The Charlie Daniels Band – Saddle Tramp (Guitar)
Key
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Versions
(2)
Guitar
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Speed:
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Chords
INTRO:
(+guitar strumming)
|D A |C G |Bb F |Em A | (+piano +drums) |D A |C G |Bb F |Em |G6 | (-piano +lead guitar)
|D |D |D |D |
VERSE 1:
(-piano +lead guitar after each line)
D G Well you pass around the pipe and you all get high. A D Never even stop and wonder why. D G G D/F# Maybe it's because you wanna die. Em A Maybe it's just the way things have to be. D G You stay up late and drink too damn much whiskey. A D You know that sort of thing is kind of risky. D G G D/F# Maybe it's just because you like to feel frisky. Em A D Maybe it's just because you like to feel free.
CHORUS 1:
(-piano)
G A D Saddle Tramp, how many people watch you ridin' by, G A D Like a thunder cloud that floats across the Arizona sky, G A D G G D/F# And wonder if they're looking at a mighty happy man, Em A Or just a lonely breeze that drifts across the G D/F# E D Endless desert sand.
(+lead guitar)
|D A |C G |
VERSE 2:
(+piano)
D G Well it's gettin' kinda cold in Ruidoso. A D Abilene ain't gettin' any closer. D G G D\F# One more drink, one more hand of poker. Em A Because a fool and his money's gonna have to part. D G You're too proud to ever show your sorrow. A D You don't steal and you won't beg or borrow. D G G D/F# You may be here today but you're gone tomorrow. Em A D There ain't no strings on your boot heels or your heart.
CHORUS 2:
G A D Saddle Tramp, how many people watch you ride away, G A D Wonder why you never promise to come back some day. G A D G G D/F# Maybe thinking you were holding all the pieces in your hand, Em A Or are they slippin' through your fingers like the G D/F# E D Endless desert sand.
INSTRUMENTAL:
SECTION 1:
(Lead guitar)
|D A |C G |Bb F |Em | (↓Am scale) |Fdim7 |D/F# |Fdim7 | (Light piano chords) (↓Am G F Em Dm) |Am G |D/F# D |Am E |Am | (Arpeggiated piano) |Am G |D/F# D |Am E |D C G/B Em/G | (♫ A-A piano) (rit.) (Drum solo)... (↓AGEDC)
|Am |Am |N.C. |N.C. |
SECTION 2:
(Piano + guitar hammering)
|A5 |A5/D |A5/E |A5/F# |
|A5/G |A5 |A5/B |A5/C A5/D | (Drum solo) (↓AGEEbDC)
|A5/E |N.C. x6 |N.C |
SECTION 3:
(Piano)
|A x7 |E7 F#m7 Gm7 G#m7 |
SECTION 4:
(Lead guitar, main theme) (↓AGEEbDC)
|A x8 |E7 |E7 E7/D |D7 |E7 | (Piano) |A |E7 F#m7 Gm7 G#m7 | (Lead guitar, main theme) (↓AGEEbDC) |A x8 |E7 |E7 E7/D |D7 |E7 | (All)
|A x4 |
SECTION 5:
(All) (Piano)
|E5 E5 D#5 |C#5 |C#5 C#5 C5 |B5 Bb5 |A x4 | (Lead guitar)
|A x16 |
(All)
|E5 E5 D#5 |C#5 |C#5 C#5 C5 |B5 Bb5 |A x4 |
SECTION 6:
(Piano solo)
|A x16 |
(Piano)
|E5 E5 D#5 |C#5 |C#5 C#5 C5 |B5 Bb5 |A x4 |
SECTION 7:
(Guitar solo)
|A x16 |
(Lead guitar)
|E5 E5 D#5 |C#5 |C#5 C#5 C5 |B5 Bb5 |A x4 |
SECTION 8:
(Lead guitar)
|A x8 |
(Begin drum solo)
|Am |Am |Am |A5/E |Am | (Drum solo)
|N.C. x~20 |
SECTION 9:
(Lead guitar and drums duet)
|A |N.C. |A |N.C. |
|A N.C. |A N.C. |A |A |
SECTION 10:
(All, hold A on organ)
|A |A |E7 |F#7/E | (Piano ↑ADEbEG)
|Gm7/E |E7 |
SECTION 11:
(Lead guitar, repeat of section 4 main theme) (↓AGEEbDC)
|A x8 |E7 |E7 E7/D |D7 |E7 | (Piano solo, repeat of section 5) (↑↑↑ascend) |E5 E5 D#5 |C#5 |C#5 C#5 C5 |B5 Bb5 |A x4 | (↓↓↓descend) (rit.) (gliss...)
|A x4 |A x12 |A x3 |A ||
END
Personally transcribed for piano by OliThePianist – there’s not enough free piano music out there!
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