submitted by m. burgess
open A tuning
(you can also play it in standard tuning in A, capoed up 2 frets)
here are some of the good country licks used:
verse:
E ------15------------7--------------------------
C# -14(15)----2-3-4-5--------7(9)-(9)7-5----------
A -----------2-4-5-6--------------------5(7)-----
E -------------------------------------------7~--
A -----------------------------------------------
E -----------------------------------------------
------14-16-14--------------------------
-12/14----------14p12----12(14)-12(14)~-
----------------------14----------------
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chords used:
[B] [D] [E] [A] [F#] [B7] [G]
E -2--5--7--0--2---5---3-
C# -2--5--7--0--0---2---1-
A -2--5--7--0--1---2---2-
E -2--5--7--0--2---2---3-
A -2--5--7--0------2-----
E -2---------------------
( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/beck/canceled_check_tab.html )
[B]I hate to do this but [D]you're [A]a p[E]ain i[A]n the [B]neck
[B]I thought you knew this you're [D]handi[A]ng me a [E]cance[A]led ch[B]eck
[B]you're so helpless your g[D]irlfr[A]iends [E]think y[A]ou're a sa[B]int
[B]I'll give you a quarter I'll [D]keep [A]my j[E]udgem[A]ents to my[D]self
[D]and i get caught up in the m[F#]oonlight
reaching out for a rotten [B]egg I don't w[B7]ant to beg
it's c[G]rystal clear your t[F#]ime is nearly g[B]one
count your blessings and do the things that you should
o the has-beens that never had it so good
stormy weather the kids are making a racket
in the wilderness the wild lives are so mild
CHORUS
CHORUS
open A tuning
(you can also play it in standard tuning in A, capoed up 2 frets)
here are some of the good country licks used:
verse:
E ------15------------7--------------------------
C# -14(15)----2-3-4-5--------7(9)-(9)7-5----------
A -----------2-4-5-6--------------------5(7)-----
E -------------------------------------------7~--
A -----------------------------------------------
E -----------------------------------------------
------14-16-14--------------------------
-12/14----------14p12----12(14)-12(14)~-
----------------------14----------------
----------------------------------------
----------------------------------------
----------------------------------------
chords used:
[B] [D] [E] [A] [F#] [B7] [G]
E -2--5--7--0--2---5---3-
C# -2--5--7--0--0---2---1-
A -2--5--7--0--1---2---2-
E -2--5--7--0--2---2---3-
A -2--5--7--0------2-----
E -2---------------------
( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/beck/canceled_check_tab.html )
[B]I hate to do this but [D]you're [A]a p[E]ain i[A]n the [B]neck
[B]I thought you knew this you're [D]handi[A]ng me a [E]cance[A]led ch[B]eck
[B]you're so helpless your g[D]irlfr[A]iends [E]think y[A]ou're a sa[B]int
[B]I'll give you a quarter I'll [D]keep [A]my j[E]udgem[A]ents to my[D]self
[D]and i get caught up in the m[F#]oonlight
reaching out for a rotten [B]egg I don't w[B7]ant to beg
it's c[G]rystal clear your t[F#]ime is nearly g[B]one
count your blessings and do the things that you should
o the has-beens that never had it so good
stormy weather the kids are making a racket
in the wilderness the wild lives are so mild
CHORUS
CHORUS
