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                          Would You Like to Play the Guitar (Pat Donohue)  
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Tabbed by:Peter B       

Tuning:Standard

Intro
         E                                                       A
E|--5/7---7--------------7\6-----5---------------5-------------------------|
B|-------------5--5--------------5----7p6---5----5-------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------6------------------------------|
D|-------------6-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------0----------0--------------0--------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

               D7               G
E|--5------5-----------5--------3------------------------------------------|
B|-----5-------3---3------5-----3--5--4p3----------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------4-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------5-------5-------------------------------------------------------|
E|--5---------------------------3------------------------------------------|

    E                            A
E|--5/7---7--------------7\6-----5-----------------------------------------|
B|-------------5--5--------------5----7p6---5------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------6------------------------------|
D|-------------6-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------0----------0--------------0--------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

    D9                                   G
E|-----5--7---5---7/8---5--------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------7--------8\0-----0------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------7------------0------------------------------|
D|--------4----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--5---------------------------------------3------------------------------|

Chorus
    E                            A
E|--5/7---7--------------7\6-----5---------------5-------------------------|
B|-------------5--5--------------5----7p6---5----5-------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------6------------------------------|
D|-------------6-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------0----------0--------------0--------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    Would you like to play…


               D7                G
E|--5------5-----------5--------3------------------------------------------|
B|-----5-------3---3------5-----3--5--4p3----------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------4-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------5-------5-------------------------------------------------------|
E|--5---------------------------3------------------------------------------|
    Carry money home…

     E                         A7
E|---0------------------0------------------3--3----------------------------|
B|------0--0---0----0-----0----2-----2-----2--2----------------------------|
G|------------------1------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------2----------------------------------------|
A|-------------2---------------0--------0----------------------------------|
E|---------0-------0-------------------------------------------------------|
   From a coffee house...

    D7                           G     D7
E|---------0------0------0--------3----------------------------------------|
B|------3------3------3-----3-----3----3-------------3---------------------|
G|-------------------------------------5----------3------------------------|
D|---------4-------------4-------------4-------4---------------------------|
A|---5---------------------------------5----5------------------------------|
E|----------------5---------------3----------------------------------------|
    Or would you rather get a..


Verse
    G                   Am             C
E|--------------3---0-----------0------------------------------------------|
B|-----3--5--3----------1---3------3------5--------------------------------|
G|--4-------------------2-----------------0--------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------2-------0---2---------3------------------------------------|
E|-----3-------------------------------------------------------------------|
    A job is a thing…

     G   B       Am               G         Ab
E|-------0-------3---0-----------------------------------------------------|
B|---3---2---3---1--------5-------3-------------5--------------------------|
G|---------------------------5----4---4------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------5---------------------------------|
A|-------2-------0--------5------------------------------------------------|
E|---3----------------------------3----------4-----------------------------|
    and work every day..

    A                   D
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----5------5----5---------7----7----------------------------------------|
G|-----6------6----6---------7----7----------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------4------4-------5-----6-------------------------------------------|
E|--5----------------------------------------------------------------------|
    Your back is aching and your brain...

      E                     D    A       D9
E|---------------------------------------5---------(3---2---0)-------------|
B|--------8--------5--------7-----5------5---------------------------------|
G|--------6--------5--5-----7-----6------5---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------4---------------------------------|
A|----7---------------------5------------5---------------------------------|
E|-------------6------------------5----------------------------------------|
   and you just can't …


    G              Am                E
E|-----0-----3--0------------------------0---------------------------------|
B|--3-----3--------1-----3-----------1-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------0-------4p3p2---2-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----0-----3-----------2-------------------------------------------------|
E|--3--------------------------------0-------------------------------------|
   But if you ..


     Am    C       D7         G           D7       G
E|-----------------------------3--------------------3----------------------|
B|---1----1--------3------3-------3--------3--------3----------------------|
G|---2----0---0--------5-----5----------------5----------------------------|
D|------------------------4-----------5----------4-------------------------|
A|---0----3--------5-----------------------5-------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------3--------------------3----------------------|
    you just might have to...


Here are chords to the outro:

      D7             D7/A   G   B7/F#  E
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    But  even if  you don't go far

    Am         D7          D7/A      G F# F E
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
   You could be worse off than you are

    Am      C/G      D7/A           G               Am           G
E|---------------------------------------0----3---0----------0----3--------|
B|----------------------------------3------3---------1---3-----3-----------|
G|---------------------------------------------------2---------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------2----------2-----------------|
E|----------------------------------3-----------------------------3--------|
    At least you're playing your guitar

                           Eb9  D9    G
E|---5/7---5---------------6----5-----3-------15---------------------------|
B|-------------8----5------6----5-----3------------------------------------|
G|------------------5----------------------2/12+---------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------6----5------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------3-------------3----------------------|


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| /   slide up
| \   slide down
| h   hammer-on
| p   pull-off
| ~   vibrato
| +   harmonic
| x   Mute note
| b   Bend
| pb  Pre-bend
| br  Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend