Vince Gill – I Aint Living Long Like This (Bass Tab)

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(Live at Crossroads Eric Clapton Guitar Festival) Title: Bass Tabs Tuning : EADG Tempo: 146 bpm Key signature: A

Intro: 00:02
E E D D:
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 D
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A|-5g----------------||-5g----------------|- x1
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A A:
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Verse / Chorus / Instrumental: 00:23
  A A A A: 
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 I look for trouble and I found it son
Straight down the barrel of a lawman's gun
I tried to run but I don't think I can 
You make one move and you're a dead man friend

  D D A A:
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E|-------------------||-------------------|-
 Ain't living long like this

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Can't live at all like this,can I baby?
...
 E E D D:
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E|-------------------||-------------------|-
He slipped the handcuffs on behind my back
And left me reeling on a steel reel rack

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A|-5g----------------||-5g----------------|- x1
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They got'em all in the jailhouse baby
Ain't living long like this

Chorus: 
  A A A A:
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A|----4-7-------7-4--||----4-7-------7-4--|- x2
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Can't live at all like this,can I baby?
Can't live at all like this,can I baby?

Verse2: 01:17
 A A A A:
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Grew up in Houston off the wayside drives
Son of a carhop and some all night dives
Dad drove a stock car to an early death
All I remember was a drunk man's breath

D D A A:
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D|----4-7-------7-4--||----4-7-------7-4--|-
A|-5g----------------||-5g----------------|- x1
E|-------------------||-------------------|-

  Ain't living long like this
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A|----4-7-------7-4--||----4-7-------7-4--|- x1
E|-5g----------------||-5g----------------|-
Can't live at all like this,can I baby?
...

E E D D:
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A|-7g----------------||-7g----------------|- x1
E|-------------------||-------------------|-

You know the story how the wheel goes 'round
Don't let them take you to the man down town
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Can't sleep at all in a jailhouse baby
Ain't living long like this

A A A A:
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A|----4-7-------7-4--||----4-7-------7-4--|- x2
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Can't live at all like this,can I baby?
Can't live at all like this,can I baby?

Instrumental(1): 02:08 (repeat sequence D D / A A xxx)
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A|-5g----------------||-5g----------------|- 
E|-------------------||-------------------|-

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A|----4-7-------7-4--||----4-7-------7-4--|- 
E|-5g----------------||-5g----------------|-

... then

G|--------6-9-6------||--------6-9-6------|-
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A|-7g----------------||-7g----------------|- x1
E|-------------------||-------------------|-

G|--------4-7-4------||--------4-7-4------|-
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A|-5g----------------||-5g----------------|- x1
E|-------------------||-------------------|-

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A|----4-7-------7-4--||----4-7-------7-4--|- x1
E|-5g----------------||-5g----------------|-

Verse3: 02:54 (Same riff as Verse 1) I live with Angel she's a roadhouse queen Makes Texas Ruby look like Sandra Dee I want to love her but I don't know how I'm at the bottom in the jailhouse now Ain't living long like this Can't live at all like this,can I baby? You know the story about the jailhouse rock Don't want to do it but just don't get caught They got'em all in the jailhouse baby Ain't living long like this Can't live at all like this,can I baby?

Instrumental(2): 03:47 (repeat sequence D D / A A chords until outro)
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D|----4-7-------7-4--||----4-7-------7-4--|-
A|-5g----------------||-5g----------------|- x1
E|-------------------||-------------------|-

 Ain't living long like this
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D|--------4-7-4------||--------4-7-4------|-
A|----4-7-------7-4--||----4-7-------7-4--|- x1
E|-5g----------------||-5g----------------|-

Outro: 05:43
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