OK, so this is my first whole song tabbed by ear. It is a really fun song to play,
and its co-written by a person that is in my favorite band. Charles Kelley from
Lady Antebellum! Anyway, the Chorus is really weird, and It fits, but i’m going to
try to make it more accurate later on, so hold on for an update! And another note,
this song requires you to tune your guitar down a half a step.

I’ll post a video tutorial for this, to show where everything lines up and
hopefully get rid or all Confusion.

In the Intro, you can play the chords themselves, or you can just pick the strings.

Intro/Verse: Repeat throughout intro and verse, with only some obvious variations.

e|—————————————3————————————|
B|—————————————3————————————|
G|—————————————0————————————|
D|—-0h2—0—————————-0————————————|
A|—————–3——2————–2————————————|
E|———————————-3—-3————————————|

Ain’t it funny how some things take you back
And the here and now just fades to black
When I pulled that blue tarp off that time machine
Man, it hits me
Seventeen years old runnin’ on dumb luck
Spent the whole darn summer livin’ in that truck
Them old tires still covered in all that mud
Like it sticks with me in my blood

Chorus:
When life was nothing more than living for the night
Just try’na steal a kiss on the tailgate of that ride
G Cadd9 n.c.
Good ole days don’t wash away, just like that Georgia clay

Verse: Repeat Same Chords Above.
n.c. G
Only one of my friends with a fake ID
Cadd9 G (continue same pattern)
It made me the hometown celebrity

Used to put her in park in a vacant lot
Yeah still cant believe we never got caught

Chorus: (same as above)

When life was nothing more than living for the night

Just try’na steal a kiss on the tailgate of that ride

Good ole days don’t wash away, just like that Georgia clay

Bridge:
All over everything

Every last memory
Man it’s all comin’ back to me

Ain’t it funny how some things take you back
When life was nothing more than living for the night
Just try’na steal a kiss on the tailgate of that night
Good ole days don’t wash away, that’s some things they just don’t change
n.c.
Just like that Georgia clay
All over everything
Every last memory
It’s all comin’ back to me

Enjoy!!

I really wanted to learn this song, so I search all over the online and there wasnt any
tabs for it, so I found MtAcoustic, and he helped me out with the song, so I just put it
in a more readable version for all of us Josh Kelley fans out there! I hope everyone
enjoys it, please rate, and comment on this, i would love for the input because this is
the frst time I ever realyl posted a tab before!

Standard Tuning

Intro/Verse1/verse 2

E|-0--0--0--0--3--3--3--3|
B|-1--0--1--0--3--0--3--0|
G|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0|2X
D|-2--2--2--2--0--0--0--0|
A|-3--3--3--3--2--2--2--2|
E|-0--0--0--0--3--3--3--3|

Chorus

E|-0--3--2--3--0--3--2--0--|
B|-1--3--3--3--1--3--3--1--|
G|-0--0--2--0--0--0--2--2--|
D|-2--0--0--0--2--0--0--2--|
A|-3--2--0--2--3--2--0--0--|
E|-0--3--0--3--0--3--0--0--|

Bridge
“But the feeling seems so mutual…”

E|-0--0--3--2--0--0--3--2--|
B|-1--1--3--3--1--1--3--3--|
G|-2--0--0--2--2--0--0--2--|
D|-2--2--0--0--2--2--0--0--|
A|-0--3--2--0--0--3--2--0--|
E|-0--0--3--0--0--0--3--0--|

Lyrics:
Verse 1

Tell me I didn’t miss anything
Travelin’ around in your head
You know my legs are tired
Of runnin’ the maze you’ve planned

Chorus
So, just lie to me baby
Tell me maybe
All the while
You never made me smile
So, just lie to me baby
My mind is hazy
Now you’re gone
I’m havin’ so much fun
Yeah, yeah, yeah….

Verse 2

You tell me that you’re bothered
with the lies that you’ve been fed
‘Cause oh lord one more broken promise
To the search of a new band

Bridge
But the feeling seems so mutual
Its the fabric of our lives
Timing so unusual
it makes us wanna fight
Take your games elsewhere honey
I’m not feeling right
maybe you’d be better off if you just try
just try, just try…

Chorus
So, just lie to me baby
Tell me maybe
All the while
You never made me smile
So, just lie to me baby
My mind is hazy
Now you’re gone
I’m havin’ so much fun
Yeah, yeah, yeah….

G- 320033
Cadd9- x32033
Em7-022030
D- x00232
Am- x02210
Badd9?-x20030

Intro

[Cadd9(2)]
Holdin on
To your pictures on my telephone
And I know that I should let you go
But it’s hard to break away
I ask around
And I wonder what you’re doing now
But I hear that you been going out a little more these days
I can’t lie
Badd9? Cadd9
That I think from time to time how you’re doing
Am Badd9? Cadd9
Well don’t hang up, cuz what I really meant to say

Chorus:
When everythings wrong and nothings going right
Just-know that I’m not hard to find,
so Just say the word and I’ll race through the night
And I’ll be right there by your side
(holdin on)

Remember when,
We were further than you’ve ever been
And I think about it now and then
And it takes me to that place
^ When I pretend
That I’m better than I’ve ever been
Well atleast that’s what I telllll my friends
Cuz’ I can’t show my face
Well I can’t lie
that I think from time to time how you’re doing
Don’t hang up cuz what I really meant to say

(Chorus)

[D/F]It’s hard enough
Cadd9 Badd9? D G
to believe in something
[D/F]more than just pretend
D/F G Cadd9 Badd9? D G
Just because we both know it’s over
[D/F]We can still be friends
yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeh

(Chorus)
I can be right there by your side

Artist : Josh Kelley
Song : Amen
Album : For The Ride Home
Tabbed By : Jo Lefebure (whipy@hotmail.com)

Standard tuning. Capo 3rd fret:

(1) Intro & Verses:

e|--------------------------------------------------|
b|------3---3-------3------------3-----------3------|
g|----2-----------2------0-----0-----0-----0-----0--|
d|--0-----0-----4------4----------------------------|
a|---------------------------2-----2-----0-----0----|
e|--------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------|
b|------3--------2h3------------3----------3------|
g|----0-----0--------0---0----0-----0----0-----0--|
d|---------------------0--------------------------|
a|-------------0----------------------------------|
e|--0-----0-----------------2-----2----3-----3----|
e|------------------------------2----------2----------2----------2------|
b|------3--------2h3-----0----------3----------3----------3----------3--|
g|----0-----0--------0--------2----------2----------2----------2--------|
d|---------------------0----0-----0----0-----0----0-----0----0-----0----|
a|-------------0--------------------------------------------------------|
e|--0-----0-------------------------------------------------------------|

(2) Chorus: (you can either play the chords or use the fingerpicking pattern above)
And it’s the way that we
Will forgive ourselves
And it’s the way that we
Will for no one else
And it’s the way that we
Will put pressure on our bones
That we never leave alone

(3) Amen

e|----------------------------------------------|
b|------3---3------3----------3----------3------|
g|----2----------0-----0----0-----0----0-----0--|
d|--0-----0-------------------------------------|
a|-------------2-----2----3-----3----2-----2----|
e|----------------------------------------------|

[Em/G] And lately, i[F#/D]t’s a song[F#/D]
[Em/G] And so maybe,[F#/D] I am wrong for now

Solo (fingerpicked):

e|--2~~--3--2--0--2~~--0-----0-------0-----2h3-2~~--|
b|--3~~--3--3--3--3~~--3--3--3--3~~------3----------|
g|--2~~--2--2--2--2~~--2--2--2--2~~--2-2------------|
d|--------------------------------------------------|
a|--------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------|
e|--5----3-----2-----0-----2-0----------|
b|----0----0-----0-----0-------3-0-3~~--|
g|------0----0-----0-----0--------------|
d|--------------------------------------|
a|--------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------|
b|----------0------/5-3-0-0-----------------3/5-3--|
g|------2-----2~~---------2h4-2~~-----2---2--------|
d|--2h4---4-----------------------2h4---4----------|
a|-------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
b|--2h3-2----------0~~---3~~---5~~---3~~---0~~---------0------------------|
g|--2----------2-----------------------------------2-----2~~--------------|
d|---------2h4---4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----2h4---4-------4-2----------|
a|---------------------------------------------------------------5-2-5~~--|
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Chords used:

F: 133211
G: 320033
D: XX0232
Em/G: 022033
F#/D: 2X023X
A: X0222X

No Capo

e|—–0——-0——-2——-0——-0——-1—–|e
B|—–2——-0——-3——-2——-0——-3—–|B
G|—–2——-1——-4——-1——-2——-2—–|G
D|—–2——-2——-4——-2——-2——-0—–|D
A|—–0——-2——-2——-0——-2——-x—–|A
E|—–x——-0——-x——-X——-0——-x—–|E

Hey Katie
You really look great tonight
I think about you all the time
Your color up my life

Just maybe (Maybe)
You’ll let me take you home tonight
I’ve gotta have you by my side
To wake up with the sunrise

It’s hard to drive when you’re
Putting on your makeup
Can’t stay in the lines

Shaping up my heart
For all the love I’ll be giving to you
I knew it from the start
The starring role for my movie was you

I’m playing it tough
So you can’t change your mind

Hey Katie
About 6 o’clock tonight
I’ll be waiting by the curbside
Practicing my lines

Just maybe (Maybe)
You could help me hit my mark
And I could try to play the part
Memorizing lines

You could be Mia Farrow
I can be Billy Joe

Shaping up my heart
For all the love I’ll be giving to you
I knew it from the start
The starring role for my movie was you

I’m playing it tough
So you can’t change your mind

Woohah

(Solo Piano Part)

Making love
In the middle of the day time
sun shines hot on my back

Shaping up my heart
For all the love I’ll be giving to you
I knew it from the start
The starring role for my movie was you

It’s gonna take a lot to stop my heart
Keep pumping for two
Oh, I knew it from the start
The starring role for my movie was you

I’m playing it tough
So you can’t change your mind

Josh Kelley “I Saw You”
from his album For The Ride Home
Tabbed by Joe Piskai
joseph.piskai@villanova.edu
“You know that note… that note, when you hit it,
it just screws up your face? Yeah, thats what ‘nasty’ is.”

——————————————————–

I had the opportunity to see Josh perform this song.
Unfortunately, I didn’t get to see how he played it, but here’s what I do:

Capo on 2nd,
tab (and chord positions) relative to capo

Listen to the CD to get the strumming down…

Intro/Verse/Chorus

[D/B]

e|—————————————————-|
B|-2———–3————-3———————-0-|
G|-2———–2————-2—————-1-1-2—|
D|-2———–0————-0—————-2——-|
A|-0———–0————-2—————-2——-|
E|——————————————–0——-|

I… I saw you I didn’t know just what to say

(interlude/outro)

[D/B] [D/B]

e|—————0———————-0————-|
B|–3————0———3————0————-|
G|–2————1———2————1————-|
D|–0————2———0————2————-|
A|–2————2———2————2————-|
E|—————0———————-0————-|

Fade into my life…. Never get it right…

Last chord before solo, (I do an arpeggio here)

[D/B]

e|——0-(let ring)-|
B|—-3————–|
G|—-2————–|
D|—-0————–|
A|—-2————–|
E|——————-|

Inside……

Guitar Solo

The solo is easy if you’re down with the pentatonic scale.
It’s done on electric, but I haven’t attempted it on my les paul yet…
On acoustic, here’s how I play it: slightly less bends, and more slides.
It’s in F#:
(We’re still on the capo here)

e|——————5~~~——————————|
B|————–5-7———————————–|
G|—–2~~–4/6—————-2———————-|
D|-2/4———————2h4—4-4-2—–2———-|
A|————————————-2/4—4-2~~—-|
E|—————————————————-|
e|—————————————5-7-7——–|
B|—————————5-7~~~–5h7————–|
G|———2-4b6r4—2-4-4/6————————–|
D|—–2-4——–4———————————–|
A|-2/4————————————————|
E|—————————————————-|
e|-7b9r7p5—5-7-(7)b9r7-5—5~———————–|
B|———7—————7—-9-7-5—————–|
G|—————————————4b6———-|
D|—————————————————-|
A|—————————————————-|
E|—————————————————-|

Hey U Guys! Josh Kelley is amazing, and cool. I love this song and it is
really easy 2 play. I am pretty sure this is the right way 2 play it. Enjoy!

Verse:[G,D,C]
You’ve been bad
You know you’ve been good
Did you loose your mind like I knew you would
Did you sing your song
Did you sing it so loud
Did you sing it so everyone could hear in the crowd

Pre Chorus:[C,G,D]
Did you loose yourself
Did you loose your health
Did you put my memories on the shelf
Did you loose your place
Did you loose your grace
Just so everyone could see your singing face
[ Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/josh_kelley/everybody_wants_you_crd.html ]
Chorus:[C,G,D]
It’s like everybody loves you
And everybody wants you
Lately
It’s like everybody needs you
And everybody sees you
Today

Verse 2:[G,D,C]
You’ve been sad
You’re misunderstood
Did you find your kind
Like I knew you would
Did you feel your song
Did you feel it so real
Did you feel it so everyone could see your grand appeal

Pre-chorus[C,G,D]

Chorus[C,G,D]

Bridge:[C,D,G,D,C]
Fate will only show
For the time we loathe
Time will say
Keep the fire alive
That leads the way
To our today

Pre-Chorus:[C,G,D]

Chorus:[C,G,D]

Josh Kelley – Old Time Memory

Tabbed by: Ryan Morrissey
Email: morsels2319@netscape.net

INTRO

e|——–0h2————-0—–|
B|————3-3————3–|
G|——2——2——–2——-|
D|–0—————0———–|
A|——————————|
E|——————————|

VERSE (pick similar to INTRO)

D, G, C, A

“Standing round in a…”

then

D, G

“And I can tell…”

CHORUS

D, G, A, D

“Cause I belong to…”

then

C, G

“Cause I can tell…”

REFRAIN

D, G

“Well the feelings that…”

then

C, G

“For you, you…”