I wanted to play this song like they do live, in a lot of their acoustic bar
performances. It's a little loose on structure but very similar to Version 2,
which is played in C. Didn't feel like hitting transpose button every time.
Capo 3
Standard tuning
[Intro/verse] picking pattern (Like i said this part is free-styled a little bit,
but within the chords. You can definitely ad-lib.
[Intro/first] 3 Verses picking:
A
e|--------------------------------------|
B|-------2-------------------2----------|
G|---2-----------2--2--2----------2---2-|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|-0---0-----------0--0--0----------0---|
E|--------------------------------------|
D
e|---------2------------------2---------|
B|---3------------3--3--3---------3---3-|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|-0---0-----------0--0--0----------0---|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|
E D
e|---------0------------------2---------|
B|----------------------3---------3---3-|
G|---1-----------1--1-------------------|
D|--------------------0---0---------0---|
A|-2---2-----------2--------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|
A
e|--------------------------------------|
B|-------2-------------------2----------|
G|---2-----------2--2--2----------2---2-|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|-0---0-----------0--0--0----------0---|
E|--------------------------------------|
[intro and verse] are just that repeated.
[Verse 1]
A A
Welllll, she was standing in the bar
D D
I said, "Hello, how do you do?"
E D A A
She handed me a beer with a kangaroo
A A D
She spoke of places I had never been
D
That she had traveled to
E D A A
And we slowed danced along to faster tunes
A A D
I made her laugh, I made a pass, I showed her my half dollar ring
D
She said, "That's pretty cool,
E D A A
But classy girls don't kiss in bars, you fool"
[Interlude] (Picking ends here and strumming starts):
A A D D E D A
[Verse 2]
A A
So later on the crowd calmed down
D D
And I believe it was as if
E D A A
Something drew me closer to her lips
A A D D
So picture my surprise when I had tried to lean in for a kiss
E D A A
And she just smiled and turned her head down
A
I asked her, "Why?" and she replied,
A D D
"It was nothing I was doing wrong, its just what it is"
E D A A
No, classy girls don't kiss in bars like this
[Chorus]
D E
No, classy girls don't kiss in bars
D E
Boys will break their backs and hearts
D E A D E E
But its alright, the hardest part is through
A D E E
Oh it's through
A D E E
Oh it's through
A D E E
Oh it's through
A
The hardest part is through.
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