Badfinger – Meanwhile Back At The Ranch - Should I Smoke (Guitar)

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[Intro implied by guitar/keyboard]
    E           E7          C#m           E
e|-----------|------------|-------------|-----------|
B|------0----|-------0----|-------0-----|------0----|
G|----1------|-----1------|----1--------|----1------|
D|--2------2-|--0------0--|-------------|--2------2-|
A|-----------|------------|--4-------4--|-----------|
E|-----------|------------|-------------|-----------|
[Meanwhile Back at the Ranch] [Verse 1]
A                       E
Why do you think me so hard to get?

A                        E
Is there something they might regret?

A                F#                 B
Is it better to just forget, just forget?
[Verse 2]
A                   E
If they only would let us know

A                        E
Then we'd know just how far to go

A                      F#                 B
But instead they just tell us no, tell us no
[Chorus]
 E                          E7
You, you always played the fool
(You always played the fool)
                      C#m
You always break the rule

                  E
At every single school you know
(You always break the rule)
            A
It always pulled you down

             F#             B
They could always pull you down
[Chorus]
E                          E7
You, you never stayed the same
(You never stayed the same)
                      C#m
And now you take the blame

                     E
For all the little games they play
(You always take the blame)
             A
And let it bring you down

           F#               B
Why'd you let it bring you down?
[Solo]
e|--/12-|-12--9---------------|----|---------------|---|-12--9--------12----------------|
B|------|-------12--9---------|----|------5b----8b-|-5-|--------12--9-----9-------------|
G|------|--------------11--9-6|----|--4-6----6-----|---|--------------------12-9-9------|
D|------|---------------------|-5/6|---------------|---|-----------------------------11-|
A|------|---------------------|----|---------------|---|--------------------------------|
E|------|---------------------|----|---------------|---|--------------------------------|
[Verse 3]
A                       E
Why do you think me so hard to get?

A                        E
Is there something they might regret?

A                F#                 B
Is it better to just forget, just forget?
[Verse 4]
A                   E
If they only would let us know

A                        E
Then we'd know just how far to go

A                      F#                 B
But instead they just tell us no, tell us no
[Chorus]
E                          E7
You, you never stayed the same (You never stayed the same)

                      C#m
And now you take the blame

                     E
For all the little games they play (You always take the blame)

             A
And let it bring you down

          F#                 B
Why'd you let it bring you down?
[Should I Smoke] [Chorus]
   A                E
Should I smoke or should I die?

   B          C#m          B
Somebody must tell me why

  A                   E
Should I laugh, or should I cry

 A              G#7      C#m  B
Won't somebody help me?
[Verse 1]
E                   B
Don't know what to say

E                  B
You're makin' me better

E                    B
I've learned how to pray

 E              C#m     A
Change in the weather today

                   E    A
Don't know what to do

              G#7      C#m    B
Just makes it hard to lose
[Verse 2]
E              B
The day passes by

  E       B
Nobody listens

E            B
And nobody cries

E              C#m     A
For anyone's mission today

                   E   A
Don't know what to do

              G#7      C#m     B
Just makes it hard to choose
[Chorus]
   A                E
Should I smoke or should I die?

   B          C#m
Somebody must tell me why

  A                E
Should I laugh, should I cry

 A              G#7      C#m  B
Won't somebody help me?
E E7 C#m E A F#m E E7 C#m E A F#m E