The Doobie Brothers – I Cheat The Hangman (Guitar)

Capo 7
Key
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Chords

it's a finger knotter and it doesn't flow as well as the open arpeggio does -IMO.
Briskly...                                                            slowing 
e|-------0----------------------|      e|-------0-------------------------0-|     
B|-----------0--------0---0-----|      B|-----------0--------0---0---0----0-|
G|-----0-------4----2-------2h4-| x2   G|-----0-------4----2-------0------0-|
D|-0h2-----2------------4-------|      D|-0h2-----2------------4----------2-|
A|------------------------------|      A|---------------------------------2-|
E|------------------------------|      E|---------------------------------0-|
[Intro] Capo 7th
e|------------------|      e|------------------|
B|-0-----1----------|      B|-3-----3----------|
G|---2--------2---2-| x4   G|---0---0----0---0-| x4    (Play Twice, then throughout verses)   
D|-----2--------2---|      D|-----2--------2---|
A|-0----------------|      A|-0----------------|
E|------------------|      E|------------------|
OR, from open, no capo position: [Intro] No Capo
e|-2-0---3---0---0--|      e|-5-----5----------|
B|-----0-------0----|      B|---3---3----3---3-|
G|------------------| x4   G|-----4--------4---| x4    (Play Twice, then throughout verses)   
D|-2----------------|      D|-2-------------2--|
A|------------------|      A|------------------|
E|------------------|      E|------------------|
Capo 7th (can be played from the No Capo "open" position, like the Pre-Intro: Am=Em, A7sus4=E7sus4, D=A, D7=A7, F=C, Em=Bm, Dm=Am, G=D, Em(add9)=Bm(add9)) [Verse 1]
Am
The days grow short, the nights are gone

               A7sus4
Since you were here, I can't go on

            Am
I cried for you, to no avail

                 A7sus4
Now my life runs cold when the night winds wail
[Pre-Chorus]
     D                  D7
But I cheat the hangman, cheated him many times before

    A7sus4 
The bell that tolls the hour has turned sweet lips to sour

      D                      D7
Yes, I cheat the hangman and even when life has flown away

  A7sus4
I leave a kiss behind
[Intro (Play Once)] [Verse 2]
              Am
The rain that fell upon my stone

                A7sus4
Like tears you cry, I shed alone

           Am
I walk the night, I cannot sleep

             A7sus4
The love you spend you cannot reap
[Pre-Chorus]
     D                  D7 
But I cheat the hangman, cheated him many times before

    A7sus4 
The bell that tolls the hour has turned sweet lips to sour

      D                      D7
Yes, I cheat the hangman and even when life has flown away
[Chorus]
  F              Em
I leave a kiss behind

    F                 Em    Em(add9)
The glow of love will shine

        Dm          Em       F            G           Am (pre-intro)           
Lighted windows stare at the stranger there returning home

     Dm                  Em       F                   G           Am (pre-intro)
Only lighted windows stare at the lonely stranger there returning home

Dm                Em         F                     G        Am (pre-intro)
  Do-Do-Do-Do-Do-Do-Do-Do...  De-De-De-De-De-De-De-De-De-De-De...Ooh...
[Break]
   Am(intro)                   A7sus4 
Ooh............................Ooh..............Ahh.................... 

Am                             A7sus4 
Ooh............................Ooh..............Ahh.................... 

Am                             A7sus4 
Ooh............................Ooh..............Ahh....................

D                  D7             A7sus4   
 Do-Do-Do-Do-Do-Do-Do-Do-Do-Do-Do-Do...

D                  D7             A7sus4   
 Do-Do-Do-Do-Do-Do-Do-Do-Do-Do-Do-Do...

D                  D7               
 Do-Do-Do-Do-Do-Do-Do-Do-Do-Do-Do-Do...
[Chorus 2]
  F              Em
I leave a kiss behind

    F                 Em    Em(add9)
The glow of love will shine

        Dm          Em       F            G           Am(pre-intro)           
Lighted windows stare at the stranger there returning home

     Dm                  Em       F                   G           Am(pre-intro)
Only lighted windows stare at the lonely stranger there returning home

Dm                Em         F                     G        Am...
  Do-Do-Do-Do-Do-Do-Do-Do...  De-De-De-De-De-De-De-De-De-De-Do...
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