GIVE IT AWAY
Written by Bill Anderson, Buddy Cannon, and Jamey Johnson
The E-chord should be played without the third to support
both the major melody and the minor (dorian) fills.
A good way to match the sound of the recording is to use
Double-Drop-D tuning with a capo at the third fret.
See chord voicings below as an alternative to the pop-ups.
4 beats per chord
` = 2 beats
(capo at first fret)
INTRO:
LICK E E
NARRATION-LONG:
E
She was stormin' through the house that day and
E
I could tell she was leavin' and I thought ah she'll be
E
Back till she turned around and pointed at the
E
Wall and said that
VERSE:
EE
Picture from our honeymoon that night in Frisco Bay just give it a-
AE
way she said give it a-way and that
EE
Big four-poster king-size bed where so much love was made just give it a-
AE
way she said just give it a-way just give it a-
CHORUS:
AA
way there ain't nothin' in this house worth fightin'
EB7
Over oh and we're both tired of fightin' any-
`A `A7 E E
way just give it a-way
NARRATION:
E
So I tried to move on but I found that each
E
Woman I held just reminded me of that day
E
Hmm when that
VERSE:
EE
Front door swung wide open she flung her diamond ring said give it a-
AE
way just give it a-way I said now
EE
Honey don't you even want your half of everything she said give it a-
AE7
way just give it a-way just give it a-
CHORUS-SHORT:
AA
way there ain't nothin' in this house worth fightin'
EB7
Over oh and we're both tired of fightin' any-
`A `A7 E7
way just give it a-way
SOLO-CHORUS:
AAEB7AEE
NARRATION:
E
So I'm still right here where she left me
E
Along with all the other things she don't care about anymore
E
Mmm like that
VERSE:
EE
Picture from our honeymoon that night in Frisco Bay she said give it a-
AE
way well I can't give it a-way and that
EE
Big four-poster king-size bed where all our love was made she said give it a-
AE
way well I can't give it a-way I've got a
CODA: (slower)
EE
Furnished house a diamond ring and a lonely broken heart full of
AE
Love and I can't even give it away__
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TUNING: 6 5 4 3 2 1 CAPO: Fret-3 for recorded key
DADGBD
CHORDS: RHYTHM:
E A B7 A7 E7 -chart label Slow four with a sixteenth note feel
D5 G A7 G7 D7(-3) 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
D|--0---5---2---3----0---| D|-----0-------0-0-----0-0-----0-0-|
B|--3---0---2---0----1---| B|-----3-------3-3-----3-3-----3-3-|
G|--2---0---0---0----2---| G|-----2-------2-2-----2-2-----2-2-|
D|--0---0---2---0----0---| D|-0---0---0---0-0-0---0-0-----0-0-|
A|--0-------0--------0---| A|-0-------0-------0-------0h2-----|
D|--0---5-------5----0---| D|-0-------0-------0-------0-------|
u
INTRO-LICK:
1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
D+3|-2h3p2----------------------------| Acoustic - left channel
B+3|------3-1-------------------------|
G+3|----------2-1-0-------------------| h = hammer on
D+3|----------------3p0---3---0-------| p = pull off
A+3|--------------------3---3---0-----| d = down strum
D+3|------------------------------3---| u = up strum
| |
E|----------------------------------| Electric
B|------------------------------11\4|
| |
D|-1h3----3-----3-------3-----------| Acoustic - right channel
A|----------------------------------| (standard tuning no capo)
E|----------------------------4-4---|
FILLS:
Mess around with the notes of the dorian mode
particularly the 7th and 3rd and open strings.
D|---|-*-|-3-|---|---|---|
B|-7-|---|-*-|---|---|-3-|
G|---|-*-|---|---|-7-|---|
D|---|-*-|-3-|---|---|---|
A|---|-*-|-7-|---|---|---|
D|---|-*-|-3-|---|---|---|
Fret-1 2 3 4 5 6
Examples show how licks can be played within the strum
or even substitute full chords to mimic the sound.
End chorus-1: Bar-3 verse-2: Bar-4 verse-3:
D5GD7(-Dm
1 + 2 + 3 +a4e+ 1 + 2 e + a 3 e + 4 + 1 2 3 4
D|-----------------||-----5-----------------------5---||-0-------0-------|
B|---6---3---------||-----0-----0-----------------0---||-1-------3-------|
G|---5---2---4-2---||-----0---3-------------------0---||-2-------2-------|
D|-0---0---0--4-3--||-0-----------0-3---0-3-----------||-0-------3-------|
A|-0---0---0-------||---------------------------------||-0-------0-------|
D|-0---0---0-------||-5---------------5-------5-------||-0-------0-------|
Waynus Of Uranus
July 2006