Drive-By Truckers – Never Gonna Change (Guitar)
D Tuning (D-G-C-F-A-D)
Key
-
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
DBT played this a whole step down to D Standard. Isbell now plays it in E standard. Either way, it is
played in Em relative to tuning (so Dm in D standard). All chord names will be relative to E standard.
To sound like the record, keep your ring and pinky fingers on the top two strings basically
throughout (add flourishes and pull-offs when you want).
During verse, hammer-on the C on the A string every time you hit the C chord.
[Intro]
Em7 Dsus4 Asus2
[Verse]
Em7 Dsus4 Asus2 Cadd9 Em7 Dsus4 Asus2 Cadd9 Let this be a lesson to you, girl Don't come around where you know you don't belong Em7 Dsus4 Asus2 Cadd9 Em7 Dsus4 Asus2 Cadd9 They're riding on the avenue, they're probably coming after you And they all look mean and strong Em7 Dsus4 Asus2 Cadd9 Em7 Dsus4 Asus2 Cadd9 Mean and strong like liquor Mean and strong like fear Em7 Dsus4 Asus2 Cadd9 Em7 Dsus4 Asus2 Cadd9 Strong like the people from South Alabama And mean like the people from here Cadd9 Dsus4 Asus2 Take it from me... We ain't never gonna change
Em7 Dsus4 Asus2
[Verse 2]
Em7 Dsus4 Asus2 Cadd9 Em7 Dsus4 Asus2 Cadd9 Daddy used to empty out his shotgun shells and fill 'em full of black-eyed peas Em7 Dsus4 Asus2 Cadd9 Em7 Dsus4 Asus2 Cadd9 He'd aim real low and tear out your ankles or rip right through your knees Em7 Dsus4 Asus2 Cadd9 Em7 Dsus4 Asus2 Cadd9 There ain't much traffic on the highway. There ain't much traffic on the lake Em7 Dsus4 Asus2 Cadd9 Em7 Dsus4 Asus2 Cadd9 The ATF and the ABI got everything they could take Cadd9 Dsus4 Asus2 Take it from me… They didn't take it from me
[Chorus]
Em7 Dsus4 Asus2 We ain't never gonna change Em7 Dsus4 Asus2 We ain't doin' nothin' wrong Em7 Dsus4 Asus2 We ain't never gonna change Em7 Dsus4 Asus2 So shut your mouth and play along
[Verse 3]
Em7 Dsus4 Asus2 Cadd9 Em7 Dsus4 Asus2 Cadd9 I thought about going in the army. I thought about going overseas Em7 Dsus4 Asus2 Cadd9 Em7 Dsus4 Asus2 Cadd9 I wouldn't have trouble with a piss test; only problem is my bad left knee Em7 Dsus4 Asus2 Cadd9 Em7 Dsus4 Asus2 Cadd9 My brother got picked up at Parker's, got him a ride in a new Crown Vic Em7 Dsus4 Asus2 Cadd9 Em7 Dsus4 Asus2 Cadd9 They said that he was movin' on a federal level but they couldn't really make it stick Cadd9 Dsus4 Asus2 Take it from me…
[Chorus]
Em7 Dsus4 Asus2 We ain't never gonna change Em7 Dsus4 Asus2 We ain't doin' nothin' wrong Em7 Dsus4 Asus2 We ain't never gonna change Em7 Dsus4 Asus2 So shut your mouth and play along
[Solo]
Em7 Dsus4 Asus2
[Verse 4]
Em7 Dsus4 Asus2 Cadd9 Em7 Dsus4 Asus2 Cadd9 You can throw me in the Colbert County jailhouse. You can throw me off the Wilson Dam Em7 Dsus4 Asus2 Cadd9 Em7 Dsus4 Cadd9 but there ain't much difference in the man I wanna be and the man I really am
[Chorus]
Em7 Dsus4 Asus2 We ain't never gonna change Em7 Dsus4 Asus2 We ain't doin' nothin' wrong Em7 Dsus4 Asus2 We ain't never gonna change Em7 Dsus4 Asus2 So shut your mouth and play along