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 …
