Capo 2, or transpose up 1 full step. Lyrics not guaranteed!
Intro Lick:
C G Em A Asus2 e|---------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|---0--> B|---------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|---0--> G|--0h2-p0----0--|---------------|----------------|---------------|---2--> D|---------------|--0h2-p0-------|--0--------0h2--|------------2--|---2--> A|--3->----------|------------3--|-----------0h2--|--0---------0--|---0--> E|---------------|--3->----------|-------3--------|-------3----0--|------ x x x x x x x x x x x x
Lick #2:
This one is played behind most of the verses, during the 'G' chord. The tab below assumes you're playing an open G (300023); just work this pattern into your finger-picking, if any. It also sounds nice when moved down an octave, but you need to go to dropped-D tuning.
e|----------------|----------------| (Played twice behind 1st B|--0--0h1--0-----|----------------| line of each verse) G|-------------2--|--0--0----------| D|----------------|--------0h2--0--| A|----------------|----------------| E|----------------|----------------|
Verse 1:
G My telephone wakes me in the morning. Have to get up to answer the call, F C G F C G So I think I'll go back to the family, where no one can ring me at all.
Verse 2:
G Living this life has its problems, so I think that I'll give it a break. F C G F C G Oh, I'm going back to the family, 'cause I've had about all I can take.
Repeat intro lick, then:
Am C D C Master's in the counting house, counting all his money. D C Sister's sitting by the mirror, she thinks her hair looks funny. G Bb C D And here am I thinking to myself, just a-wondering what it pays to do.
Solo 1 (bass/flute)
Alternate D & C, then end on Asus2
Verse 3:
G I think I enjoyed all my problems, where I did not get nothing for free. F C G F C G Oh, I'm going back to the family, doing nothing is bothering me.
Verse 4:
G I'll get a train back to the city. The soft life is getting me down. F C G F C G There's more fun away from the family, get some action when I roll into town.
Repeat intro lick, then:
Am C D C Everything I do is wrong. What the hell was I thinking? D C Phone keeps ringing all day long, I got no time for thinking. G Bb C D And every day has the same old way, they're giving me too much to do.
Solos (bass/flute, then guitar, then all fade) D C D C ...