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Difficulty Level Of Original Recorded Song: Yellow Orange Pick
Most Advanced Rhythm: White Pick
Most Advanced Chord Change: Yellow Pick (White Pick when played with Django chords only)
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Tenessee Whiskey Chords And Strumming - Chris Stapleton
Open Chords:
Open Chord A
Open Asus4 Chord: x02230
& Open Bm7 Chord: x20230
Tempo:
152 bpm
Key: A
Strumming:
"Waltz Sync":
|D (m) U D |
"2 Strum":
|D D |
"Waltz Ups":
|D U U D |
Techniques:
Slides (up & down)
Intro -
a|----0-|2/4--|------|------|
e|0-2---|------|------|------|
a|2/420|2/4/2--|------|------|
e|------|------|------|------|
a|-2/4 2/4|4\2--|------|------|
e|------|------|------|------|
a|2/420|0-----|------|------|
e|------|------|------|------|
Verse 1 -
||A - - |A - - |A - - |A - - |
|Bm7 - - |Bm7 - - |Bm7 - - |Bm7 - - |
|Bm7 - - |Bm7 - - |Bm7 - - |Bm7 - - |
(Waltz sync) x 12
|A - - |Asus4 - - |A - - |A - - || x2
(Waltz sync/Waltz ups/Waltz sync/Waltz sync)
(A) (A) I used to spend
(A)my nights out
(A) in a bar(Bm7)room (Bm7) (Bm7)
(Bm7)
(Bm7) (Bm7) Liquor was the (Bm7)only love
(Bm7)I've known
(A) (Asus2) (A) (A)
(A) (A) But you res(A)cued me from reachin' (A)for the bottom
(Bm7) (Bm7)
(Bm7)
And
(Bm7)brought me
(Bm7)back
(Bm7) from
(Bm7)being
(Bm7)too far gone
(A) (Asus2) (A) (A)
Chorus -
|A - - |A - Asus4|A - - |A - - |
(Waltz sync/ 2 strum /Waltz sync/Waltz sync)
|Bm7 - - |Bm7 - - |Bm7 - - |Bm7 - - |
|Bm7 - - |Bm7 - - |Bm7 - - |Bm7 - - |
(Waltz sync) x 8
|A - - |A - Asus4|A - - |A - - |
(Waltz sync/ 2 strum /Waltz sync/Waltz sync)
|A - - |A - - |A - - |A - - |
|Bm7 - - |Bm7 - - |Bm7 - - |Bm7 - - |
|Bm7 - - |Bm7 - - |Bm7 - - |Bm7 - - |
(Waltz sync) x 12
|A - - |Asus4 - - |A - - |A - - |
(Waltz sync/Waltz ups/Waltz sync/Waltz sync)
You're as (A)smooth
(A) (Asus2) (A) as (A)Tennessee whiskey
(Bm7) (Bm7) (Bm7)
(Bm7)You're as (Bm7)sweet
(Bm7) (Bm7) as straw(Bm7)berry wine (A) (A) (Asus2) (A) (A)
You're as
(A)warm (A) (A) as a gl(A)ass of bran(Bm7)dy (Bm7) (Bm7)
And honey,
(Bm7)I stay
(Bm7)stoned
(Bm7) on your
(Bm7)love
(Bm7)all the
(A)time (Asus2) (A) (A)
Verse 2 -
||A - - |A - - |A - - |A - - |
|Bm7 - - |Bm7 - - |Bm7 - - |Bm7 - - |
|Bm7 - - |Bm7 - - |Bm7 - - |Bm7 - - |
(Waltz sync) x 12
|A - - |Asus4 - - |A - - |A - - || x2
(Waltz sync/Waltz ups/Waltz sync/Waltz sync)
(A) (A) I've looked for (A)love in all the (A)same old pla(Bm7)ces (Bm7) (Bm7) (Bm7)
(Bm7) (Bm7) Found the bottom (Bm7)of a bottle al(Bm7)ways dry
(A)
(Asus2) (A) (A)
(A) (A) But when you (A)poured out your
(A)heart I didn't waste
(Bm7)it
(Bm7) (Bm7) (Bm7)
'Cause there's no(Bm7)thing
(Bm7) like your (Bm7)love to
(Bm7)get me high
(A) (Asus2) (A) (A)
Chorus -
|A - - |A - Asus4|A - - |A - - |
(Waltz sync/ 2 strum /Waltz sync/Waltz sync)
|Bm7 - - |Bm7 - - |Bm7 - - |Bm7 - - |
|Bm7 - - |Bm7 - - |Bm7 - - |Bm7 - - |
(Waltz sync) x 8
|A - - |A - Asus4|A - - |A - - |
(Waltz sync/ 2 strum /Waltz sync/Waltz sync)
|A - - |A - - |A - - |A - - |
|Bm7 - - |Bm7 - - |Bm7 - - |Bm7 - - |
|Bm7 - - |Bm7 - - |Bm7 - - |Bm7 - - |
(Waltz sync) x 12
|A - - |A - Asus4|A - - |A - - |
(Waltz sync/Waltz ups/Waltz sync/Waltz sync)
You're as (A)smooth (A) (Asus2) (A) as (A)Tennessee whiskey (Bm7) (Bm7) (Bm7)
(Bm7)You're as (Bm7)sweet (Bm7) (Bm7) as straw(Bm7)berry wine (A) (A) (Asus2) (A) (A)
You're as (A)warm (A) (A) as a gl(A)ass of bran(Bm7)dy (Bm7) (Bm7)
And honey, (Bm7)I stay (Bm7)stoned (Bm7) on your (Bm7)love (Bm7)all the (A)time (Asus2) (A) (A)
Solo -
||A - - |A - - |A - - |A - - |
|Bm7 - - |Bm7 - - |Bm7 - - |Bm7 - - |
|Bm7 - - |Bm7 - - |Bm7 - - |Bm7 - - |
(Waltz sync) x 12
|A - - |Asus4 - - |A - - |A - - || x2
(Waltz sync/Waltz ups/Waltz sync/Waltz sync)
Chorus -
|A - - |A - Asus4|A - - |A - - |
(Waltz sync/ 2 strum /Waltz sync/Waltz sync)
|Bm7 - - |Bm7 - - |Bm7 - - |Bm7 - - |
|Bm7 - - |Bm7 - - |Bm7 - - |Bm7 - - |
(Waltz sync) x 8
|A - - |A - Asus4|A - - |A - - |
(Waltz sync/ 2 strum /Waltz sync/Waltz sync)
|A - - |A - - |A - - |A - - |
|Bm7 - - |Bm7 - - |Bm7 - - |Bm7 - - |
|Bm7 - - |Bm7 - - |Bm7 - - |Bm7 - - |
(Waltz sync) x 12
|A - - |A - Asus4|A - - |A - - |
(Waltz sync/Waltz ups/Waltz sync/Waltz sync)
You're as (A)smooth (A) (Asus2) (A) as (A)Tennessee whiskey (Bm7) (Bm7) (Bm7)
(Bm7)You're as (Bm7)sweet (Bm7) (Bm7) as straw(Bm7)berry wine (A) (A) (Asus2) (A) (A)
You're as (A)warm (A) (A) as a gl(A)ass of bran(Bm7)dy (Bm7) (Bm7)
And honey, (Bm7)I stay (Bm7)stoned (Bm7) on your (Bm7)love (Bm7)all the (A)time (Asus2) (A) (A)
Ending -
|A - - |A - - |A - - |A - - |
|Bm7 - - |Bm7 - - |Bm7 - - |Bm7 - - |
|Bm7 - - |Bm7 - - |Bm7 - - |Bm7 - - |
(Waltz sync) x 12
|A - - |Asus4 - - |A - - |A - - |
(Waltz sync/Waltz ups/Waltz sync/Waltz sync)
|A - - |A - - |A - - |A - - |
|Bm7 - - |Bm7 - - |Bm7 - - |Bm7 - - |
|Bm7 - - |Bm7 - - |Bm7 - - |Bm7 - - | A
(Waltz sync) x 12
You're as (A)smooth
(A) (A) as
(A)Tennessee whiskey (Bm7) (Bm7) (Bm7) (Bm7)Tennessee whiskey
(Bm7) (Bm7) (Bm7) (Bm7)Tennessee whiskey (A) (Asus2) (A)
(A)You're as (A)smooth (A) (A) as (A)Tennessee whiskey (Bm7) (Bm7) (Bm7) (Bm7)Tennessee whiskey (Bm7) (Bm7) (Bm7) (Bm7)Tennessee whiskey (A)
Final Chord Strum: A
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