GEORGE STRAIT Murder On Music Row guitar tab

Murder On Music Row by George Strait

GEORGE STRAIT - Murder On Music Row guitar tab 

Date: 2/27/00; 1:36:47 PM
From: [email protected]
Subject: "Murder On Music Row" by George Strait and Alan Jackson

Transcribed by:  James Michael Randorff  ([email protected])
Date:  Sunday, February 27, 2000
Album:  George Strait -- Straitest Greatest Hits

Murder On Music Row -- George Strait and Alan Jackson -- Key Of A

[Intro]

{D} {A} {E} {A} {A}

[GS Verse]
{A} Nobody saw them running
From 16th Ave-{D}-nue
They never found the {A} fingerprints
Or the weapon that was {E} used
But some-{A}-one killed country music
Cut out its heart and {D} soul
They got away with {A} murder
{E} Down on music {A} row

[AJ Verse]
{A} The almight dollar
And the lust for worldwide {D} fame
Slowly killed tra-{A}-dition
And for that, someone should {E} hang   ("Ahh, you tell 'em Alan")
{A} They all say "Not Guilty!"
But the evidence will {D} show
That murder was com-{A}-mitted
{E} Down on music {A} row

[Chorus (Walking bassline first 8 bars, 2/4 beat last 9 bars)]
For the {D} steel guitars no longer cry
And the {A} fiddles barely play
But {B} drums and rock 'n' roll guitars
Are {E} mixed up in your face
{A} Ol'  Hank wouldn't have a chance
On today's {D} radio
Since they committed {A} murder
{E} Down on music {A} row

[Turnaround]

{D} {A} {E} {A} {A}

[Split Verse]
GS: They {A} thought no one would miss it
    Once it was dead and {D} gone
    They said no one would {A} buy them ol'
    Drinkin' and cheatin' {E} songs   ("Oh, but I still buy 'em")
AJ: Well there {A} ain't no justice in it
    And the hard facts are {D} cold
    Murder's been com-{A}-mitted
    {E} Down on music {A} row

[Chorus (Walking bassline first 8 bars, 2/4 beat last 9 bars)]
For the {D} steel guitars no longer cry
And you {A} can't hear fiddles play
With {B} drums and rock 'n' roll guitars
Mixed {E} right up in your face
Why the {A} Hag wouldn't have a chance
On today's {D} radio
Since they committed {A} murder
{E} Down on music {A} row

[Tag (Walking bassline)]
Why they {A} even tell the Possum
To pack up and go back {D} home
There's been an awful {A} murder
{E} Down on music {A} row

{{{Nashville Numbers}}}
This is the standard charting style that most Nashville session and sit-in 
musicians use to read songs.  It tells you the key of the song, what the 
chords and chord inversions are, how they fall in the measure structure of 
the song, and other rhythmic differances, if there are any.  It would behoove 
anyone that is serious about being a musician, especially in Nashville or 
Branson, to learn to read these kinds of charts!

Murder On Music Row -- George Strait -- Key Of A

[Intro]
4   1   5   1   1

[GS Verse]
1   1   1   4
4   1   1   5   5
1   1   1   4
4   1   5   1   1

[AJ Verse]
1   1   1   4
4   1   1   5   5
1   1   1   4
4   1   5   1   1

[Chorus]
4   4   1   1       (4/4 walking)
2   2   5   5
1   1   1   4       (2/4 root-fifth)
4   1   5   1   1

[Turnaround]
4   1   5   1   1

[Split Verse]
1   1   1   4
4   1   1   5   5
1   1   1   4
4   1   5   1   1

[Chorus]
4   4   1   1       (4/4 walking)
2   2   5   5       ><>
1   1   1   4       (2/4 root-fifth)
4   1   5   1   1

[Tag]
1   1   1   4       (4/4 walking)
4   1   5   1

Note...  the little "><>" figure after the second line of the last chorus is 
my own little notation for "Bucket-a-fish"...  it's a common rhythmic figure 
in old country and western swing when passing from the 5 chord to the 1 chord 
or the 1 chord to the 4 chord, at the end of a phrase.  It is called a 
"Bucket-a-fish" because of the rhythm of it...  it is a triplet ("Buck-et-a") 
and a quarter note ("fish"), followed by the common quarter-note walkup to 
the next chord.  It is usually played only by the bass and drums, though 
sometimes other members of the band will play it to make the lick more 
pronounced.  In the key of A, passing from the 5 chord to the 1 chord, the 
lick would look like this:

E   C#  B   E   F#  G#  A
/   /   /   /   /   /   /
|   |   |   |   |   |   |
|___|___|   |   |   |   |
    3

Where the E goes down to C#, down to B, down to the next E (the octave below 
the first E), and then walks up the quarter notes back to the A (1) chord.

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