open A tuning
(you can also play it in standard tuning in A, capoed up 2 frets)
here are some of the good country licks used:
verse:
E 157
C# 14(15)23457(9)(9)75
A 24565(7)
E 7~
A
E
141614
12/1414p1212(14)12(14)~
14
chords used:
B D E A F# B7 G
E 2570253
C# 2570021
A 2570122
E 2570223
A 25702
E 2
B D A E A B
I hate to do this but you re a pain in the neck
B D A E A B
I thought you knew this you re handing me a canceled check
B D A E A B
you re so helpless your girlfriends think you re a saint
B D A E A D
I ll give you a quarter I ll keep my judgements to myself
D F#
and i get caught up in the moonlight
B B7
reaching out for a rotten egg I don t want to beg
G F# B
it s crystal clear your time is nearly gone
count your blessings and do the things that you should
o the has-beens that never had it so good
stormy weather the kids are making a racket
in the wilderness the wild lives are so mild
CHORUS
CHORUS