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Ah-La Song
By Joe Purdy (http://www.joepurdy.com)
From the album Joe Purdy


Tabbed by Kevin (liquoricewhip@hotmail.com)
Check out the Unofficial Joe Purdy Transcription site at www.kevin.cafe150.com


Bm:
x2023x
F#m:
20023x
G:
320033
A:
x02220
Em:
022000


Note: Both Bm and F#m chords are played with a hammer-on using the index finger --
to the song for timing.


Bm F#m (x2)
GA

Bm (x24432@1)         F#m (244222@1)        Bm (x24432@1)          F#mSitting (244222@1)in a Dixon garden, wishing that you and I weren't parting
         G (320003@1)            AFor (x02220@1)the last time, the last time
           Bm (x24432@1)                  F#m (244222@1)          Bm (x24432@1)               F#mAnd (244222@1)I said, "Why you want to get married anyway?  That man's got a family"
                 G (320003@1)                     AAnd (x02220@1)then you say, "Couldn't wait on you forever, or could I?"
Bm (x24432@1)          F#m (244222@1)  "Guess not"

Bm F#m

Bm (x24432@1)               F#m (244222@1)                     Bm (x24432@1)          F#mThere's (244222@1)an awkward silence for the first time, so many years
Bm (x24432@1)                F#m (244222@1)                      G (320003@1)         AAnd (x02220@1)as I recall you used to be mine, not some property of his
           Bm (x24432@1)       F#m (244222@1) Bm (x24432@1)    F#mAnd (244222@1)I sing "Ah la don't go, ah la stay
Bm (x24432@1)       F#m (244222@1)G (320003@1)       Bm (x24432@1)   F#mAh (244222@1)la don't go, don't go away."

Bm F#m

Bm (x24432@1)  F#m (244222@1)              Bm (x24432@1)              F#mMaybe (244222@1)I should apologize, for I treated you so
Bm (x24432@1)        F#m (244222@1)                G (320003@1)           AAnd (x02220@1)I'm so sorry that I left you here, I just wish I could have known
        Bm (x24432@1)            F#m (244222@1)   Bm (x24432@1)           F#mYou (244222@1)say, "You never can tell, and it's not your fault
Bm (x24432@1)                    F#m (244222@1)                    G (320003@1)                 ASee (x02220@1)these things just happen when you're dealing with the hands on a clock of a woman"

Bm F#m (x2)

Bm (x24432@1)             F#m (244222@1)        Bm (x24432@1)              F#m"And (244222@1)he treats me fine, and anyways I'm getting older"
           Bm (x24432@1)           F#m (244222@1)              G (320003@1)                         AShe (x02220@1)said, "Oh but I still miss you sometimes, when the weather's getting colder"
             Bm (x24432@1)       F#m (244222@1) Bm (x24432@1)    F#mAnd (244222@1)she sang "Ah la don't go, ah la stay
Bm (x24432@1)       F#m (244222@1)G (320003@1)       Bm (x24432@1)   F#mAh (244222@1)la don't go, don't go away."

Bm F#m

Solo:
e5^e7 e5 B7 B7 G7     e5 e5^e7 e5 B7 B7
e5^e7 e5 B7B7   B7B7^B8 (x21202@1)   B8 B8B7    B7B5^B7 (x21202@1)     B5B5^B7 (x244xx@1)    B7B5^B7 (x21202@1)
Bm (x24432@1)      F#m (244222@1)   Bm (x24432@1)             F#mDo (244222@1)we say goodbye, or just see you later?
           Em (022000@1)         F#mShe (244222@1)said "Don't make me cry,
            G (320003@1)            F#m'Cause (244222@1)it's enough just to know
             G (320003@1)           F#mThat (244222@1)I won't ever hold you close
            G (320003@1)             F#mAnd (244222@1)I won't ever smell your skin,
       GAnd (320003@1)I know how I'm supposed to feel,
A (x02220@1)                      Bm (x24432@1)    F#m (244222@1)    Bm (x24432@1)     F#mHere (244222@1)we go again singing, "Ah la don't go, ah la stay
Bm (x24432@1)       F#m (244222@1)G (320003@1)        Bm (x24432@1)   F#mAh (244222@1)la don't go, don't go away."