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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|--------------------------------------| (x02220@1)|-------2-------------------2----------|
|---2-----------2--2--2----------2---2-|
|--------------------------------------|
|-0---0-----------0--0--0----------0---|
|--------------------------------------|

D|---------2------------------2---------| (xx0232@1)|---3------------3--3--3---------3---3-|
|--------------------------------------|
|-0---0-----------0--0--0----------0---|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|

E (022100@1)             D|---------0------------------2---------| (xx0232@1)|----------------------3---------3---3-|
|---1-----------1--1-------------------|
|--------------------0---0---------0---|
|-2---2-----------2--------------------|
|--------------------------------------|

A|--------------------------------------| (x02220@1)|-------2-------------------2----------|
|---2-----------2--2--2----------2---2-|
|--------------------------------------|
|-0---0-----------0--0--0----------0---|
|--------------------------------------|

intro and verse are just that repeated.

A (x02220@1)              AWelllll, (x02220@1)she was standing in the bar
     D (xx0232@1)            DI (xx0232@1)said, "Hello, how do you do?"
    E (022100@1)         D (xx0232@1)                A (x02220@1)AShe (x02220@1)handed me a beer with a kangaroo

A (x02220@1)            A (x02220@1)          DShe (xx0232@1)spoke of places I had never been
              DThat (xx0232@1)she had traveled to
    E (022100@1)              D (xx0232@1)                A (x02220@1) AAnd (x02220@1)we slowed danced along to faster tunes

A (x02220@1)                              A (x02220@1)                        DI (xx0232@1)made her laugh, I made a pass, I showed her my half dollar ring
                          DShe (xx0232@1)said, "That's pretty cool,
    E (022100@1)                 D (xx0232@1)                A (x02220@1)  ABut (x02220@1)classy girls don't kiss in bars, you fool"

Interlude(Picking ends here and strumming starts): 
A (x02220@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A D (xx0232@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D E (022100@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D A (x02220@1)A (x02220@1)          ASo (x02220@1)later on the crowd calmed down
    D (xx0232@1)          DAnd (xx0232@1)I believe it was as if
  E (022100@1)              D (xx0232@1)            A (x02220@1) ASomething (x02220@1)drew me closer to her lips

A (x02220@1)          A (x02220@1)               D (xx0232@1)              DSo (xx0232@1)picture my surprise when I had tried to lean in for a kiss
    E (022100@1)                 D (xx0232@1)                  A (x02220@1) AAnd (x02220@1)she just smiled and turned her head down

AI (x02220@1)asked her, "Why?" and she replied,
 A (x02220@1)                        D (xx0232@1)                      D"It (xx0232@1)was nothing I was doing wrong, its just what it is"
      E (022100@1)                D (xx0232@1)              A (x02220@1) ANo, (x02220@1)classy girls don't kiss in bars like this

D (xx0232@1)                ENo, (022100@1)classy girls don't kiss in bars
    D (xx0232@1)                EBoys (022100@1)will break their backs and hearts
    D (xx0232@1)               E (022100@1)                A (x02220@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D  E (022100@1)E (022100@1)But its alright, the hardest part is through

A (x02220@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D  E (022100@1)EOh (022100@1)it's through
               A (x02220@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D  E (022100@1)EOh (022100@1)it's through
               A (x02220@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D  E (022100@1)EOh (022100@1)it's through
                      AThe (x02220@1)hardest part is through.

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