xHe dont even plays the chords straight so use some fills in the verses, too.
Standard Tuning
p = pull off
h = hammer on
/\= slide
[Chords]
Am C G Bm D Em
e|-0---0---3---2---2---0------------------------------------|
B|-1---1---0---3---3---0------------------------------------|
G|-2---0---0---4---2---0------------------------------------|
D|-2---2---0---4---0---2------------------------------------|
A|-0---3---2---2---x---2------------------------------------|
E|-x---x---3---x---x---0------------------------------------|
[Intro] (x2):
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------111---------------------|
G|--3/4\2-0-0--000------------222---------------------|
D|-------------xxx------------222---------------------|
A|-0~~~~~~~3---xxx---0-3-5-0--000---------------------|
E|-------------xxx--3-----5---------------------------|
Am C G Am
Brewton Alabama at The Colonial Inn,
Am C G Am
hot day, old orange juice, some vodka on a night stand,
Am C G Am
there's a Chevy Nova with the seat burned out the back,
Am C G Am
from a Winston cigarette, that was stumped into the wind
Am C G Am
old Bobby Long was like Zorba the Greek,
Am C G Am
Side-tracked by the scent of a woman,
Am C G Am
Could've been an actor on a moviescreen
Am C G Am
Stayed in Alabama just a dreamer of dreams
G
He played football against W.S.E.O.
Am (Fill)
should've seen him running down the field
G
I grow old, I grow old where the bottoms of my
Am (Fill)
trousers rolled
G Am
it's a love song, for Bobby Long
G Am
A love song, for Bobby Long
INTRO (2x)
Am C G Am
he was a handsome man, he had Cherokee cheeckbones
Am C G Am
a fair haired boy, where did he go wrong,
Am C G Am
he chose a roadless travel, made all the difference,
Am C G Am
now he’s chastisezed, critisiezed he don't make no sense
G Am (Fill)
Brewton called him crazy, he said Bobby Long was nothing but a drunk,
G Am (Fill)
but all the thoughts in his head was way passed anything they duwmb funk
G Am
it's a love song, for Bobby Long
G Am
a love song, for Bobby Long
Bm Am G D
but don't get me wrong, Bobby Long was no good,
Bm Am G D
he'd drag you down, if he thought he could
Am
well he would drag you down,
Em
the road I ride will be the day for me
G
won't come along
Em
the road I ride is gonna set me free
G
he’s gonna take me home
[Solo]
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------1~-1~----1~-1~---1~-1~------0~-----0~--|
G|-----0-2~--0h2------0h2-0~---------------------------|
D|--0h2----------2~----------0h2p0-------5-0~----------|
A|--------------------------------3~--3/5------0h2p0---|
E|--------------------------------------------------3~-|
e|----------------------------1--1-1----------0--0-0---|
B|----------------------------0--0-0----------1--1-1---|
G|----------------------------0--0-0----------2--2-2---|
D|--2p0h2---------------2p0h2-0--0-0---2p0h2--2--2-2---|
A|-------3-0~------0~--0-----32--2-2--------3-0~-0-0---|
E|-3------------3-3-----------3~-3-3~-3----------------|
Am C G Am
he was a friend of my papa's he used to drink and tell lies
Am C G Am
praised Flannery O'Connors, smoked cigarettes and filosophied
Am C G Am
so here I am at The Colonial Inn
Am C G Am
me and Captain Long and my pretty girl-friend
Am C G Am
he charmes her with a poem, then he brakes down and cries
Am C G Am
smile a crooked smile, with his broken cheeck-bone side
Am C G Am
tells about his life, now he's 63,
Am C G Am
he looks me in the eyes, he says come and go with me
G
he could walk on water, walk on water
Am (Fill)
but you know you drown themselves and wine
G
god and a devil, god and a devil,
Am (Fill)
god and a devil along inside his mind
G Am
it's a love song, for Bobby Long
G Am
a love song, for Bobby Long
[End with]
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------111---------------------|
G|--3/4\2-0-0--000------------222---------------------|
D|-------------xxx------------222---------------------|
A|-0~~~~~~~3---xxx---0-3-5-0--000---------------------|
E|-------------xxx--3-----5---------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------0-1~~~~-----------------|
G|--3/4\2-0-0--000-----------2------------------------|
D|-------------xxx----------2-------------------------|
A|-0~~~~~~~3---xxx---0-1-2-0--------------------------|
E|-------------xxx--3---------------------------------|
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| x Dead note
| / Slide up
| \ Slide down
| ~ Vibrato
| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
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