Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 14:49:36 -0500
From: Andrew Rogers
Subject: ./l/lovin_spoonful/nashville_cats.crd
«Nashville Cats»
(John Sebastian)
Intro:
(stock C&W intro, more-or-less invented in the 50’s by Luther
Perkins of Johnny Cash’s Tennessee Two)
(C)
v v v v v v v v
—00—00—00—00|——————
—11—11—11—11|——————
—00—00—00—00|——————
—22—22—22—22|——————
-3——-3——-|-3——-0—2—
——3——-3—|——3————
^^^^^^^^^^^^^ doubled w/bass
Chorus:
C G7 C
Nashville cats, play clean as country water
C G7 C
Nashville cats, play wild as mountain dew
C G7 C
Nashville cats, been playin’ since they’s babies
C G7 C
Nashville cats, get work before they’re two
Verse 1:
(C) G7
Well, there’s 1352 guitar pickers in Nashville
(G7)
And they can pick more notes than the number of ants on a
C
Tennessee ant hill
F
Yeah, there’s 1352 guitar cases in Nashville
G7 C
And anyone that unpacks his guitar can play twice as better than
I will
Verse 2:
Well, I was just thirteen, you might say I was a musical
proverbial knee-high
When I heard a couple new-soundin’ tunes on the tubes and they
blasted me sky-high
And the record man said every one was a yellow Sun record from
Nashville [historical note: Sun was in Memphis]
And up North here ain’t nobody buys them, and I said «but I will»
[repeat chorus]
Verse 3:
Well, there’s 16,821 mothers from Nashville
All their friends play music and they ain’t uptight if one of the
kids will
Because it’s custom made for any mother’s son to be a guitar picker
in Nashville
And I sure am glad I had the chance to say a word about the music
and the mothers in Nashville
[repeat chorus]
Coda:
(spoken:) Pick it…
C F
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
C G7 C
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
— another ace 60’s tab from Andrew Rogers
