I don't know about y'all, but I had one hell of a time tryin' to finger this one out! I seem to have a lot of trouble decipherin' Larry Lee songs (ie, Jackie Blue, which Lee co-wrote with Steve Cash was also very tricky).

Anyway, I think that there are three acoustic guitars playing rhythm in this song. There are also at least two electrics - one which does a beautiful slow picking during the verse and ending guitar solo. I know that there is a sweet electric guitar twin-solo in the middle of the song and a killer electric lead at the end - but I can't tab them at this time - I've already spent too much time on this one song. So, I'm just going to show you the chords - you can take it from there. Be sure to visit my tab page in order to understand how I write tablature on the web.

By the way, I interpreted these chords from listening to the CD - I did not use any other written music as an aid in writing the tab presented on this page. If you think that I have made a mistake, please let me know about it by dropping me a quick note.

Click here if you want only the lyrics.

THE CHORDS:
 
 
D   Dsus4   G5/E   Dsus2/E   Dsus4/E   Dsus4/E   D   D 
(GUITAR INTRO                +BASS GUITAR        +ELECTRIC GUITAR) 
- each chord gets 4 beats - see below for tab -
 
 
D                      A
now I'm lookin' out my house
 
 
           C           G 
and what I see doesn't please me
 
 
D            A           C 
people goin' here, goin' there,
 
 
             G
where's that leave me
 
 
D                        A
now they're comin' in my door
 
 
   C(w/9th)       Cmaj7             Bm/B 
to explore what's running around in me
 
 
             Bm/A            Bm/G#
but it's not me that they'll finally find
 
 
  Bm/G     D           A  
behind the smile on my face
 
 
       C(w/9th)  Cmaj7
when I tell them they have
 
 
              Bm/B       Bm/A
all lost the race to the end
 
 
               Bm/G#                  Bm/G
'cause they've passed themselves with-in
 
     D
with-out
 
 
    A   C   G
D   A   C   G
(GUITAR SOLO)
 
 
 
D                       A
now I'm runnin' from my house
 
 
          C             G
'cause my house doesn't please me
 
 
D             A         C
people comin' in, goin' out,
 
 
 
           G 
they don't see me
 
 
D                          A
so I'm flyin' through the air
 
 
        C(w/9th)  Cmaj7           Bm/B
I'm not scared of people all underneath,
 
 
     Bm/A         Bm/G#           Bm/G
in a heap, askin' how'd we get to here
 
 
     D               A              C(w/9th)    
from there where our lives had some meaning
 
 
 
                             Bm/B
and all the days weren't the same
 
 
              Bm/A
we played no games
 
 
       Bm/G#               Bm/G   
and we knew ourselves with-in
 
     D   Dsus4   D   Dsus4
with-out
 
 
 
Bm/B              Bm/A              Bm/G#             Bm/G
(GUITAR SOLO - play this part two times)
 
 
Bm/B              Bm/A              Bm/G#             Bm/G
ba...ba...baaaa......ba...ba...baaaa......ba...ba...baaaa......ba...ba...baaaa....
 
 
Bm/B              Bm/A              Bm/G#             Bm/G
ba...ba...baaaa......ba...ba...baaaa......ba...ba...baaaa......ba...ba...baaaa....
(GUITAR SOLO CONTINUES - play this part over and over and over and over.... keep on it!)
 

THE TAB:

Intro Chords:

D

1 -|| ---------------2----------------2
2 -|| -----------------------3--------3
3 -|| ---------------1----------------2
4 -|| --------------------------------0
5 -|| ---------------------------------
6 -|| ---------------------------------

Dsus4

1 -|| ---------------------- 4--------3
2 -|| -----------------------3--------3
3 -|| ---------------1----------------2
4 -|| --------------------------------0
5 -|| ---------------------------------
6 -|| ---------------------------------

G5/E

1 -|| ---------------------- 4--------3
2 -|| -----------------------3--------3
3 -|| --------------------------------0
4 -|| ---------------1----------------2
5 -|| ---------------------------------
6 -|| ---------------------------------

Dsus2/E

1 -|| ---------------2----------------2
2 -|| -----------------------3--------3
3 -|| --------------------------------0
4 -|| ---------------1----------------2
5 -|| ---------------------------------
6 -|| ---------------------------------

Dsus4/E

1 -|| --------------------------------0
2 -|| -----------------------3--------3
3 -|| --------------------------------0
4 -|| ----------------1---------------2
5 -|| ---------------------------------
6 -|| ---------------------------------

Chords in the rest of the song:

D

1 -|| ---------------2----------------2
2 -|| -----------------------3--------3
3 -|| ---------------1----------------2
4 -|| --------------------------------0
5 -|| ---------------------------------
6 -|| ---------------------------------

A

1 -|| --------0-----------------------0
2 -|| --------2-----------------------2
3 -|| --------2-----------------------2
4 -|| --------2-----------------------2
5 -|| --------0-----------------------0
6 -|| --------0-----------------------0

C

1 -|| --------0-----------------------0
2 -|| --------1-----------------------1
3 -|| --------0-----------------------0
4 -|| ---------------2----------------2
5 -|| -----------------------3--------3
6 -|| ---------------------------------

G

1 -|| ---------------------------------
2 -|| ----------------------4---------3
3 -|| --------0-----------------------0
4 -|| --------0-----------------------0
5 -|| ---------------2----------------2
6 -|| -----------------------3--------3

 C(w/9th)

1 -|| --------------------------------0
2 -|| -----------------------4--------3
3 -|| --------0-----------------------0
4 -|| ---------------2----------------2
5 -|| -----------------------3--------3
6 -|| ---------------------------------

Cmaj7

1 -|| --------0-----------------------0
2 -|| --------0-----------------------0
3 -|| --------0-----------------------0
4 -|| ---------------2----------------2
5 -|| -----------------------3--------3
6 -|| ---------------------------------

Bm/B

1 -|| -------------1--------------------2
2 -|| -------------1-------2------------3
3 -|| -------------1------------4-------4
4 -|| -------------1------------3-------4
5 -|| -------------1--------------------2
6 -|| -----------------------------------

Bm/A

1 -|| -------------1--------------------2
2 -|| -------------1-------2------------3
3 -|| -------------1------------4-------4
4 -|| -------------1------------3-------4
5 -|| -------------0--------------------0
6 -|| -----------------------------------

Bm/G#

1 -|| -------------1--------------------2
2 -|| -------------1-------2------------3
3 -|| -------------1------------4-------4
4 -|| -------------1------------3-------4
5 -|| -----------------------------------X
6 -|| -------------------------------1---4

Bm/G

1 -|| -------------1--------------------2
2 -|| -------------1-------2------------3
3 -|| -------------1------------4-------4
4 -|| -------------1------------3-------4
5 -|| -----------------------------------
6 -|| ---------------------------1------3

TIPS:

During the intro, keep your 2nd finger down on the 1st string on all chords but the Dsus4/E - it sure makes playin' a lot easier.

The strumming is pretty much one big strum on every beat.

When switching between the string of Bm chords with the descending bass notes (Bm/B, /A, /G#,/G), keep the f# note (1st string, 2nd fret) ringing throughout. The first finger must press firmly across the entire keyboard - it's a bitch, but it can be done! Also, if you think of the Bm/G as a Gmaj7th - that makes the fingering not seem so convoluted.

Note that the G chord is not the usual fingering - make sure you do not play the 1st string.