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
E B B? A B
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:
E B
Full moon shinin' bright
A B
Edge of the water we were feelin' alright
E B
Back down a country road
A (stop)
The girls are always hot & the beer is ice cold
E B A B
Verse 2:
E B
Cadillac horns on the hood
A B
My buddy Frankie had his dad hook him up good
E B
Girls smiled when we roll by
A (stop)
They'd hop in the back & we'd cruise to the riverside
Chorus:
E B
Wohh never gonna grow up
A B
Wohh never gonna slow down
E B A
Wohh we were shinin' like lighters in the dark
B
In the middle of a rock show
E B
Wohh we were doin' it right
A B
Wohh we were comin' alive
E B A
Wohh Yeah caught up in a southern summer
B
Barefoot blue jean night
E B A B
Verse 3:
E B
Blue eyes & auburn hair
A B
Sittn' lookin' pretty by the fire in a lawn chair
E B
New to town and new to me
A (stop)
Her ruby red lips was sippin' on sweet tea
Verse 4:
E B
Shot me a look like a shootin' star
A B
So I grabbed a beer & my ole guitar, then we
E B
Sat around til the break of dawn
A B
Howlin' & singin' our favorite songs
Chorus:
E B
Wohh never gonna grow up
A B
Wohh never gonna slow down
E B A
Wohh we were shinin' like lighters in the dark
B
In the middle of a rock show
E B
Wohh we were doin' it right
A B
Wohh we were comin' alive
E B A
Wohh Yeah caught up in a southern summer
B
Barefoot blue jean night
Chorus:
E B A B
Wohh never gonna grow up
E B
Never gonna slow down
A (once)
We were shinin' like lighters in the dark
In the middle of a rock show
E B
Wohh we were doin' it right
A B
Wohh we were comin' alive
E B A
Wohh Yeah caught up in a southern summer
B
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.
E B A
Wohh a barefoot blue jean night
B E
Wohh Barefoot blue jean night
B A
Wohh a barefoot blue jean night
B E B
Wohh Barefoot blue jean night
A B E B A
Ahhh was a barefoot blueeeeejean night
B E
Wohh a barefoot blue jean night
B A
Wohh Barefoot blue jean night
