Tuning: Standard (
)
Chords Used (all relative to
):
Intro (relative to
):
e|--4-------------4-----------------|
B|----5--7--4-------5-7-4------4-5--|
G|---------------------------4------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|
A second guitar repeats this throughout:
(With
) (Without Capo)
e|----------------------------------------| e|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------|
G|------1--------------------1------------| G|------2--------------------2------------|
D|--------2-----(2)------------2----------| OR D|--------3-----(3)-------------3---------|
A|----2-------0------------2------(0)-----| A|----3-------1------------3------(1)-----|
E|--0--------------0-----0-----------(0)--| E|--1---------------1----1-----------(1)--|
The timing of the verse chords is:
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
e|---0---------------0-------0-------|---0-------------------0---0-------|
B|---0---------------0-------0-------|---0-------------------0---0-------|
G|---1---------------2-------1-------|---1-------------------2---1-------|
D|---2---------------2-------2-------|---2-------------------2---2-------|
A|---2---------------0-------2-------|---2-------------------0---2-------|
E|---0---------------x-------0-------|---0-------------------x---0-------|
EAsus2E
I'm leaving this place behind
EAsus2E
And I'm heading out on the road tonight
EAsus2E
I'm off for the hinterlands
EAsus2E
Way up North where the tall trees stand
EAsus2E
Before I commence my ride
EAsus2E
I'm asking Lily to be my bride
EAsus2E
I know there's another man
EAsus2E
But he ain't gonna delay my plan
B
I know she's gonna be my wife
C#m
Gonna fall in love I'm gonna live my life with her
EAsus2EEAsus2EB
You know I bet he's not so tough
C#m
Ain't afraid of him cause I'm a fool for love
EAsus2E
I've come forth to find Big Jim
EAsus2E
Well here I am and I guess you're him
EAsus2E
I see how you got your name
EAsus2E
You're tall as hell and broad as a train
EAsus2E
They say you a hard-born man
EAsus2E
And the baddest guy in the whole wide land
EAsus2E
Well I'm not afraid to fight
EAsus2E
Let's step outside and I'll show you why
B
I'm humming like a revved up truck
C#m
Never mind the odds I'm gonna try my luck with her
EAsus2EEAsus2EB
Just tell me when you've had enough
C#m
I'm dangerous cause I'm a fool for love
EAsus2E
You know you don't hit half bad
EAsus2E
But I'm gonna lay you in the ground tonight
EAsus2E
Just wait until I catch my breath
EAsus2E
Gonna send you off to an early death
EAsus2E
I lie in the drifting snow
EAsus2E
Bleeding out as it covers me over
EAsus2E
If spring comes before I'm found
EAsus2E
Just throw my bones in a hole in the ground
EAsus2E
I lost friends along my way
EAsus2E
I knew I'd meet them eventually
EAsus2E
No I'm not afraid to die
EAsus2E
Just mad I left that Jim alive
B
I know I should've never looked back
C#m
But you ain't gonna win a woman's heart like that
EAsus2EEAsus2EB
I never should've called his bluff
C#m
I was born to lose cause I'm a fool for love
EAsus2E
I stare into the endless sky
EAsus2E
Let the sorry tale of my life go by
EAsus2E
I drift into the great unknown
EAsus2E
I really don't know where I'm going