Gene Watson – They Played It (Guitar)

Capo 1 Video Lesson
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Chords

[Intro] C F C F C [Verse]
            F
Pig's piano, Pete Drake steel

G                      C
  You may not know them, but you know the feel

    C                                     F
Of a  Bob Moore bass run, Buddy Harman on drums

G                               C
  The singers sang it, but they played it
[Chorus]
     F
They played in 4-4 time

     C
They played the 1-4-5s

       G
Didn't always make on the credits

      C
Their names weren't up in lights

    F                           C                Am
But down on Music Row they made magic in the studio

      G
Every country song you know

     C         F  C    F  C
They played it
[Verse]
                  F
Texas twin fiddle,  a lonesome steel ride

G                                 C
  Good country music can make you laugh or make you cry

         C
Help you two-step with your sweetheart,

                       F
Drink a beer on Friday nights

         G                           C
When you feel something inside, they played it
[Chorus]
     F
They played in 4-4 time

     C
They played the 1-4-5s

       G
Didn't always make on the credits

      C
Their names weren't up in lights

    F                           C                Am
But down on Music Row they made magic in the studio

      G
Every country song you know

     C         C
They played it
[Solo] | C | C | F | F | G | G | C | C | | C | C | C | F | G | G | C | C [Chorus]
     F
They played in 4-4 time

     C
They played the 1-4-5s

       G
Didn't always make on the credits

      C
Their names weren't up in lights

    F                           C                Am
But down on Music Row they made magic in the studio

      G
Every country song you know

     C         C
They played it
[Outro]
    G
For me, to Hank and Jones

     C         F  C    F  C
They played it