Standard tuning:EADGBe
Capo 3rd Fret
Chords:
[D] [G] [A]
Verse Riff part 1:
B-3-3-3-3-|
G-2-2-2-0-|
D-0-0-0-0-|
Verse Riff Part 2:
(Strummed)
e---|
B-0-|
G-0-|
D-0-|
A---|
E---|
Verse:
Part 1 (D)
Never get to bed. Never get to hell baby
Part 1
Never get to come until you start paying your dues
Part 2 Part 1
Yeah What can a poor boy do
B[A]etter get back to [G]your mama
Part 1
She'll take care of you
Verse:
Lost your wife. Lost your son
Stay out drinking till the morning comes
Yeah What can a poor boy do
Better go back to your mama
She'll take care of you
Chorus:
[D]Country girl. Take my hand
[G]Lead me through this diseased land.
[D]I have tried, I have waited, [A]I have won.
[D]I have stole. I have sinned
[G]Oh my soul. Its unclean
[D]Country girl
[A]Gotta keep on keeping on
Verse:
Crazy women. Mess your up head.
Wake up drunk and beaten in some strange bed.
Yeah. What can a poor boy do.
Better go back to your mama
Shell take care of you
Chorus
Bridge:
Gotta [G]keep on keeping[D] on
Gotta [G]keep on keeping[D] on
Gotta [G]keep on keeping[D] strong
Gotta [D]keep on keeping[D] on
[A]With you
N.C.
Got the riot city blues
"Solo chords same as verse"
Verse (Palm Muted):
Part 1
What do you have to say.
Before I have to go
Be careful what you say
You'll reap just what you sow
Part 2
Yeah
What can a poor boy do
Part 1
What can I do?
[A]Better go back to your mama
G Part 1
She'll take care of you
Chorus x 2
Outtro
[D]Country girl
Gotta ke[A]ep on kee[G]ping on
Outro: D D D D
Capo 3rd Fret
Chords:
[D] [G] [A]
e-2--3--0-|
B-3--3--2-|
G-2--0--2-|
D-0--0--2-|
A----2--0-|
E----3----|
Verse Riff part 1:
e---------|
B-3-3-3-3-|
G-2-2-2-0-|
D-0-0-0-0-|
A---------|
E---------| Repeat
Verse Riff Part 2:
(Strummed)
e---|
B-0-|
G-0-|
D-0-|
A---|
E---|
Verse:
Part 1 (D)
Never get to bed. Never get to hell baby
Part 1
Never get to come until you start paying your dues
Part 2 Part 1
Yeah What can a poor boy do
B[A]etter get back to [G]your mama
Part 1
She'll take care of you
Verse:
Lost your wife. Lost your son
Stay out drinking till the morning comes
Yeah What can a poor boy do
Better go back to your mama
She'll take care of you
Chorus:
[D]Country girl. Take my hand
[G]Lead me through this diseased land.
[D]I have tried, I have waited, [A]I have won.
[D]I have stole. I have sinned
[G]Oh my soul. Its unclean
[D]Country girl
[A]Gotta keep on keeping on
Verse:
Crazy women. Mess your up head.
Wake up drunk and beaten in some strange bed.
Yeah. What can a poor boy do.
Better go back to your mama
Shell take care of you
Chorus
Bridge:
Gotta [G]keep on keeping[D] on
Gotta [G]keep on keeping[D] on
Gotta [G]keep on keeping[D] strong
Gotta [D]keep on keeping[D] on
[A]With you
N.C.
Got the riot city blues
"Solo chords same as verse"
Verse (Palm Muted):
Part 1
What do you have to say.
Before I have to go
Be careful what you say
You'll reap just what you sow
Part 2
Yeah
What can a poor boy do
Part 1
What can I do?
[A]Better go back to your mama
G Part 1
She'll take care of you
Chorus x 2
Outtro
[D]Country girl
Gotta ke[A]ep on kee[G]ping on
Outro: D D D D