Tim McGraw – Down On The Farm (Guitar Solo Tab)

Capo 1

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Chords

Ideally, one guitar plays this, then at * another starts playing:

e|------*-------|                         |---------------------|
B|------*-------|                         |---------------------|
G|------*----7b-|                         |-2---2---2-5-4-2-4-2-| x2
D|------*-s7----|                         |-2-4-2-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
A|-3----*-s7----|                         |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E|---3b-*-------|                         |---------------------|

[Verse] Listen to the song for the cadence, it's a pretty typical country/blues chord cadence. Every Friday night there's a steady cloud of dust that leads back to a field filled with pickup trucks

e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-2---2---2-2---2-|
D|-2-4-2-4-2-2-4-2-|
A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E|-----------------|

Got ol' Hank cranking way up loud

e|-----------------|
B|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
G|-2-4-2-4-2-2-4-2-|
D|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
A|-----------------|
E|-----------------|

Got coolers in the back, tailgates down

e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-2---2---2-2---2-|
D|-2-4-2-4-2-2-4-2-|
A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E|-----------------|

There's a big fire burning, but don't be alarmed

e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|-2---2---2-2---2-|
A|-2-4-2-4-2-2-4-2-|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|

it's just country boys and girls getting down on the farm

e|-----------------| |-----------|
B|-----------------| |-----------|
G|-2---2---2-2---2-| |-7b-5b-----|
D|-2-4-2-4-2-2-4-2-| |-------7-7-|
A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| |-----------|
E|-----------------| |-----------|

The verses all follow this same pattern: basically, A, D, A, E, A Just prior to the FIRST chorus:

e|-----------|
B|-2-3-4-6-7-|
G|-2-4-5-6-7-|
D|-----------|
A|-----------|
E|-----------|

[Chorus] You can have alot of fun in a New York minute

e|-----------------|
B|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
G|-2-4-2-4-2-2-4-2-|
D|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
A|-----------------|
E|-----------------|

but there's some things you can't do inside those city limits

e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-2---2---2-2---2-|
D|-2-4-2-4-2-2-4-2-|
A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E|-----------------|

ain't no closing time, ain't no cover charge

e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------| (x2 for second chorus)
D|-2---2---2-2---2-|
A|-2-4-2-4-2-2-4-2-|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|

just country boys and girls gettin' down on the farm

e|---| |----------------|
B|---| |----------------|
G|-2-| |----7b-7-5b-----|
D|-2-| |-s7---------7-7-|
A|-0-| |-s7-------------|
E|---| |----------------|

The chorus pattern is just D, A, E, single strum of A [Verse] same as above NO prechorus section for the second chorus [Chorus] this chorus has a double last line: "ain't no closing time..." twice as above The end "solo" is:

e|--------------------------8------------------5----|
B|-----------------------8b---8rb--------------5----|
G|----7b-7-7-7-5b---5b------------7b-7b-7b-5---7b---|
D|-s7-------------7----7---------------------7------|
A|-s7-----------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|

This bit is pretty improvised, so listen to it carefully for the bend releases and timing. All interlude bits not included here are just easy riffs in the A pentatonic scale which is:

e|---------------------5-8-|
B|-----------------5-8-----|
G|-------------5-7---------|
D|---------5-7-------------|
A|-----5-7-----------------|
E|-5-8---------------------|

"b": bend "s": slide