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Smoke Rings In The Dark Tab

by Gary Allan


INTRO

ELECTRIC GUITAR
E-----------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------|
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D------------5/7----7/9\7\--4-------|repeat once
A-------5h7-------------------------|
E--5h7------------------------------|

ACOUSTIC GUITAR PLAYS RHYTHM
VERSE I

                                              
WELL, I WON'T MAKE YOU TELL ME, WHAT I'VE COME TO UNDERSTAND,
                                          

YOUR A CERTAIN KIND OF WOMAN, I'M A DIFFERENT KIND OF MAN,
                                                   
I'VE TRIED TO MAKE YOU LOVE ME, YOU'VE TRIED TO FIND A SPARK,
                                            
     
OF A FLAME THAT BURNED, BUT SOMEHOW TURNED, TO SMOKE RING IN THE DARK,

INTRO ONCE

VERSE II
                                    
THE LONELINESS WITHIN ME, TAKES A HEAVY TOLL,
                                           
    
CAUSE IT BURNS AS SLOW AS WHISKEY, THROUGH AN EMPTY ACHIN SOLE,
                                             
AND THE NIGHT IS LIKE A DAGER, LONG AND COLD AND SHARP,
                                      
     
AS I SIT HERE ON THE FRONT STEPS, BLOWIN SMOKE RINGS IN THE DARK,

CHORUS
                          
I..............KNOW I MUST BE GOING,
                                    
CAUSE LOVE...........S ALREADY GONE........,
                                           
AND ALL IM TAKING WITH ME, ARE THE PIECES OF MY HEART,
                                       
AND ALL I'LL LEAVE ARE SMOKE RINGS IN THE DARK,

ELECTRIC GUITAR
INTRO ONCE THEN

E--------------------------------------------3-----|
B-0--7p5--3h5--0--7p5--3h5--0--7p5--3p5--3-5-------|
G--------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------------2-----|
E--------------------------------------------3-----|

ACOUSTIC
VERSE III
                                                     
THE RAIN FALLS WHERE IT WANTS TO, THE WIND BLOW WHERE IT WILL,
                                            
   
EVERYTHING ON EARTH GOES SOMEWHERE, BUT I SWEAR STANDING STILL,
                                            
SO I'M NOT GONNA WAKE YOU, I'LL GO EASY ON YOUR HEART,
                                             
     
I'LL JUST TOUCH YOUR FACE, AND DRIFT AWAY, LIKE SMOKE RINGS IN THE DARK,

CHORUS

PLAY INTRO AGAIN OR FINISH ON A GOOD CHORD


THATS IT, I MAY HAVE MIXED A LITTLE OF THE STEAL GUITAR IN WITH IT BUT THATS IT IN A NUT
IF TABBED PARTS DONT SOUND RIGHT THEN JUST MOVE UP OR DOWN A HALF STEP. I WAS TUNED
TO E FLAT TUNING AND I HAD TO USE A CAPO ON FIRST FRET WHEN I WAS TABBING BUT I TRIED TO 
IT IN STANDARD FORM.