Hi :) I just came across Canaan Smith on YouTube
(or was it Yahoo music...) and fell in love with
this song. I think it's a good one :) Easy to
play! Follow along with the song to get the timing
and strumming down-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMmc1cR_zLA
Here's the strumming pattern I do for the intro-
(The '-' means a slight pause)
dudd-udududu-dudd-udududu
G D C G
dudd-udududu-dudd
G D C G*
For the rest it's something like this: dd dud. Sometimes
I do one down strum then a pause, then the dud into the next
chord.
IDK, lol. I'm so bad at putting on paper what I'm actually doing.
I call my strumming "Lyrical strumming to the beat", lol! I
strum to the lyrics and the beat :)
STANDARD TUNING w/
CAPO ON 4
(*= one strum)
Intro-
G D C G
G D C G*
Em D C
Hey girl, I'm just a small town run around
G Em
I get my kicks out on the outskirts of town
D C
I could never do it like a pretty city boy
G Em
I'm more a fishin' in the dark nitty gritty boy
D C
So lay back and let me paint you a picture
C*
The way I wanna kiss you is
C G Em
Slow as the Mississippi
D C
Strong as a fifth of whiskey
G Em
Steady as a Tom Petty track
D
I wanna love, wanna love you like that
C G Em
Deeper than a sunset sky
D C
Sweeter than muscadine wine
G Em
All night 'til the sun comes back
D D* G D C G
I wanna love, wanna love, wanna love you like that
G D C G
Em D C
When I'm with you I can see down the road girl
G Em
Not just the gravel one we're travelin' on girl
D C
And I'm bettin' that it's gonna be a wild ride
G Em
But I promise that I'm gonna be there by your side
D C
I think we got another memory in the makin'
So baby let's take it, take it
C G Em
Slow as the Mississippi
D C
Strong as a fifth of whiskey
G Em
Steady as a Tom Petty track
D
I wanna love, wanna love you like that
C G Em
Deeper than a sunset sky
D C
Sweeter than muscadine wine
G Em
All night ‘til the sun comes back
D D* C G Em D
I wanna love, wanna love, wanna love you like that
C G Em D
Em D C
I ain't gonna do it like a pretty city boy
G C*
I'm a fishin' in the dark nitty gritty boy, yeah
C
So let me love you
G Em
Slow as the Mississippi
D C
Strong as a fifth of whiskey
G Em
Steady as a Tom Petty track girl
D
I wanna love, wanna love you like that
C G Em
Deeper than a sunset sky
D C
Sweeter than muscadine wine
G Em
All night ‘til the sun comes back
D D* G D
I wanna love, wanna love, wanna love you like that
C G G D C G
Baby, I wanna love, wanna love, wanna love you like that
G D C
Yea-ah, (I can never do it like a pretty city boy)
G G D C G*
(I'm more the fishin' in the dark nitty gritty boy)
Have fun!
Christy