Tab by: SteveC67
Other version here doesn't work to my ears.
You can hit the notes for the intro from a regular E A B chord but the way it is done on the
record is fingering only 3 strings as shown below. Lots of open strings and let 'em ring
for a big fat 'airy' sound.
Listen to the record for strumming pattern.
I start out by barreing the ADG strings at the 7'th fret with my index finger right off
the bat then fill in the 9'th on
DG strings with my ring and pinky. This sets you up for the slide up to the B chord
where you will lift off the ring finger.
For the B? you lift of your pinky. Then slide back down to the 7'th fret with the same 3
strings barred and drop your
pinky back on the G string 9'th fret for the A. Slide back up to the B then repeat for
the intro.
Sorry Not sure what the chord name is for B?
Playing solo I sometimes stick in half the intro where the short slide dobro
instrumentals are.
Intro: x2
E5 B5 B? A5 B5
e | --0----------0-------0-----------0-----0----------------------------- |
B | --0----------0-------0-----------0-----0----------------------------- |
G | --(b9)---------11------(b9)----------(b9)----11---------------------------- |
D | --(b9)---------(b9)------(b9)----------7-----(b9)---------------------------- |
A | --7----------(b9)------(b9)----------7-----(b9)---------------------------- |
E | --0----------0-------0-----------0-----0----------------------------- |
Verse 1:
E5 B5
Full moon shinin' bright
A5 B5
Edge of the water we were feelin' alright
E5 B5
Back down a country road
A5 (stop)
The girls are always hot & the beer is ice cold
E5 B5 A5 B5
Verse 2:
E5 B5
Cadillac horns on the hood
A5 B5
My buddy Frankie had his dad hook him up good
E5 B5
Girls smiled when we roll by
A5 (stop)
They'd hop in the back & we'd cruise to the riverside
Chorus:
E5 B5
Wohh never gonna grow up
A5 B5
Wohh never gonna slow down
E5 B5 A5
Wohh we were shinin' like lighters in the dark
B5
In the middle of a rock show
E5 B5
Wohh we were doin' it right
A5 B5
Wohh we were comin' alive
E5 B5 A5
Wohh Yeah caught up in a southern summer
B5
Barefoot blue jean night
E5 B5 A5 B5
Verse 3:
E5 B5
Blue eyes & auburn hair
A5 B5
Sittn' lookin' pretty by the fire in a lawn chair
E5 B5
New to town and new to me
A5 (stop)
Her ruby red lips was sippin' on sweet tea
Verse 4:
E5 B5
Shot me a look like a shootin' star
A5 B5
So I grabbed a beer & my ole guitar, then we
E5 B5
Sat around til the break of dawn
A5 B5
Howlin' & singin' our favorite songs
Chorus:
E5 B5
Wohh never gonna grow up
A5 B5
Wohh never gonna slow down
E5 B5 A5
Wohh we were shinin' like lighters in the dark
B5
In the middle of a rock show
E5 B5
Wohh we were doin' it right
A5 B5
Wohh we were comin' alive
E5 B5 A5
Wohh Yeah caught up in a southern summer
B5
Barefoot blue jean night
Chorus:
E5 B5 A5 B5
Wohh never gonna grow up
E5 B5
Never gonna slow down
A5 (once)
We were shinin' like lighters in the dark
In the middle of a rock show
E5 B5
Wohh we were doin' it right
A5 B5
Wohh we were comin' alive
E5 B5 A5
Wohh Yeah caught up in a southern summer
B5
Barefoot blue jean night
Outro:
(for the Wohh part; 2 different singers repeat the wohh wohh part. Jake doesn't do the wohh.
Playing solo I like to do the first one only Ie. "wohh never gonna grow up" then again at
"wohh we were doin it right". Trying to do them all and do the lead vocal sounds
rushed. Same for
the outro, first wohh only.
E5 B5 A5
Wohh a barefoot blue jean night
B5 E5
Wohh Barefoot blue jean night
B5 A5
Wohh a barefoot blue jean night
B5 E5 B5
Wohh Barefoot blue jean night
A5 B5 E5 B5 A5
Ahhh was a barefoot blueeeeejean night
B5 E5
Wohh a barefoot blue jean night
B5 A5
Wohh Barefoot blue jean night
