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THANK YOU LOUISE by Ryan Adams
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Very hard for beginners, but not really hard to play at all.
A simple picking in the same way for all chords.
This is my first tab. Feel free to correct if something seems wrong.
Introduction:
A chord like "Asus2/C" means that you play an A-sus2 chord with a pronounced C-
string for the bass.
So "Asus2/C" means you have to play:
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-0--|
-2--|
-2--|
-3--|
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Capo: 0
Intro Tab:
-------5---------3--|
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-----3---------3----|
---3---------3------|
-0---------0--------|
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Chords after intro:
A   GDadd4 Gtab to A  
AEveryone when she was young,
They sA/F#aid she was the pretty one
Asus2/ C  Asus2/ G  A  
She’s pretty now, just watch her as she goes
AWaiting for the bus to come
She hA/F#olds the hands of someone young
Asus2/ C  Asus2/ G  A  
Whose mother comes and she sees her and she smiles
Asus2/ C  A  
Thank you Loui-----------se
Asus2/ C  A  
Mary Loui------------se
A/F  Asus2/ C   GDadd4 A  
Mother of thre-------------------------e
AWaiting in the check-out line
The sA/F#upermarket, Christmas time
Asus2/ C  Asus2/ G  A  
She helps someone who doesn’t have the change
ATakes a dollar from her purse
She pA/F#ays and doesn’t say a word
Asus2/ C  Asus2/ G  A  
And winks and grins and ‘Merry Christmas, friend’
Asus2/ C  A  
Thank you Loui-----------se
Asus2/ C  A  
Mary Loui------------se
A/F  Asus2/ C   GDadd4 A  
Mother of thre-------------------------e
AIn Baltimore, the freezing cold,
That chA/F#ills her daughter to the bone
Asus2/ C  Asus2/ G  A  
She walks from work and cops the drugs and leaves
AHer brother lay upon the bed
With bA/F#usted teeth and broken head
Asus2/ C  Asus2/ G  A  
He hears the phone and knows his brother’s dead
Asus2/ C  A  
Thank you Loui-----------se
Asus2/ C  A  
Mary Loui------------se
A/F  Asus2/ C   GDadd4 A  
Mother of two--------------------------o
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