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A Famous Country Singer
Capo 4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3Kiu3b-_o8
The way he plays it all chords are picked.
**All Fs listed are Fmaj7 s, which look like this
e |--0--
B |--1--
G |--2--
D |--3--
A |--0--
E |--0---
intro
C G C G
C
There's a real lady
G
in a plastic town
F
the kind you see in day dreams
C G
but never come around
C
Eyes are blue and broad
G
like an ocean sunset
F
seen somethings they shouldn't
C
probably rather forget
E
but since we met
Am F
we'll I've known no blues
C
so if you're weary
E Am F
well I could carry your bags for youuu
C E
I'll be carrying your precious things
Am F
if you want them back
G
well just ask
C
hair black as coal
G
skin so winter white
F
her heart is made of gold
C G
sparkles in the sunlight
C
a red rose ring
G
is wrapped around her finger
F
her parents named her after
C
a famous country singer
E
well I bring her
Am F
flowers at night
C E
we'll undress in the darkness
Am F
and lay side by side
C E
I kiss her and I whisper
Am F
well mama I don't mind
G
if we take our time
C
see a heart like yours
G
it needs a sleeveless shirt
F
to keep it in the open
C G
it's always getting broken
C
in it's stiched up bag
G
but it burns bright and true
F
that's why I'm always warmer
C
standing next to you
E Am F
if I could lose this fear and doubt
C E Am F
your pretty eyes are something I would not be without
C
and this give and take
E
you cry and shake
Am F G
and I'm walking out
Brief Solo based around alternating C and G chord shapes,
F C
I've been long time Lonely
G
and every setting sun
F
I never met nobody
C G
I couldn't walk away from mhm
C
if you're leaning on me
G
I'll only turn and run
F
to shoot ya from the darkness
C
but the saddest part is
E
my heart is
Am F
a letter not sent
C E
it sits on the dresser
Am F
and remains unopened
C E
I choose to hide the words inside
Am F
but darlin it's juuust
F G Am
better for the both of us
F G C
and my hearts collecting dust