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Jesus Loves You But Youre Still Coming Home With Me Tonight Tab

by Des Ark


Great song if you just want to go crazy.
Relatively easy and v. effective

enjoy!

Standard Tuning

p - pull
/ - slide
h - hammer
b - bend

OPEN UP-DOWN STRUMMING ON D A & E (around 12 up-down combinations)

E-------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------|
G-------------------------------------------|
D---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----------------|   ETC
A---x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-----------------|
E---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------|

then..

E-------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------|
G-------4-/-6-4-2---------------------------|
D--4-4------------3-2-3---------------------|
A--x-x--------------------------------------|
E--2-2--------------------------------------|

CONTINUE SAME PATTERN THROUGHOUT VERSE (LYRICS AS FOLLOWS):
Sold my baby, to the old slow river
Got the cold blue shiver,
You take care of her.
Came to get her
But she don't remember
All the tear-stained letters,
You be good to her.


SLOWING DOWN POWR CHORDS,
THEN, REPEAT NEXT SECTION THROUGH SLOW LYRICS:
E-------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------|
G-1---1-2---2-3---3-2-----------------------|
D--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------------------|
A-------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------|

Winter's gonna come,
it's gonna drag you people out
and the roads will close
and you finally will walk
and then one by one the leaves will break.

SOLO X 2:
E-------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------|
G---2-4-b6-4-----4-4-/-h6-------------------|
D--4--------4---0-0-------4-----------------|
A---------------------------0---------------|
E-------------------------------------------|

then power chords (x2) and finger picking (x2) interlude:

powerchords:
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-9--9--9--11-11-11-9--9--11-11-7--7--7--11-11-11-9--9--11-11--------------|
A-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x---------------|
E-7--7--7--9--9--9--7--7--9--9--5--5--5--9--9--9--7--7--9--9---------------|

fingerpicking:
E-------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------|
G-------------------------------------------|
D-------------------------------------------|
A--9-11-9-11-7------------------------------|
E-7-9--7-9--5-------------------------------|

then:

E-----------------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------------------------|
G-----------------------------------------------------------|
D-----------------------------------------------------------|
A--10----13----10----13----10----13----10----13-------------|
E-8--8-11--11-8--8-11--11-8--8-11--11-8--8-11--11-----------|

more powerchords:

E--------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------|
G--------------------------------------------|
D-13-13---13-13-13-13-13-13------------------|
A-x--x-----x--x--x--x--x--x------------------|
E-11-11---11-11-11-11-11-11------------------|

E--------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------|
G--------------------------------------------|
D-10-10---10-10-10-10-10-10------------------|
A-x--x----x--x--x--x--x--x-------------------|
E-8--8----8--8--8--8--8--8-------------------|

E--------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------|
G--------------------------------------------|
D-13---13--13-13-13-13-13-13-10--10--10--10--|
A--x----x---x--x--x--x--x--x-x---x---x---x---|
E-P11--11--11-11-11-11-11-11-8---8---8---8---|

(repeat through next verse)
E-------------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------------|
G-------------------------------------------------------|
D-4------------------------------------11-11--14-16-16--|
A-x--13-----13-13-----13-13-----13-13--x--x-------------|
E-2----11-11-----11-11-----11-11-------9--9-------------|

I won the best fucking bet in town,
I told my girl that I been sleeping around.
I couldn't see her,
but I met her in the dark with her
clothes hung loose
so I piled them on the floor.


(interlude x 2)
E----------------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------------------|
G----------------------------------------------------------|
D-4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-11-11-9-9-7-6-7-|
A-x-x-x-x--x-x-x-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
E-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--9--9-7-7-5-4-5-|

(repeat through next verse)
E-------------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------------|
G-------------------------------------------------------|
D-4------------------------------------11-11--14-16-16--|
A-x--13-----13-13-----13-13-----13-13--x--x-------------|
E-2----11-11-----11-11-----11-11-------9--9-------------|

I was a ghost of a lover to you,
I let you make up all this shit
that was never true
I couldn't see you so I left you in the dark.
I was sick with you (x4)

finger picking sorts itself out towards the end - just listen to recording.
once you get the timing right this piece rules - one of the main reasons i am going 
my horrid des ark phase at the moment. hope it goes okay!

stife