Rod Stewart – Cut Across Shorty (Guitar)

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Original by Eddie Cochran (1959) [Intro] Cadd9 G/B G/B (2x hammer on C) Dsus2 x4 [Verse 1]
      D
Now a country boy named Shorty

      D
And a city boy named Dan

       D
Had to prove who could run the fastest 

   A
To win Miss Lucy's hand

    D
Now Dan had all the money

       G
And he also had the looks

    D
But Shorty must have had something boys,

     A                 D
That can't be found in books
[Chorus]
           G
Cut across Shorty, Shorty, cut across

       G
That's what Miss Lucy said

           D
Cut across Shorty, Shorty, cut across

     A                D
It's you that I wanna wed
Cadd9 G/B G/B (2x hammer on C) Dsus2 [Verse 2]
     D
Now, Dan had been in training

        D
About a week before the race

   D
He made up his mind ol' Shorty

      A
Would end in second place

    D
And Dan with his long legs a-flyin'

        G
He left Shorty far behind

    D
And Shorty heard him holler out

     A                    D
Miss Lucy, you'll soon be mine!
[Chorus]
                 G
Well, cut across Shorty, Shorty, cut across

       G
That's what Miss Lucy said

           D
Cut across Shorty, Shorty, cut across

     A                D
It's you that I wanna wed
[Solo] Cadd9 G/B G/B (2x hammer on C) Dsus2 x4 [Verse 3]
    D
But Shorty wasn't worried

            D
There was a smile upon his face

           A
'Cause old Lucy had fixed the race

    D
And just like that old story

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About the turtle and the hare

     D
When Dan crossed over the finish line

   A                    D
He found Shorty waiting there
[Chorus] (x2)
           G
Cut across Shorty, Shorty, cut across

       G
That's what Miss Lucy said

           D
Cut across Shorty, Shorty, cut across

     A                D
It's you that I wanna wed
[Outro]
Cadd9   G/B   G/B (2x hammer on C)  Dsus2
Oh yeah,      It's you I wanna wed.
Cadd9 G/B G/B (2x hammer on C) Dsus2 (x3)