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Toby Keith - Close But No Guitar (complete) (Tab)
Album: Toby Keith (1993)
Submitter: PhoenixMandolin (9) on 8/6/09
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INTRO:

E-------------2--------------------0--4-7-5-3-2-0--------------
D-----3------2-----------------------------------3------------
G------2--2/3--------4---------0h1------------------2-0--------
D-2/4--------------------------------------------------4------
A----------------4/6---6\4-2-----------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------

D                      F#
I'd sing the harmony and dixie sang the melody.
B7
We'd sing a little off key sometimes.
E                A-5-4-3-2-      B
But we had some fun Son of a gun,
E                       A
I wonder if i ever even cross her mind.
D                 D7
She ran away with Billy bo bonnie.
G                      Gm
Was a flat top guitar pickin friend of mine.
        D      F#            B
Now im' sittin home just countin' the stars
E             A       D
I got close but no guitar.

D                           F#
I got close but no guitar, she was a shooting star.
B7
Who ran off with a guitar picken friend of mine
  E                            A
Shes really on her way I hear her records ever day.
      D         G      D
I got close but no guitar.


E-5-2----2-0---------------------0-----5--5-2------------------
D----3------2--------------------------------3----------------
G-------------------4--------0h1---5h6----------2-0------------
D--------------------------------------------------4-2-4-0----
A---------------4/6---6\4-2------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------

D                          F#
I still play piano bars, still drive that same old car
B7
I live in that little shack in Tupelo.
E                            B
Dixie is a queen of billboard magazine
E                                A
Playing cross the country doin one night shows.
D                            D7
A man walks up with a dollar in his hand.
G                                      Gm
Says let me hear the song by dixie and the guitar man.
           D       F#            B
And as the dollar falls to the bottom of my jar.
 E          A        D
I get close but no guitar.

D                           F#
I got close but no guitar, she was a shooting star.
B7
Who ran off with a guitar picken friend of mine
  E                            A
Shes really on her way I hear her records ever day.
      D         G      D
I got close but no guitar.


E----------------------2-5-2-0-----------------------------------
D-------------------3---------2-0-------------------------------
G--------------0-2-4---------------2-3--------4------4-----------
D-------0-2-4-------------------------4-------------------------
A--0h2-4----------------------------------4h6----4h6----6\4-2----
E----------------------------------------------------------------

DOBRO SOLO: E  B  E  A

Part one                                      *rake
E----------------------5---5-----------------------5*-3------------
D---------------3-5/7---7-7-5-3-------3-5-5/6-3---3----6-3--------
G------------2-4-------------------2h4-------------3--------3-0----
D-----0-2/4----------------------------------------------------3--
A--0h2-------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------------
Part two
E------------------------------------0-----5---10*--7----------------
D-----3-------2-------------------------------x------10-7-----------
G----2--2----3---3-------4-------0h1---5h6-----x-----------9-7-----7-
D-0-------4-----------------------------------x---------------9-7---
A--------------------4/6---6\4-2-------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------------

acapella

D                           F#
I got close but no guitar, she was a shooting star.
B7
Who ran off with a guitar picken friend of mine
  E                            A
Shes really on her way I hear her records ever day.
      D         G      D
I got close but no guitar.


End lick: Not 100% but it works.

E--2-2----2-2-------------------0----5--------------------
D-3---3--2--2--------------------------------------------
G--2------3---------4--------0h1--5h6----2-1-0------------
D---------------------------------------------4----------
A---------------4/6---6\4-2-------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------------

I wish Toby Keith still put out great songs like this :/

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