Hank Williams - I'll Be a Bachelor 'Till I Die

      
 
 Hank Williams
 I'll Be A Bachelor Till I Die
 
 Intro: Here are three alternate-octave riffs you can toy around with to simulate
 the lap-steel guitar.
 The 3rd is closest to the steel version, but I think any riff will work depending
 on what you're going for.
 The 2nd version acts as a template for starting the guitar solo after the first verse.
 If you can use a slide, it sounds even better.
 
 Intro chords: D A D
 
 1st: Low-octave riff:

 e|--------------------------------------------------|
 B|--------------------------------------------------|
 G|-----------------2~~--2-4-2-----------------------|
 D|-------0---0-2-4-----------0-4-2-0------4---------|
 A|-0-2-4---4----------------------------0-----------|
 E|--------------------------------------------------|
 

 
 2nd: Same riff up an octave:

 e|--------------------------------------------------|
 B|---------------7-10~~-10-12-10---7----------7-----|
 G|-----6-7-6-7-9-----------------7---9-7------------|
 D|-7-9--------------------------------------7-------|
 A|--------------------------------------------------|
 E|--------------------------------------------------|
 

 
 3rd: Same riff, up yet another octave:

 e|----------------------14-17~~17-19-17----14-------------14|
 B|-------14-15-14-15-17-----------------15----17-15---------|
 G|-14-16------------------------------------------------14--|
 D|----------------------------------------------------------|
 A|----------------------------------------------------------|
 E|----------------------------------------------------------|
 

 
 VERSE 1:
 D                                                             
 I'll take you to the picture show and babe I'll hold your hand
                                                      D7 
 I'll sit up in your parlor let you cool me with your fan
 G                                 D                  
 I'll listen to your troubles and pet you when you cry
                                                   A7             D  
 But get that marryin' out of your head I'll be a bachelor till I die
 
 Guitar solo (I??m 99% certain of this. Listen to the song for precise timing):
 D 
  

 e|----------------------7----------------------------7-10--|
 B|---------------7-10-----10-----10--------------/7-10-----|
 G|-------7-7-7-7-------------9/11--11\9p7---7-7------------|
 D|-7-9-7---------------------------------9p7---------------|
 A|---------------------------------------------------------|
 E|---------------------------------------------------------|
 

 
 D7 G 
   

 e|-10-7-----------------------------------10---10---10---10-|
 B|------10--------------77777------------12---12---12---12--|
 G|---------br9p7-7-7--7-10bbr7----------12---12---12---12---|
 D|----------------9-----------9-8-7----12---12---12---12----|
 A|----------------------------------------------------------|
 E|----------------------------------------------------------|
 

 
 D 
  

 e|-9-10-12-10p9--7-9p7\5------7-------7-------------------------|
 B|-------------------------10--------------------------10-12-10-|
 G|------------------------------bbrr10--br9-7---7-7-/11---------|
 D|-------------------------------------------9p7----------------|
 A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
 E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
 

 A7 D 
   

 e|-----------------------------|
 B|-----10-------------------10-|
 G|-9/11--11\9p7----7-7--9/11---|
 D|-------------9p7-------------|
 A|-----------------------------|
 E|-----------------------------|
 

 
 VERSE 2:
 D                                                          
 I don't mind honky tonkin' round if that will bring you fun
                                                      D7 
 But somehow I can't understand how one and one makes one
 G                             D                
 I like to cuddle near you and listen to you lie
                                                  A7              D  
 But get that marryin' out of your head I'll be a bachelor till I die
 
 (Fiddle Solo)
 
 VERSE 3:
 D                                                           
 Now if you want a help mate you're just wasting lots of time
                                                              D7   
 Cause I'm afraid of church bells how they scare me when they chime
 G                                   D                 
 I've seen those married people just up and say goodbye
                                                  A7              D  
 So keep that marryin' out of your head I'll be a bachelor till I die
 
 (Steel Solo, ends with opening riff)
 
 VERSE 4:
 D                                                     
 This freedom's mighty precious in this land of liberty
                                                  D7 
 I've seen what matrimony done to better men than me
 G                                     D              
 I don't mind keepin' comp'ny with the apple of my eye
                                                  A7               D  
 But keep that marryin' out of your head I'll be a bachelor till I die
 
 *This Williams Sr. (waaayy better than jr.) tune worked out by the long-gone