Chord/Tab song: Saddle Tramp

SADDLE TRAMP ? THE CHARLIE DANIELS BAND

INTRO:
(+guitar strumming)
|D A |C G |Bb F |Em A |
(+piano +drums)
|D A |C G |Bb F |Em |G6 |
(-piano +lead guitar)
|D |D |D |D |

VERSE 1:
(-piano +lead guitar after each line)
Well you [D]pass around the pipe and you all get [G]high.
[A]Never even stop and wonder [D]why.
[D]Maybe it's because you wanna [G]die.[G][D/F#]
[Em]Maybe it's just the way things have to [A]be.

You [D]stay up late and drink too damn much [G]whiskey.
You [A]know that sort of thing is kind of [D]risky.
[D]Maybe it's just because you like to feel [G]frisky.[G][D/F#]
[Em]Maybe it's just be[A]cause you like to feel [D]free.

CHORUS 1:
(-piano)
[G]Saddle Tramp, how [A]many people [D]watch you ridin' by,
Like a [G]thunder cloud that [A]floats across the [D]Arizona sky,
And [G]wonder if they're [A]looking at a [D]mighty happy [G]man,[G][D/F#]
Or just a [Em]lonely breeze that [A]drifts across the
[G]Endless [D/F#]desert[E] sa[D]nd.

(+lead guitar)
|D A |C G |

VERSE 2:
(+piano)
Well it's [D]gettin' kinda cold in Rea[G]dosa.
[A] Abilene ain't gettin' any [D]closer.
D G G D\F#
One more drink, one more hand of poker.
Because a [Em]fool and his money's gonna have to [A]part.

[D]You're too proud to ever show your [G]sorrow.
[A]You don't steal and you won't beg or [D]borrow.
You [D]may be here today but you're gone to[G]morrow.[G][D/F#]
There ain't no [Em]strings on your [A]boot heels or your [D]heart.

CHORUS 2:
[G]Saddle Tramp, how [A]many people [D]watch you ride away,
[G]Wonder why you [A]never promise to [D]come back some day.
Maybe [G]thinking you were [A]holding all the [D]pieces in your [G]hand,[G][D/F#]
Or are they [Em]slippin' through your [A]fingers like the
[G]Endless [D/F#]desert[E] sa[D]nd.

INSTRUMENTAL:

SECTION 1:
(Lead guitar)
|D A |C G |Bb F |Em |
(↓Am scale)
|Fdim7 |D/F# |Fdim7 |
(Light piano chords) (↓Am G F Em Dm)
|Am G |D/F# D |Am E |Am |
(Arpeggiated piano)
|Am G |D/F# D |Am E |D C G/B Em/G |
(♫ A-A piano) (rit.) (Drum solo)... (↓AGEDC)
|Am |Am |N.C. |N.C. |

SECTION 2:
(Piano + guitar hammering)
|A5 |A5/D |A5/E |A5/F# |
|A5/G |A5 |A5/B |A5/C A5/D |
(Drum solo) (↓AGEEbDC)
|A5/E |N.C. x6 |N.C |

SECTION 3:
(Piano)
|A x7 |E7 F#m7 Gm7 G#m7 |

SECTION 4:
(Lead guitar, main theme) (↓AGEEbDC)
|A x8 |E7 |E7 E7/D |D7 |E7 |
(Piano)
|A |E7 F#m7 Gm7 G#m7 |
(Lead guitar, main theme) (↓AGEEbDC)
|A x8 |E7 |E7 E7/D |D7 |E7 |
(All)
|A x4 |


SECTION 5:
(All) (Piano)
|E5 E5 D#5 |C#5 |C#5 C#5 C5 |B5 Bb5 |A x4 |
(Lead guitar)
|A x16 |
(All)
|E5 E5 D#5 |C#5 |C#5 C#5 C5 |B5 Bb5 |A x4 |

SECTION 6:
(Piano solo)
|A x16 |
(Piano)
|E5 E5 D#5 |C#5 |C#5 C#5 C5 |B5 Bb5 |A x4 |

SECTION 7:
(Guitar solo)
|A x16 |
(Lead guitar)
|E5 E5 D#5 |C#5 |C#5 C#5 C5 |B5 Bb5 |A x4 |

SECTION 8:
(Lead guitar)
|A x8 |
(Begin drum solo)
|Am |Am |Am |A5/E |Am |
(Drum solo)
|N.C. x~20 |

SECTION 9:
(Lead guitar and drums duet)
|A |N.C. |A |N.C. |
|A N.C. |A N.C. |A |A |

SECTION 10:
(All, hold A on organ)
|A |A |E7 |F#7/E |
(Piano ↑ADEbEG)
|Gm7/E |E7 |

SECTION 11:
(Lead guitar, repeat of section 4 main theme) (↓AGEEbDC)
|A x8 |E7 |E7 E7/D |D7 |E7 |
(Piano solo, repeat of section 5) (↑↑↑ascend)
|E5 E5 D#5 |C#5 |C#5 C#5 C5 |B5 Bb5 |A x4 |
(↓↓↓descend) (rit.) (gliss...)
|A x4 |A x12 |A x3 |A ||

END

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