This is a very simple and fun song.
Bar the F in the chorus
Play "the lick" when switching from G to Cadd9
[Intro] x4
Cadd9 G F69 G
Cadd9 G
Hey Jenny was a country girl
F69 G Cadd9 G
We used to play them bars down on the Gulf Coast
F69 G Cadd9 G F69 G
In Mississippi and Alabama
Cadd9 G
It used to be just her and I
F69 G
One ol van and a yellow line
Cadd9 G
But she kept singin them songs
F69 G
Yeah we kept workin hard
Cadd9 G
And pretty soon here comes along
F69 G Cadd9 G
Big fat man with the cigar, from Nashville
F69 G Cadd9 G F69 G
Said I?m gonna make you a star girl up in Nashville
Cadd9 G
He told her to get rid of me
F69 G
But she wouldn?t have it [The Lick]
Cadd9 G E|------------------|
Now I play rhythm guitar B|------------------|
F69 G G|------------------|
In her nine piece band D|------0-2-----0---|
A|---0h2-----0h2----|
[Chorus] E|--3------------3--|
Em
And now it?s the number one hits
F
And sold out shows
Em
I still remember when we kissed at
F
The end of shows
Em
I really thought I had a chance
F
In that Alabama sand
G (w/the lick)
But I?m just a guitar player
(Cadd9 G F69 G)x2
And I?m stuck in the back of Jenny?s band
Cadd9 G
Well I watched her marry some other big shot
F69 G
Country music star
Cadd9 G
Ain?t never told a soul
F69 G
Yeah that it broke my heart
Cadd9 G
And now she flies around to shows
F69 G
While I?m on the band bus
Cadd9 G
And I?m just dreamin bout the days
F69 G
It was just the two of us
[Chorus]
Em
Yeah cuz it?s the number one hits
F
And sold out shows
Em
I still remember when we kissed at
F
The end of shows
Em
I really thought I had a chance
F
In that Alabama sand
G (w/the lick)
But I?m just a guitar player
Cadd9 G F69 G x2
I?m stuck in the back of Jenny?s band
Solo (will try to tab something later)
Cadd9 G
Now the only time I see her face
F69 G
Is from the back of a stage
Cadd9 G
Sometimes she gives me a smile
F69 G
A wink or a little wave
Cadd9 G F69
As she walks off into her new life
G Cadd9 G F69 G
Finer things and fame
[Intro x4]
[Chorus 2]
Em
Yeah number one hits
F
And sold out shows
Em
Maybe I'll just tell her how I feel
F
Just so she knows
Em
Wish I could turn back times hands
F
But I can?t
G (the lick)
No I?m just a guitar player
Cadd9 G F69 G
I?m stuck in the back of Jenny?s band
Cadd9 G F69 G
In Jenny?s band
[Intro]x2 Finish
E|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|---------------------|
D|-3-2-0---------------|
A|-------3-2-0---0-2-3-|
E|-------------3-------|