Rogers Stan - Second Effort guitar tab

From: Barrie McCombs

SECOND EFFORT Time: 2/2 (sync) Tenor: Bb Bass: Bb

- Stan Rogers, 1978, on: Turnabout

6m 4 1 *

I've been sitting here crying since long before the day be-gan

5 * 2m 4

With my pockets full of nothing but broken dreams and my head in my empty hands

6m 4 1 *

The winnings that I thought I had and come so far to get

5 * 4 1 (* * *)

Are further away then they've ever been, they've been taken by anoth-er man

6m 4 1 *

I wouldn't take a train for home even if I could

5 * 2m 4

Cause they've been saving their joy for the hometown boy who went away to make it good

6m 4 1 *

I bet they cleared away the parlour so my Ma can dance me in the door

5 * 4 1

And the old man can wink, and pour me a drink and ask me what the tears are for

CHORUS:

3m 4 5 1 *

It's harder to try a-gain than it was to be-gin

5 * 4 1

A man can play a lone hand in a high stakes game, but it doesn't mean he's gonna win

3m 4 1 *

And somehow I've got to keep from getting further down

5 * 2m 1 (*)

Before I buy myself a bottle of cheap escape, and a ticket to anoth-er town

6m 4 1 *

I know I'm not crying 'cause I think I've had it mighty tough

5 * 2m 4

I did my best with all the rest, but it just wasn't good e-nough

6m 4 1 *

And I've been working and training too long just to make it here

5 * 4 1

To merely swallow my pride and walk outside and come back anoth-er year

REPEAT CHORUS THEN:

5 * 2m 4 (1)

I want to drown in the grape and make my escape, on a ticket to anoth-er town

NOTES:

- Strum: Clawhammer B, 43, B2, 43

SYMBOLS:

- Asterisk (*) = new measure, play same chord

- Period (.) = 1/8 note rest at start of a measure

- Underline(_) = sustain note into next measure

CHORDS (Number System):

- Example: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

- Key of C: C D E F G A B

- Detailed description: /pub/guitar/other_stuff/numbering_system.txt

- Submitted by: Barrie McCombs (bmccombs@acs.ucalgary.ca)