SADDLE TRAMP - THE CHARLIE DANIELS BAND

INTRO:
(+guitar strumming)
|D   A (x02220@1)    |C   G (320003@1)    |Bb   F (133211@1)   |Em   A (x02220@1)   |
(+piano +drums)
|D   A (x02220@1)    |C   G (320003@1)    |Bb   F (133211@1)   |Em         |G6         |
(-piano +lead guitar)
|D          |D          |D          |D          |


VERSE 1: 
(-piano +lead guitar after each line)
         D (xx0232@1)                                  GWell (320003@1)you pass around the pipe and you all get high.
A (x02220@1)                        DNever (xx0232@1)even stop and wonder why.
D (xx0232@1)                          G (320003@1)    G (320003@1) D/F#Maybe (200232@1)it's because you wanna die.
Em (022000@1)                                   AMaybe (x02220@1)it's just the way things have to be.

    D (xx0232@1)                                  GYou (320003@1)stay up late and drink too damn much whiskey.
    A (x02220@1)                                DYou (xx0232@1)know that sort of thing is kind of risky.
D (xx0232@1)                                      G (320003@1)    G (320003@1) D/F#Maybe (200232@1)it's just because you like to feel frisky.
Em (022000@1)              A (x02220@1)                    DMaybe (xx0232@1)it's just because you like to feel free.


CHORUS 1: 
(-piano)
G (320003@1)               A (x02220@1)         DSaddle (xx0232@1)Tramp, how many people watch you ridin' by,
       G (320003@1)                A (x02220@1)               DLike (xx0232@1)a thunder cloud that floats across the Arizona sky,
    G (320003@1)               A (x02220@1)          D (xx0232@1)          G (320003@1)   G (320003@1) D/F#And (200232@1)wonder if they're looking at a mighty happy man,
          Em (022000@1)               AOr (x02220@1)just a lonely breeze that drifts across the
G (320003@1)     D/F# (200232@1)E (022100@1)DEndless (xx0232@1)desert sand.

(+lead guitar)
|D   A (x02220@1)    |C   G (320003@1)    |


VERSE 2: 
(+piano)
          D (xx0232@1)                      GWell (320003@1)it's gettin' kinda cold in Readosa.
A (x02220@1)                        D (xx0232@1)Abilene ain't gettin' any closer.
D (xx0232@1)                              G (320003@1)    G (320003@1) DF#
One more drink, one more hand of poker.
          Em (022000@1)                               ABecause (x02220@1)a fool and his money's gonna have to part.


D (xx0232@1)                                GYou're (320003@1)too proud to ever show your sorrow.
A (x02220@1)                                  DYou (xx0232@1)don't steal and you won't beg or borrow.
    D (xx0232@1)                                 G (320003@1)    G (320003@1) D/F#You (200232@1)may be here today but you're gone tomorrow.
               Em (022000@1)            A (x02220@1)                DThere (xx0232@1)ain't no strings on your boot heels or your heart.


CHORUS 2:
G (320003@1)               A (x02220@1)         DSaddle (xx0232@1)Tramp, how many people watch you ride away,
G (320003@1)            A (x02220@1)              DWonder (xx0232@1)why you never promise to come back some day.
      G (320003@1)               A (x02220@1)             D (xx0232@1)            G (320003@1)  G (320003@1) D/F#Maybe (200232@1)thinking you were holding all the pieces in your hand,
            Em (022000@1)                  AOr (x02220@1)are they slippin' through your fingers like the
G (320003@1)     D/F# (200232@1)E (022100@1)DEndless (xx0232@1)desert sand.


INSTRUMENTAL:

SECTION 1:
(Lead guitar)
|D   A (x02220@1)    |C   G (320003@1)    |Bb   F (133211@1)   |Em         |
                        (↓Am scale)
|Fdim7        |D/F#       |Fdim7       |
(Light piano chords)                (↓Am G (320003@1)name="chord_133211@1">F EmDm) (022000@1)|Am    G (320003@1)  |D/F#  D (xx0232@1)  |Am    E (022100@1)  |Am         |
(Arpeggiated piano)
|Am    G (320003@1)  |D/F#  D (xx0232@1)  |Am    E (022100@1)  |D  C (x32010@1)G/B (143121@7)Em/G (322000@1)|
(♫ A-A piano)   (rit.)  (Drum solo)...   (↓AGEDC)
|Am         |Am         |N.C.       |N.C.       |

SECTION 2: 
(Piano + guitar hammering)
|A5         |A5/D       |A5/E        |A5/F#       |
|A5/G       |A5         |A5/B        |A5/C   A5/D |
(Drum solo)                (↓AGEEbDC)
|A5/E       |N.C. x6    |N.C        |

SECTION 3: 
(Piano)
|A    x7    |E7  F#m7 (131141@2)Gm7  G#m7 (131141@4)|

SECTION 4: 
(Lead guitar, main theme)                          (↓AGEEbDC)
|A    x8    |E7         |E7     E7/D |D7         |E7         |
(Piano)
|A          |E7  F#m7 (131141@2)Gm7  G#m7 (131141@4)|
(Lead guitar, main theme)                          (↓AGEEbDC)
|A    x8    |E7         |E7     E7/D |D7         |E7         |
(All)
|A    x4    |



SECTION 5: 
(All)                                           (Piano)
|E5    E5 (022xxx@1)name="chord_xx134x@1">D#5 |C#5        |C#5   C#5 (x133xx@4)name="chord_x355xx@1">C5 |B5    Bb5 (x133xx@1) |A    x4    |
(Lead guitar)
|A    x16   |
(All)
|E5    E5 (022xxx@1)name="chord_xx134x@1">D#5 |C#5        |C#5   C#5 (x133xx@4)name="chord_x355xx@1">C5 |B5    Bb5 (x133xx@1) |A    x4    |

SECTION 6: 
(Piano solo)
|A    x16   |
(Piano)
|E5    E5 (022xxx@1)name="chord_xx134x@1">D#5 |C#5        |C#5   C#5 (x133xx@4)name="chord_x355xx@1">C5 |B5    Bb5 (x133xx@1) |A    x4    |

SECTION 7:
(Guitar solo)
|A    x16   |
(Lead guitar)
|E5    E5 (022xxx@1)name="chord_xx134x@1">D#5 |C#5        |C#5   C#5 (x133xx@4)name="chord_x355xx@1">C5 |B5    Bb5 (x133xx@1) |A    x4    |

SECTION 8: 
(Lead guitar)
|A    x8    |
(Begin drum solo)
|Am         |Am         |Am         |A5/E        |Am         |
(Drum solo)
|N.C. x~20  |

SECTION 9: 
(Lead guitar and drums duet)
|A          |N.C.       |A         |N.C.      |
|A    N.C.  |A    N.C.  |A         |A         |

SECTION 10: 
(All, hold A on organ)
|A          |A          |E7        |F#7/E      |
           (Piano ↑ADEbEG)
|Gm7/E	      |E7         |

SECTION 11: 
(Lead guitar, repeat of section 4 main theme)      (↓AGEEbDC)
|A    x8    |E7         |E7     E7/D |D7         |E7         |
(Piano solo, repeat of section 5)                 (↑↑↑ascend)
|E5   E5 (022xxx@1)name="chord_xx134x@1">D#5 |C#5         |C#5   C#5 (x133xx@4)name="chord_x355xx@1">C5 |B5      Bb5|A (x133xx@1)   x4   |
(↓↓↓descend)            (rit.)         (gliss...)
|A    x4    |A   x12    |A    x3    |A          ||


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Personally transcribed for piano by OliThePianist - there's not enough free piano music out there!

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