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20 CLASSIC SONGS your friends will love

Beatles - Petty - Johnny Cash - Eagles - John Denver - Dylan

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    Same Boy You've Always Known

    The White Stripes

     

    Chord Guide

            123

    A:    x02220

             132

    D:    xx0232

          3    4

    G:    3x0003

          134

    A5:   577xxx

          134

    G#5:  466xxx

          134

    G5:   355xxx

           231

    E:    022100

     

    Strum: D   D   D  UD D     Note:  When playing A, lift fingers on

           1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +            4 + of the measure

     

    Intro (x2):

     

    Verse 1:

                 A                                             D                                          A        D

    You fell down of course and then you got up of course and started over

                     A                  D                                  A         D   

    Forgot my name of course then you started to remember

     

    Chorus 1:

    C                                         G                              A (2)

       Pretty tough to think about the beginning of December

    C                                        G (strum 1st and 2nd beats, then hold)                    

       Pretty tough to think about    

                                             A         D                                      A    D

    Pretty tough to think about  yeah yeah pretty tough to think about

     

     

    Verse 2:

                              A              D                                    A       D

    You're looking down again and then you look me over

                          A           D                           A     D   

    We're laying down again on a blanket in the clover

     

    Chorus 2:

    C                                                    G                                         A (2)

      The same boy you've always known well I guess I haven't grown

    C                                           G (strum 1st and 2nd beats, then hold)                    

    The same boy you've always known

                                             / A - - - / - - - [A5 G#5] /

    The same boy you've always known

     

    Bridge:

    G5 (2, strum and then mute every beat)                                                   A (2)

        Think of what the past did it could've lasted, so put it in your basket

    G5 (2, strum and then mute every beat)

    I hope you know a strong man who can lend you a hand

                         E (2, hold second measure and play fill)

    lowering my casket

     

    Verse 3:

    A                                    D                                         A     D

    I thought this is just today and soon you'll be returning

                         A                             D                                              A         D

    The coldest blue ocean water cannot stop my heart and mind from burning

        C (hold 2)                           G (strum 1st and 2nd beats, then hold)      A (2)

    Everyone who's in the know says    that's exactly how it goes

        C (hold 2)                                        G (strum 1st and 2nd beats, then hold)      A (hold)

    And if there's anything good about me       I'm the only one who knows


    This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of this song. It's intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.