Song: Before I Cheat (Cover of Before He Cheats)
Original Artist: Carrie Underwood
Original Lyrics: Josh Kear, Chris Tompkins
Revised Lyrics: Joe
Tabbed By: gmanontheradio

So I saw Joe (R&B artist) perform this version on Yahoo!'s Pepsi
Smash Cover Art and think it is an awesome rendition..pretty much
what the guy is doing while Carrie's busting up his truck. So the
credit goes to him for the lyrics. I took it and changed it slightly
to how I sing it and dropped it a step from how Carrie sings it. (If
you want to play it like her just capo II) This isn't 100% exactly 
how she plays it - I've altered it a little bit to fit a guys voice,
and added some parts to make it sound fuller as a solo acoustic. So
save your "it should be this chord" comments for the Carrie tabs. But
to all the guys out there that want to have a little fun.. enjoy!

COMMENTS WELCOME

** note: where it shows Em-D-G and A-B-C down-strum each chord once,
if you're new you don't have to play them.. they are transition chords**

Chords:
Em: 022000
 D: xx0232
 C: 032010
 B: 224442
 A: x02220
 G: 320003

The way I play the intro: (v=down-strum; +=upstrum)
  Em      D               C       D
  v v v + v + v + v + v + + v v + v + v + v +
e-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2h3p2p0h2-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2
B-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-1-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3
G-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2
D-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0---------2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0
A-2-2---------------------3-3----------------
E-0-0---------------------0-0----------------

  Em      D               C         B
  v v v + v + v + v + v + v v + v + v 
e-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2h3p2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-2~
B-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-1-4~
G-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-4~
D-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0---------2-2-2-2-2-4~
A-2-2---------------------3-3-3-3-3-2~
E-0-0---------------------0-0-0-0-0-2~


INTRO:
Em D C D Em D C B

VERSE:
Em            D                        C
Right now I'm here slow dancing with a real hot girl,
          D
and she's getting really frisky
Em            D                       C
Right now I'm at the bar buying her a fruity little drink cause she
D
can't shoot whiskey
Em             D                             C
Right now I'm standing up behind her with a pool-stick showing her
D                  A              B
how to shoot a combo, but I don't know

CHORUS:
         C             Em                C    
That she dug her key into the side of my pretty little supped up 
Em                C                 Em            B
four wheel drive, carved her name into my leather seats
           C                     Em 	  	   
She took a Louisville slugger to both head lights, 
C                 Em
slashed a hole in all four tires
    C                     B                
And maybe next time I'll think before I cheat

Em D C B

VERSE:
Em              D 	  	          C                   D
Right now she's standing up singing some ghetto variation of Maria karaoke
Em              D 	  	             C 	 
Right now she's telling me that she's drunk and I'm thinking
      D
I'm about to get lucky
Em            D                     C                     B 	  	 A
Right now I'm in here dabbing three dollars worth of that bathroom Polo
             B
But I don't know, oh

CHORUS:
         C             Em                C    
That she dug her key into the side of my pretty little supped up 
Em                C                 Em            B
four wheel drive, carved her name into my leather seats
           C                     Em 	  	   
She took a Louisville slugger to both head lights, 
C                 Em
slashed a hole in all four tires
    C                     B              Em    Em-D-G (one strum each)
And maybe next time I'll think before I cheat

BRIDGE:
G        D                              C
I mighta saved a little trouble for the next girl,
          A                        B
Cause the next time that I cheat
                            
Oh, you know she might cheat on me
             
Em D C D Em D C B


CHORUS:
    C             Em                C    
She dug her key into the side of my pretty little supped up 
Em                C                 Em            B
four wheel drive, carved her name into my leather seats
           C                     Em 	  	   
She took a Louisville slugger to both head lights, 
C                 Em
slashed a hole in all four tires
    C                     B             A
And maybe next time I'll think before I cheat
A-B-C C                    B
well, maybe next time I'll think before I cheat

OUTRO:
Em D C D Em D C B Em (end with a slow down-strum on Em)