The Rolling Stones – Sad Day (Guitar)

Capo 1
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"Sad Day"(Jagger/Richards) Released as the B-side to 19TH NERVOUS BREAKDOWN in the USA on 12 February, 1966. Most transcriptions of this song have it in G with a capo on 3, which sounds fine but is a very un-Keith way of playing it. In the 66-67 era he played in A a lot, with capo or tuning down. I've chorded it that way here. D/A = X04230 [Intro and recurring riff]: A D/A A D/A [verse 1]
         A      D/A      A     D/A     A     D/A  A
Someone woke me up this mornin' and I lit a cigarette

        A        D/A         A     D/A
Found myself when I stopped yawnin',

         A      D/A      A
started getting myself dressed. 

     E              D
Then I felt I had a dream,

     E                     D
I remembered the things I'd seen

          A             D/A         A  D/A
I could still hear the things you said

           A        D/A     A  D/A
with that bad dream in my head

         Asus4     A        Asus4    A
It was a sad day, bad day, sad day, bad day.
[verse 2]
      A         D/A      A
So I called you on the phone

           A          D/A        A
and your friend said "she's not home"

      A             D/A    A
So I told her where I'd be at

          A         D/A      A
and that you should call me back

        E                     D
Then I looked at the morning mail,

          E                 D
I was not even expecting a bill

      A         D/A     A   D/A
Your letter a-started "Dear",

        A      D/A         A
and it left me with these tears.      

          Asus4     A        Asus4    A
It was a sad day, bad day, sad day, bad day.
[verse 3]
              A         D/A     A      
Think of the times that we had rows,

        A          D/A      A     
but we patched them up somehow.                                                                                                                            

              A       D/A     A    
Think of the times I tried to go,

           A          D/A    A
but you screamed and told me no.

          E                      D    
There is only one thing in this world

        E                         D
that I can't understand that's a girl

           A           D/A       A   D/A 
I keep a-readin' the things you said,

        A        D/A     A  D/A
like a bad dream in my head.

         Asus4     A        Asus4    A
It was a sad day, bad day, sad day, bad day
[outro]
            A   D/A       A      
Oh, what a sad, sad, old day,

   A      D/A           A      D/A
a sad old day it was a sad old day. 

   A      D/A            A      D/A   
A sad old day, It was a bad old day.

 A      D/A    A      D/A
Sad old day a bad old day.

            E                        D
If there is one awful thing in this world,

        E                         D
that I can't understand that's a girl

          A   D/A      A   D/A      A
It was a sad, sad old day, sad old day,

A        D/A      A  D/A  
It was a sad old day.
repeat A Asus4 to fade.