd9GCadd9 Then as I looked at her name GCadd9GCadd9G Cadd9G I shook my head as I struck a match and watched it all go up in flames
Chorus 3: CDGG/F#Em Up in flames as I smoke my Mary Jane CDGCadd9 Cadd9GCadd9GCadd9 Goddammit, I told her I’m doing alright
Bridge
DC Except for my multiple personalities (Let the C ring out and then wait about 10 seconds to start "Guacamole")
She was buying avocados, (2) My, she really turned me on.
She reached for my pepper,
I grabbed her tomatoes, (1) I knew it wouldn't be very long.
She went to the mesa,
I grabbed my cerveza, (2) I got the onions and lemons.
And when she looked at me,
Then I could clearly see, (1) it wouldn't be very long.
CHORUS
C Guacamole... G Guacamole... DG We'd be making guacamole all night long. (2x)
VERSE II
She went for the line, I fell in right behind, Man, she sure looked good.
She reached for her money, I said, "Wait a minute honey", I believe this one is one me.
She got in my pickup, Started to backup, Headed down the road.
We went to mi casa, Tortillas de masa(?), and made guacamole all night long.
CHORUS
Guacamole... Guacamole... We'd be making guacamole all night long. (2x)
(After about 15 seconds, play the below part to end "Hey Say May") GCadd9GCadd9G We're doing alright
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track 10 - Vancouver ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
G
GCD When the sun went down, CG You were sittin' under someone else's sunset. GCD And I wasn't around CG And you were wishin' that I was the guy that you'd just met.
C And I was probably stumbling down some DG Backstreet ally in Amsterdam EmD While you were makin' excuses and breakin' another heart CDG Or maybe I was drinkin' wine with the pigeons in the square in Venice Em While I was wonderin' what you're doin' D And wonderin' where you are...
GCD When the stars came out, CG I was sittin' in a studio on Sunset GCD And the lights were down CG And I was wishin' that the time we'd had wasn't over yet.
C And you were probably sittin' in an airport DG Waitin' on a plane to Vegas EmD While I was packin' a suitcase and starin' at a waitin' car. CDG Or maybe you were headed out to some house party on Lake Austin Em And I'm wonderin' what you're doin' D And wonderin' where you are...
ADEDADE A
ADE When my luck ran out, DA I was sittin' on a concrete block in Little Rock. ADE We didn't scream or shout, D We just said goodbye, then I waited for the click A And the lights went out.
DEA And now I'm packin' it up and rollin' on out for Vancouver F#mE For some wasted youth and fresh set of lonely stars DEA And I'm wonderin' baby, if you ever really saw the best of us F#m And I wonder what you're doin' E And I wonder where you are... F#m I still wonder what you're doin' EADE And I wonder where you are...
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track 11 - Wiggles and Ritalin ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
CF Lets put on the Wiggles & pop a couple Ritalin CG Papa dont blame mama or tell her how lazy shes been CF Its been prescribed by a doctor and the doctor said it aint no sin CGC So lets put on the Wiggles & pop a couple Ritalin
Lets put on MacGyver & chow a couple Xanax bars I dont need no college counselor to tell me how lucky I are I lay the blame on the clinic and man its got me this far Yeah, Lets put on MacGyver & chow a couple Xanax bars
Chorus: G If only Dad would have spanked me instead FC Of dopin me up and messing with my head Em I might have turned out to be a regular guy FG But its all that I know and I gotta get high
So lets put on some Soul Train and snort a little cocaine Ill chop some lines maybe one at a time till were feeling no pain Ill bite my tongue till its numb and Ill talk till I drive you insane Yeah, lets put on some Soul Train and snort a little cocaine
Chorus
So lets put on some Scooby Doo & smoke a couple doobie doos Ive been high since I was just a little guy in my Underoos I sit around on my ass smokin grass and watchin classic cartoons Yeah, lets put on some Scooby Doo & smoke a couple doobie doos
Yeah, Lets put on some Scooby Doo & smoke a couple doobie doos
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track 12 - Wild Western Wind Blown Band ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
CHORUS: EmDBmC Roll on, you wild western windblown band GD C/BAmG Life’s waitin’ up the road for you and the future’s in your hands G Well I don’t fly no aeroplanes EmC And I don’t ride railroad trains GCD *** I just drive my truck down the blacktop lane to the next town. G Next week we’ll be in Jackson Hole EmC Got some good friends there to soothe our souls GDCC/B G Lord don’t you know it’s a good town
CHORUS
Well I don’t live for borrowing Lord and I don’t love just one thing, I believe in all that life brings down your highway
So if you hear our words and songs Take what you need to be strong Don’t be afraid to love us, we will do you no wrong
CHORUS
**** There are some little fills in between the C and the D and after the D C - C/B - C - C/C# - D and - C - C/B - Am – G
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track 13 - Baby's Gone Blues ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Intro is hitting E string over and over
EGDA 4 times
EGDA EGDA My baby says she's gone, gonna go, gonna leave me on my own EGDA EGDA Yeah my baby says she's gone, gonna go, gonna leave me on my own EGDA EGDA Yeah but she's been talkin' like she's gonna be walkin', since the day that I brought home EGDA EGDA Now my baby says she's gone, gonna go, gonna leave me on my own
My baby said we're through, don't know what to do, you know it's really up to you Yeah my baby said we're through, don't know what to do,you know it's really up to you Baby said you gotta sure love me right or I'm goin'-a leave you lonely and blue Now my baby said we're through, don't know what to do, you know it's really up to you
Can't believe she's gone, baby said goodbye, and tore apart our happy home No I can't believe she's gone, baby said goodbye, and tore apart our happy home I'm just sittin' around countin' those teardrops fall from my eyes all alone No I can't believe she's gone, baby said goodbye, and tore apart our happy little home
Yeah my baby says she's gone, gonna go, gonna leave me on my own Yeah my baby says she's gone, gonna go, gonna leave me on my own Yeah but she's been talkin' like she's gonna be walkin' since the day that I brought little girl home My baby says she's goin', gonna go, gonna leave me on my own
EmCGG/F# My first love was a wicked twisted road EmCGG/F# I hit the million mile mark at 17 years old EmCGG/F# I never saw the rainbow much less a pot of gold EmCGG/F# Yeah, my first love was a wicked twisted road
My first love was a castle in the sky Never thought I’d make it till I had the guts to try And I sat up in my tower while the whole world passed me by Yeah my first love was a castle in the sky
Mandolin solo
My first love was a fearless, driving rain Scared to death I thought I’d never see her face again They say god was cryin’ so I guess he felt my pain My first love was a fearless, driving rain
My first love was a wild, sinful night I ran out with the big dogs, guess I had more bark than bite I know I won the battle but in the end I lost the fight Yeah my first love was a wild, sinful night
Guitar solo
My first love was an angry, painful song Wanted one so bad I went and did everything wrong The lesson in reality would come fore too long Yeah my first love was an angry, painful song
My first love was a wicked twisted road I hit the million mile mark at 17 years old I never saw the rainbow much less a pot of gold Yeah, my first love was a wicked twisted road
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track 15 - Crazy Eddie's Last Hurrah ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
GCG Well, it sure didnt take to long CG I woke up in the morning she was gone EmCGC And the note that she wrote didnt say dear john GDG It said goodbye fucker im gone
GCG She was a homegrown mountain girl CG Raised in a different world EmCGC I was a wanna be rocker She was more into Merle GDG Couldn't see it just wouldn't work
Chorus EmCGC And now I'm double fisting long necks, grapefruit and Stoli GDGG But I'm never getting over Joely
Verse 2 GCG Well I poured myself in my car GCG I drove it on down to the bar EmCGC But they wouldn't let me in Cause I ain't a movie star GDG So I went to the Horse Shoe on Lamar
GCG Well the bouncer threw me out too GCG And I didn't know what to do EmCGC So I picked up the phone And I called dear Sue GDG The cock blocker wouldn't let me through
Chorus 2 EmCGC And now I'm wishing for some drugs or a shrink to console me GDG But I'm never getting over Joely
Verse 3 GCG Well I gathered up all my guns GCG And a pipe bomb just for fun EmCGG I drove to her house and parked out on the lawn GDG She's right I always was the crazy one.
GCG Well her boyfriend was sure nice to me GCG Said "calm down would you like a drink" EmCGC And I shot him full of holes From his nose to his knees GDG And I polished off her little sweet pea
Chorus 3 EmCGC And I'm crying on me knees feeling dirty and unholy GDG But I'm never getting over Joely EmCGC Now I'll probably get life and serve at least forty, GDG But I'm never getting over Joely
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