Gino Vannelli – Older N Wizer (Guitar)

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transcription and chart Peter Kruger [email protected] Capo first fret to play along with rrecording ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ C F/C C7 C F/C C7 C F/C C7 C F/C C7 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ C F/C C7 C F/C C7 C F/C C7 D7/A Fm6/Ab C
     C    F/C  C7
Mmm  once I    was a gamblin man

C7  F      Eb      Bb/F  C
But now my gamblin days  are

 C    F/C  C7         C  F/C  C7
 done

      C7   F/C C7
Mmmm  once I   was one lovesick cowboy

      F    C    Ab   Bb
Might say  I've hol  stered my

C  F/C  C7         C  F/C  C7
gun

        C7
And the world is a whole lot safer

        D7
Since I walk the line

Fadd9/G          Bb6/9   B6/9
       In me you see   a penitent

C6  F/C   C7        C  F/C  C7
man

                      F/C  C
No you won't catch me in   no cathouse

               D7   G      D7
Dancin 'in the buff with a bottle of moonshine

Fadd9/G           Bb6/9   B6/9
       Leastways  that's  the

C6  F/C   C7        C  F/C  C7
plan

            F9               F9 Bb F
Because I'm older and wizer

F9 Bb F9
    I ain't the fool I used to

C  F/C  C7       C  F/C  C7
be

        F7                     F9 Bb F
And the way things are shapin

Eb               Bb/D         F7
   They're gonna make a saint out of

 C   F/C  C7      C  F/C  C7
 me

        F9                      Ab7+9  F  Bb
No more tearin up the highway

Ab7+9      G7+9
Stoned out of my

C   F/C   C7        C   F/C  C7
head           out of   my   head

   G7                             G  C  G7
So near I am to a righteous man

   Ab9                                    Ab7 A+5 Ab7
So straight and narrow and spic and span

         C9-5   B9-5   Bb9-5  Dm7/G
That the next   best   thing  is 

C   F/C   C7        C  F/C  C7       C    Dm7   C/E   G7
dead                        whoa the next best  thing is

  C   F/C   C7
dead

C7                                 Bb C7
Once i was thrown in a county jail

                         Bb C7        Bb C7
I gave it up to the Lord a  bove      Uh huh

Bb        C7                             Bb  C
When some big bad dude of six feet eight

                         Bb  C7                Bb        C7
Got hell bent on brother ly  love      uh huh  brotherly love

     D7/C
So I hawked the Mustang Shelby

      D7         C/E     D7/F#
And a backseat   full of bongs

Fadd9/G              Bb6/9    B6/9
        Sweet Jesus, I  have  been re-

C6   F/C   C7        C  F/C  C7
deemed        yeh

               C7          F/C C7
Sure you might catch me in   some juke joint

       D7            C/E      D7/F#
Raisin cane till the crack of dawn

    F/A      Bb6/9  B6/9
But on  ly   in     my

C   F/C   C7        C  F/C  C7
dreams

            F9                  F9 Bb F9
Because I'm older and wizer

      Bb        F9
    I ain't the fool I used to

C   F/C   C7         C  F/C  C7
be            uh huh

            F7             F7    Bb  F9   
And now the way things are shapin

Eb               Bb/D                                 
   They're gonna make a saint out of

 C   F/C   C7        C  F/C  C7
 me

        F9                   F  Eb
No more tearin up the highway

Ab7+9      G7+9
Stoned out of my

C7   F/C   C7                 C  F/C  C7
head          out of mt head

   G9                           G7  C  G7
So near I am to a righteous man

       Ab7                                      Ab7 A+5 Ab7
Just a hoop and a holler from the Promised land

         B+5  Bb+5 F7/A   G7+5
That the next best thing  is

C   F/C   C7        C  F/C  C7
dead

           C    Dm7  C/G   G7   C    F7/A   Ab7   C7
OH ya, the next best thing is   dea-ea-ea-ea-ea-ea-ea-ea-ea-ead.