Thank You Louise

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THANK YOU LOUISE by Ryan Adams
Chords / Tabs
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:
AG G A
Dadd4 tab to
A
Everyone when she was young,
A/F#
They said she was the pretty one
Asus2C Asus2G A
/ /
She’s pretty now, just watch her as she goes
A
Waiting for the bus to come
A/F#
She holds the hands of someone young
Asus2C Asus2G A
/ /
Whose mother comes and she sees her and she smiles
Asus2C A
/
Thank you Loui-----------se
Asus2C A
/
Mary Loui------------se
A/FAsus2C G A
/ Dadd4
Mother of thre-------------------------e
A
Waiting in the check-out line
A/F#
The supermarket, Christmas time
Asus2C Asus2G A
/ /
She helps someone who doesn’t have the change
A
Takes a dollar from her purse
A/F#
She pays and doesn’t say a word
Asus2C Asus2G A
/ /
And winks and grins and ‘Merry Christmas, friend’
Asus2C A
/
Thank you Loui-----------se
Asus2C A
/
Mary Loui------------se
A/FAsus2C G A
/ Dadd4
Mother of thre-------------------------e
A
In Baltimore, the freezing cold,
A/F#
That chills her daughter to the bone
Asus2C Asus2G A
/ /
She walks from work and cops the drugs and leaves
A
Her brother lay upon the bed
A/F#
With busted teeth and broken head
Asus2C Asus2G A
/ /
He hears the phone and knows his brother’s dead
Asus2C A
/
Thank you Loui-----------se
Asus2C A
/
Mary Loui------------se
A/FAsus2C G A
/ Dadd4
Mother of two--------------------------o

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THANK YOU LOUISE by Ryan Adams
Chords / Tabs
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.
Capo: 0
Intro Tab:
Chords after intro:
A G Dadd4 G tab to A

Thank You Louise Chords by Ryan Adams

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