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HARVEY DANGER
"SAD SWEETHEART OF THE RODEO"
KING JAMES VERSION
TABBED BY KYLE


This is a fairly easy song. The tabs are 90% right, or more. Use normal tuning.

   INTRO: Halfway between keyboard part
E (--0-2-2-5-5------0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--(----------------------------------------------)
A (- 2-4-4-7-7-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--(----------------------------------------------)
D (- -------------4-4----------------------------(-----do-this-part-2-times----------------)
G (-----------------------------------------------(-11-11-11-11-11-11-9-9-9-11-11-11-)
B (-----------------------------------------------(--9---9--9--9---9---9--7-7-7-9---9---9--)
e  (-----------------------------------------------(-----bend-on-the-g-string----------------)

Verse:  Use Barre Chords (or power chords, same thing)
 F#                                  A                       B             G                A         E
 Not another existential cowboy, and no more california champaigne
 F#                                      A                                B               G                   A              E   
 Not another saddle tramp sick, sore, lonely and out of place, cryin in his coffee ice cream
 F#                                    A                                     B             G                     A           E
 Edith cannot fix another engine nor paint another face on a rubber canned clown
 F#                         A                              B        G             A      E         F
 She takes another temp job, but in her secret heart she rides, cause she's the

 Chorus:
F#                                 A          B                     E   F#
 Sad Sweetheart of the rodeo, ahoooooooooo  Not an urban legend now
F#                                 A          B                     E   F#
 Sad Sweetheart of the rodeo, ahooooooooooooo

 Bridge:  \\ = Slide
(-22222222-5555555-----------------------------2-2\\5---------------------)
(-44444444-7777777-2-2-2-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-4-4\\7--2-0-2-0-2-3-5--)
(---------------------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----------4-4-4-4-4-5-7--)
(------------------------------------------------------------------------------------)
(------------------------------------------------------------------------------------)
(------------------------------------------------------------------------------------)
F#                   A                                       B                 G     A     E
Give it a rest, Give it a rest, Oh Give it a bad night's sleep
F#                                                           A                                                         B                  G
Norman says she should take a valium or maybe somethin stronger cause he doesnt understand
                   A           E
How do ya get so excited watchin the lusty men?
F#                                       A                    B            G                                            A         E
The marlboro man died of cancer and he wasn't a rocket scientist when he was healthy ha ha ha
               F#                                  A                                  B          G
She took one last gulp of the soft city condesention and blasted off from his little
A                    E
launch pad to parts west

Guitar Solo:

E(--14-14-12-12-12-14-12-14-12-14-12-14-14-12-14-12-10-12-10-6-8-)
A(----------------------play-this-part-twice---------------------------------------)
D(--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------)

E(--14-12-12-12-14-12-14-12-14-12-----14-12-14-12-14-12-14-12-----12-14-12-14-12-14-12-14-   
A(--------------------------------------------12----------------------------------10----------------------------------
D(--------------------------------------------12----------------------------------12----------------------------------

    ---12----14-12-14-12-14-12-14-12-14-12-14-12-10-8)
    -------9----------------------------------------------------------)
    ------11----------------------------------------------------------)

Bad Ass Outro I made myself:

(--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----------------------------2------------------) E
(--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-----4------------------) A
(--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-----4 let it ring out-) D
(--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-----3------------------) G
(--5-2-5-2-5-2-5-2-8-5-8-5-8-5-8-5-4-5-5-5-4-7-7-7-7-----2------------------) B
(--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-----2------------------) e



And that's about it. 
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