• Song:

    Cut Across Shorty

  • Artist:

    Rod Stewart

  • Album:

    Reason To Believe: The ...

Rod Stewart - Cut Across Shorty MTV Unplugged(1993)
Original: by Eddie Cochran (1959)
Chords by JDoubleOP

Intro:
Cadd9   G/B   G/B(2x hammer on C) Dsus2     4x

#1.
D (xx0232@1)                    
Now a country boy named Shorty

And a city boy named Dan,

had to prove who could run the fastest 
   E (022100@1)            Ato (x02220@1)win miss Lucy's hand.
    D (xx0232@1)                          GNow (320003@1)Dan had all the money and he also

had the looks.
    D (xx0232@1)          
But Shorty must have had something boys, 
     A (x02220@1)               Dthat (xx0232@1)can't be found in books.

CHORUS:
           GCut (320003@1)across Shorty, Shorty, cut across.
       
That's what miss Lucy said.
           DCut (xx0232@1)across Shorty, Shorty, cut across..
     A (x02220@1)              Dit's (xx0232@1)you that I wanna wed.

Cadd9   G/B   G/B(2x hammer on C) Dsus2       1x

#2.
     D (xx0232@1)                         
Now, Dan had been in training

About a week before the race
                                      EHe (022100@1)made up his mind ol' Shorty, would end 
          Ain (x02220@1)second place.
    D (xx0232@1)         
And Dan with his long legs a-flyin' he left 
GShorty (320003@1)far behind.
    D (xx0232@1)        
And Shorty heard him holler out..
      A (x02220@1)                 DMiss (xx0232@1)Lucy, you'll soon be mine!

CHORUS:
                 GWell, (320003@1)Cut across Shorty, Shorty, cut across
       
That's what miss Lucy said.
           DCut (xx0232@1)across Shorty, Shorty, cut across..
     A (x02220@1)              Dit's (xx0232@1)you that I wanna wed.

Solo:
Cadd9   G/B   G/B(2x hammer on C) Dsus2       4x

#3.
    D (xx0232@1)                                
But Shorty wasn't worried,

there was a smile upon his face.

E (022100@1)                Acause (x02220@1)old Lucy had fixed the race.
    D (xx0232@1)                                 GAnd (320003@1)just like that old story, about the turtle

and the hare.
     D (xx0232@1)                  
When Dan crossed over the finish line,
   A (x02220@1)                  Dhe (xx0232@1)found Shorty waiting there.

CHORUS 2x:
           GCut (320003@1)across Shorty, Shorty, cut across.
       
That's what miss Lucy said.
           DCut (xx0232@1)across Shorty, Shorty, cut across..
     A (x02220@1)              Dit's (xx0232@1)you that I wanna wed...

OUTRO:
Cadd9   G/B   G/B(2x hammer on C)  Dsus2   
O yeah,       It's you I wanna wed.
   
Cadd9   G/B   G/B(2x hammer on C)  Dsus2 (3x)

Have fun with this great song.
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