Two For The Show

Trooper

tom:

Written by: Ra McGuire
Album: "Two For the Show"              (1976, MCA Records)
       "Hot Shots" (Greatest Hits)     (1979, MCA Records)

Tabbed by: Anne Drury    (zerofret)
Email: *
Date: February 9, 2006

INTRO:

Opens with an 8 measure piano part
Then:

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   D
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   C                                      G                  C
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Gt|1                                                                    |
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Gt|2                                                                    |
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1ST VERSE:

 G                        D
Two for the show, and my mother wants to go
        C                                         G   C
It'll break her heart when I tell her she's too old
 G                      D
I'm in my place, I got makeup all over my face
    C                                     G
I think I know my lines, but I don't know


CHORUS:

 C                              G
One for the money, two for the show
 C                            G
Three for the lady on the radio
 C                                  G
Four might be the one you'll never know, you'll never know
   Am                             D
If only there was a better way to go
             C     G             (Way to go)
Two for the show


2ND VERSE:

     G                                D
I'm waiting in the wings, while the queen of virtue sings
        C                                            G   C
It'll break her heart when I tell her she's out of key
         G                                 D
If they gave her half a chance, she could soon learn how to dance
    C                                 G
So she could earn her living gracefully


CHORUS:

 C                              G
One for the money, two for the show
 C                            G
Three for the lady on the radio
 C                                  G
Four might be the one you'll never know, you'll never know
   Am                             D
If only there was a better way to go
             G                   (Way to go)
Two for the show


GUITAR BREAK:

   G
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 G -14^(16)---hb----(16)r14-12-|-14^(16)~-------------------|
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   D
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 B ==-15-----------------------|-------------------------12-|
 G -------14^(16)r14-12-14^(16)|~==-------------------------|
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   C
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   G                                   
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   D
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   C
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   G
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 B|-20~~----17=\(15)-----------|----------------------------|
 G|-------------------16=\(14)-|-12~~-----------------------|
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Gt|1                                                        |
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Gt|2                                                        |
 E|----------------------------|----------------------------|
 B|---------17=\(15)--15=\(13)-|-12~~-----------------------|
 G|----------------------------|----------------------------|
 D|----------------------------|----------------------------|
 A|----------------------------|----------------------------|
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CHORUS:

 C                              G
One for the money, two for the show
 C                            G
Three for the lady on the radio
 C                                  G
Four might be the one you'll never know, you'll never know
   Am                             D
If only there was a better way to go
                                 (Way to go, oh)

 C
One for the money...

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^...bend                                /...slide up
r...release bend                        \...slide down
hb..hold bend                           =...hold note
~...vibrato

(This file is the transcriber's own work and represents
their interpretation of the song.)