The Rolling Stones – Short And Curlies (Guitar)

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Short and Curlies - The Rolling Stones, 1974 (It's Only Rock and Roll) This is a rough tab of the song for the main chords. The song is played with an electric standard tuning guitar though you can play it on an acoustic. Use bar chords, add fills and whatnot. [Intro] The piano lick is approximatly this. It's played over the G, but the last note overlaps the C :

e|--12-10-10----------------------|
B|-----------12-12-10-------------|
G|-0--0--0-----------12-----------|
D|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|

G C G C [Verse 1]

G    C         G              C
Too bad she's got you by the balls

G                     C
You can't get free at all

                F
She's got your name

Am             F
She's got your number

          C     Bb
You're screamin'

       F
Like thunder

         C        Bb            F
And you can't get away from it all

[Verse 2]

     C              G               C
It's too bad, she's got you by the balls

     G                   C
You can't break loose at all

                F
She's got your name

Am              F
She's got your number

C             Bb       F
You're screamin' like thunder

C                          Bb       F
And you're trapped like a rat in a hole

[Verse 3]

      C              G              C
It's too bad, she's got you by the balls

       G                 C
She's nailed you to the wall

             F
Oh, it's a shame

Am         F
Ah but it's funny

                 C
She crashed your car

Bb             F
She spend your money

         C          Bb         F
And you can't get away from it all

[Verse 4]

          C                    F
It's too bad, she's grabbed a handful

         C          Bb         F
And you can't get away from it all

         C                     F
It's too bad, oo, and it's painful

         C            Bb             F
And you can't break away from this stall

         C          Bb          F
And you can't get away from it all

[Verse 5]

          C         G         C
It's too bad

       G              C
She's got you by the balls

                F
She's got your name

Am              F
She's got your number

         C      Bb     F
You're screamin' blue murder

         C          Bb         F
And you can't get away from it all

[Outro]

          C          G              C          G
It's too bad, she's got you by the balls

          C          G              C          G
It's too bad, she's got you by the balls

          C          G              C          G
It's too bad, she's got you by the balls

       C                G
She's got you by the...

          C             G
It's too bad, it's too bad

          C             G
It's too bad, it's too bad

    C       G
So sad, so sad