Charlie Daniels

Well you ^D pass around the pipe and you all get ^G high.
^A Never even stop and wonder ^D why.
^D Maybe it's because you wanna ^G die. ^{G D/F#
Em} Maybe it's just the way things have to ^A be.
You ^D stay up late and drink too damn much ^G whiskey.
You ^A know that sort of thing is kind of ^D risky.
^D Maybe it's just because you like to feel ^G frisky. ^{G D/F#
Em} Maybe it's just be ^A cause you like to feel ^D free.
CHORUS 1:
(-piano)
^G Saddle Tramp, how ^A many people ^D watch you ridin' by,
Like a ^G thunder cloud that ^A floats across the ^D Arizona sky,
And ^G wonder if they're ^A looking at a ^D mighty happy ^G man, ^{G D/F#}
Or just a ^Em lonely breeze that ^A drifts across the
^G Endless ^D/F# desert ^E sa ^D nd.
(+lead guitar)
|D A |C G |
VERSE 2:
(+piano)
Well it's ^D gettin' kinda cold in Rea ^G dosa.
^A Abilene ain't gettin' any ^D closer.
D G G D\F#
One more drink, one more hand of poker.
Because a ^Em fool and his money's gonna have to ^A part.
^D You're too proud to ever show your ^G sorrow.
^A You don't steal and you won't beg or ^D borrow.
You ^D may be here today but you're gone to ^G morrow. ^{G D/F#}
There ain't no ^Em strings on your ^A boot heels or your ^D heart.
CHORUS 2:
^G Saddle Tramp, how ^A many people ^D watch you ride away,
^G Wonder why you ^A never promise to ^D come back some day.
Maybe ^G thinking you were ^A holding all the ^D pieces in your ^G hand, ^{G D/F#}
Or are they ^Em slippin' through your ^A fingers like the
^G Endless ^D/F# desert ^E sa ^D nd.
INSTRUMENTAL:
SECTION 1:
(Lead guitar)
|D A |C G |Bb F |Em |
(↓Am scale)
|Fdim7 |D/F# |Fdim7 |
(Light piano chords) (↓Am G F Em Dm)
|Am G |D/F# D |Am E |Am |
(Arpeggiated piano)
|Am G |D/F# D |Am E |D C G/B Em/G |
(♫ 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 Gm7 G#m7 |
SECTION 4:
(Lead guitar, main theme) (↓AGEEbDC)
|A x8 |E7 |E7 E7/D |D7 |E7 |
(Piano)
|A |E7 F#m7 Gm7 G#m7 |
(Lead guitar, main theme) (↓AGEEbDC)
|A x8 |E7 |E7 E7/D |D7 |E7 |
(All)
|A x4 |
SECTION 5:
(All) (Piano)
|E5 E5 D#5 |C#5 |C#5 C#5 C5 |B5 Bb5 |A x4 |
(Lead guitar)
|A x16 |
(All)
|E5 E5 D#5 |C#5 |C#5 C#5 C5 |B5 Bb5 |A x4 |
SECTION 6:
(Piano solo)
|A x16 |
(Piano)
|E5 E5 D#5 |C#5 |C#5 C#5 C5 |B5 Bb5 |A x4 |
SECTION 7:
(Guitar solo)
|A x16 |
(Lead guitar)
|E5 E5 D#5 |C#5 |C#5 C#5 C5 |B5 Bb5 |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 D#5 |C#5 |C#5 C#5 C5 |B5 Bb5 |A x4 |
(↓↓↓descend) (rit.) (gliss...)
|A x4 |A x12 |A x3 |A ||
END
Personally transcribed for piano by OliThePianist – there's not enough free piano music out there!
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