Bonnie Raitt – That Song About The Midway (Guitar Tab)

Drop D (D-A-D-G-B-E) • Capo 2

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[Intro]

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  *1        *2        *3        *4      * timing of beats
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[Verse 1] played 2x

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"Well I met you   on a  midway   at a  fair        last"
"stood out  like a   ruby              in a black man's" 

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 "year                     and you"
 "ear                     you were"

[Chorus 1]

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 "playing on the horses,      playing on the guitar"

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  "strings                  you were"

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  "playing   like a devil      wearing wings                     wearing"

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  "wings, you look so grand.   Wearing wings" 

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                              "Do you"

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 "tie them to your shoulder  just to sing?                     can you"

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"fly?      I heard you can! Can you fly?"

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                           "Just like an"

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  "eagle doing his hunting from the sky"

[PostChorus 1]

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[Verse 2]

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 "I followed through a sideshow      to another town"

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                            "and I"

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 "found you in a trailer           on the camping grounds" 

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                          "You were"

[Chorus 2] Same riffs as Chrous 1

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 "betting on some lover,            shootin up"

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  "that dice                    and I"

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 "thought I saw you cheating   once or twice...                  once or"

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  "twice I heard you did,    once or twice" 

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                            "Were you"

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 "wondering was the gamble worth the price         now you've packed it"

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"in, I heard you did!          Pack it in"

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                           "Was it so"

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  "hard to fold a hand     you knew could win"

[PostChorus 2]

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[Verse 3]

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 "So lately you've been hiding,  it was somewhere in the"

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  "news                     "and I"

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 "still at these races with my ticket stubs and my" 

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  "blues                    and a"

[Chorus 3] Same riffs as Chrous 1, but ending changes

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 "man calls out the numbers,          he sometimes"

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  "mentions mine               but I"

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 "feel like I've been working overtime...                         overtime"

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     "I've lost my fire         overtime" 

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                              "always"

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 "playin' one more hand for one more dime                 well I'm slowing"

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"down, I'm gettin' tired      slowing down"

[Chorus 3 Ending]

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                                "and I"

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  "envy you the valley                    that you've"

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  "found                      cause I'm"

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  "midway                  down the midway"

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                             "slowing down"

[Outro]
   at 4:22
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   "down"

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