Barney Bentall - The Ballad Of Old Tom Jones

      
 
 Capo 3, Drop D
 
 Chords: D = 0x0232
 A = x02220
 Em = 222000
 C = x32033
 G = 550030
 
 Note: Song in key of D (F# as capoed), sot try to let low D string ring while playing D
 and during licks. You will need to mute the B and high E string while playing the
 licks (particularly the slide on G from 4 to 7).
 
 Intro:
 
 D D D A (play A for full measure)

 e|-----------------------------------------------0-|
 B|-3-3-------3-3-3-3-------3-3-3-3-------3-3-3-3-2-|
 G|-2-4-4s7-4-2-2-2-4-4s7-4-2-2-2-4-4s7-4-2-2-2-4-2-| x2
 D|-0-0-0---0-0-4-0-0-0---0-0-4-0-0-0---0-0-4-0-0-2-|
 A|-----------------------------------------------0-|
 D|-----0-------------0-------------0---------------|
 

 
 Then:
 D (play D for full measure)

 e|-----------2-|
 B|-----------3-|
 G|-----------2-|
 

 D|-2h4p2p0---0-|

 A|---------2---|
 D|-----------0-|
 

 
 Verse 1 (same as first part of Intro):
 
 D                                       
 Old Tom Jones, woke up on a winters morn
                                               A    
 The sun was barely poking through through the trees
      D                           
 The mercury read minus 50 degrees
                                                  A   
 He thought for sure the damn thing had finally broken
 
 Pre-chorus 1:
 
                    D   
 Until he walked outside
          Em                D  
 He said Kenny, I'm getting old
      Em                      D   
 I'm tired, stove up and I'm cold,
         C                          G  
 It's a long time since I've gotten any
          C                                     G     
 I been crawling over dollar bills and chasing pennies
 
 Chorus 1:
 
      A                               D  
 And lately I've been thinking 'bout home

 e|-----------------2-|
 B|-----------------3-|
 G|-----------------2-|
 D|-2h4-2-0---0-0-2-0-|
 A|---------2---------|
 D|----------------0--|
 

 
 Verse 2:
 
 This old ranch been here, for many, many a year
 May for to feed the men, head north for gold
 It'll still go strong, long after I've moved on
 So to some to rich fool searching through his soul
 
 Pre-chorus 2:
 
                      D    
 Dreaming of being a cowboy
 Em                 D   
 Kenny, so goddamn tired
                Em                                  D  
 Feel like I'm held together with baling twine and wire
            C                      G   
 There's a dance in Jesman Friday night
            C                     G    
 There's a widow I'm hoping just might,
 C                       G 
 Offer me a little company
         C                                       G 
 She's a hard one, so I don't think it'll come free
 
 Chorus 2:
 
  A                 G             D  
 Lately I've been thinking 'bout home

 e|-----------------2-|
 B|-----------------3-|
 G|-----------------2-|
 D|-2h4-2-0---0-0-2-0-|
 A|---------2---------|
 D|---------------0---|
 

              A                     G        D  
 The hills of England, where as a child I'd roam

 e|-----------------2-|
 B|-----------------3-|
 G|-----------------2-|
 D|-2h4-2-0---0-0-2-0-|
 A|---------2---------|
 D|---------------0---|
 

      A                 G             D  
 And lately I've been thinking 'bout home

 e|-------------------2-|
 B|-------------------3-|
 G|-------------------2-|
 D|-2h4-2-0-----------0-|
 A|---------4-2-0-------|
 D|---------------4-2-0-|
 

 
 Verse 3:
 I never got to see my mom, before she died
 And I'd like to see just where they laid her bones
 Back to the rolling hills of Bristol
 Where ain't no one packs a pistol
 And a cowboy only rides in books
 
 Pre-chorus 3 (Same as pre-chorus 2):
 
 And boy, I'll tell some tales
 And Kenny, I wonder which one's home
 When you ain't sure anymore, you start to feel alone
 Just this restlessness, come creeping in
 Following me anywhere that lately I've been
 Like a heavy rain banging on the tin
 The salmon down on the Fraser, swimming with the battered fins
 
 Chorus 3:
 
 Searching for their childhood home

 e|-----------------2-|
 B|-----------------3-|
 G|-----------------2-|
 D|-2h4-2-0---0-0-2-0-|
 A|---------2---------|
 D|---------------0---|
 

 That patch of gravel they know is their own

 e|-----------------2-|
 B|-----------------3-|
 G|-----------------2-|
 D|-2h4-2-0---0-0-2-0-|
 A|---------2---------|
 D|---------------0---|
 

 Lately I've been thinking 'bout home

 e|-----------------2-|
 B|-----------------3-|
 G|-----------------2-|
 D|-2h4-2-0---0-0-2-0-|
 A|---------2---------|
 D|---------------0---|
 

 The hills of England, where as a child I'd roam

 e|-----------------2-|
 B|-----------------3-|
 G|-----------------2-|
 D|-2h4-2-0---0-0-2-0-|
 A|---------2---------|
 D|---------------0---|
 

 Lately I've been thinking 'bout home

 e|-------------------2-|
 B|-------------------3-|
 G|-------------------2-|
 D|-2h4-2-0-----------0-|
 A|---------4-2-0-------|
 D|---------------2b3-0-|