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CHASIN' THAT NEON RAINBOW (Alan Jackson, Jim McBride)
performed by Alan Jackson on HERE IN THE REAL WORLD (1989)
transcribed by Mark Albert markalbert@pipeline.com
The times within the parenthesis denote the location of the
guitar riff on the CD. The tab is written out at the end.
INTRO
G (0:00)
VERSE 1
G
Daddy won a radio
C
He tuned it to a country show
D
I was rockin' in the cradle
C D
To the cryin' of a steel guitar
G
Mama used to sing to me
C
She taught me that sweet harmony
D
Now she worries 'cause she never thought
C G
I'd ever really take it this far
D
Singin' in the bars and
CHORUS 1
G
Chasin' that neon rainbow
C G
Livin' that honky tonk dream
G D/F# Em (0:40)
All I've ever wanted
A D (0:43)
Was to pick this guitar and sing
C G (0:47)
Just tryin' to be somebody
C A (0:49)
Just wanna be heard and seen
C D G C
Chasin' that neon rainbow
A D G
Livin' that honky tonk dream
CHORUS 1 TAG
(0:56)
C D G C A D G
VERSE 2
G
An atlas and a coffeee cup
C
Five pickers in an old Dodge truck
D
Headin' down to Houston
C D
For a show on Saturday night
G
This overhead is killin' me
C
Half the time I sing for free
D
But when the crowd's into it
C G
Lord it makes this thing I'm doing seem right
D
Standin' in the spotlight
CHORUS 2
G
Chasin' that neon rainbow
C G
I'm livin' that honky tonk dream
G D/F# Em
All I've ever wanted
A D (1:42)
Was to pick this guitar and sing
C G (1:46)
Just tryin' to be somebody
C A (1:49)
Just wanna be heard and seen
C D G C
Chasin' that neon rainbow
A D G
Livin' that honky tonk dream
CHORUS 2 TAG
E (1:57)
A
Daddy's got a radio
D
He won it thirty years ago
E
He said "Son I just know we're gonna
D E
Hear you singin' on it someday"
A
I made it up to Music Row
D
But Lordy don't the wheels turn slow
E
Still I wouldn't trade a minute
D A
And I wouldn't have it any other way
E
Just show me to the stage
CHORUS 3 and CODA
A
Chasin' that neon rainbow
D A
Livin' that honky tonk dream
A E/G# F#m (2:32)
All I've ever wanted
B E (2:36)
Was to pick this guitar and sing
D A (2:40)
Just tryin' to be somebody
D B (2:42)
Just wanna be heard and seen
D E A D
Chasin' that neon rainbow
B E A (2:50)
Livin' that honky tonk dream
D E A D
Oh I'm chasin' that neon rainbow
B E A (2:56)
Livin' that honky tonk dream
* * * * *
CHORD CHART
|Intro |Verse 1 |Chorus 1 |Verse 2 |Chorus 2 |Verse 3 |Chorus 3 |
|Coda |
Intro:
|G |G |G |G |
Verse 1 and 2:
|G |G |C |C |D |C |D |D |G |G |C |C |D |C |G |D |
Chorus 1 and 2:
|G |G |C |G |G D/F# |Em |A |D |C |G |C |A |C D |G C |A D |G |
Chorus 1 tag:
|C D |G C |A D |G |G |
Chorus 2 tag:
|E |
Verse 3:
|A |A |D |D |E |D |E |E |A |A |D |D |E |D |A |E |
Chorus 3 and Coda:
|A |A |D |A |A E/G# |F#m |B |E |D |A |D |B |D E |A D |B E |A |
|D E |A D |B E |A |A |
GUITAR TAB
CD = 0:00 (Intro)
___________ ___________ ___________ ___________
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-2---3---3---3---2---3---3---3--|-2---3---3---3---2---3---3---3---|
\/ \/ \/ \/
H H H H
___________ ___________ ___________ ___________
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------0---|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------0-------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-2---3---3---3---2---3---3---3--|-2---3---3---3---2---3-----------|
\/ \/ \/ \/
H H H H
RIFFS
CD = 0:40
_____
| | | |__| | |
| | | | | | |
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------2------(2)-------------|---------------------------------|
|------------\-/---------2-(3)-2-|-0-------------------------------|
|-0-----------T-----------\/-\/--|---------------------------------|
B R
CD = 0:43
____ ___
|_| | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-3-2--0-----------0-------------|---------------------------------|
|--\/\/----2---0----------5------|-3-------------------------------|
|---P-P------------------/-------|---------------------------------|
CD = 0:47
___
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------0-----------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------0---2-------5-------|-3-------------------------------|
|-3------------\/----------------|---------------------------------|
H
CD = 0:49
___________ ___________
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--8-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-(9)--7---4--(6)--2-------2---0-|---------------------------------|
|----\/-----\/---------x-----\/--|---------------------------------|
|-----R------B----------------P--|-3-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
CD = 0:56 (Chorus 1 tag)
____ ___ ___________ ____ ____
|_| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-3-2--0-----------0-------------|-----------------------------0---|
|--\/\/----3---0-----------------|------------------------2--------|
|---P-P--------------------0---2-|-3------5----7---5---------------|
|----------------------3---------|----------\/---------------------|
S
_____ ___ \ ___________ ____ ___
|_|_|_| | | | / | | | | |_| | | |
| | | | | | | \ | | | | | | | | |
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-8-----------------------5-------|
|-2-3-2-0-2---0----(0)-----------|----(9)--7---6--5-3--0---5---3---|
|--\/\/\/-------\-/--------------|-------\/--------\/-\/-----------|
|---H-P-P--------T---------------|--------R---------P--P-----------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
___________ ___________
| | | |\ | | | | | | | | |
| | | /| | | | | | | | | | |
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|----|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|----|
|-------------------------3---|-0-----------0-----------------|----|
|-5----(5)---(5)------------\-|/----3---------------0---------|----|
|---\-/----\-/---------------P|---------5-------3-------1---2-|----|
|----T------T-----------------|---------------------------\/--|-3--|
H
CD = 1:42
_____ ___ ___
|__| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------2------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-2--4------3---2---0------------|---------------------------------|
|--\/--------\/------------0---2-|-3-------------------------------|
|---S---------P------------------|---------------------------------|
CD = 1:46
______ ______
_ |__| | |__| | |
|_| | | | | | | |
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------0-------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------1--2-----------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------\/--------5-(6)--5--|-3-----------------------------|
|---------------S---------\/-\-/---|-------------------------------|
B R
CD = 1:49
___ ____ ___
| | | |_| | | | |
| | | | | | | | |
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-8------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-7--(9)--7--5-6---------5---7---|-5-------------------------------|
|--\/---------\/--7------5\-/7---|-5-------------------------------|
|---B----------H----------\-/----|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------S-----|---------------------------------|
CD = 1:57 (Chorus 2 tag)
__ _____ ___ _______
| | | |_| | | | | |__| | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
|-------------|-------------------------------------|--------------|
|-------------|-------------------------------------|--------------|
|----0--(0)---|-------------------------------------|--------------|
|-2---\/------|-5-4---2-----------2-----------------|--------------|
|------T------|--\/-\/----4---2----------2-(3)---2--|-0------------|
|-------------|---P--P--------------------\/--\/----|--------------|
B R
CD = 2:32
______
| | | |__| | |
| | | | | | |
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------4------(4)--------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------\-/--------4-(5)--4--|-2-------------------------------|
|-2----------T----------\/--\/---|---------------------------------|
B R
CD = 2:36
___________ ___ ______
| | | | | | |__| | |
| | | | | | | | | |
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-5---4---2-------2---4--2-(3)--2-|--------------------------------|
|--\-/--------4-----------\/--\/--|-5------------------------------|
|---S----------------------B---R--|--------------------------------|
CD = 2:40
_________________
_ | | | | |
|_| | | | | |
|------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------2----------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------2-----4-----------4----|-5---------------------------|
|---------------\-/------------------|-----------------------------|
S
CD = 2:42
___ ___
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------4-------4--------|-7-------------------------------|
|-----------------------4---\---/|-7-------------------------------|
|-4-----(6)--x------6-------\---/|---------------------------------|
|----\-/----------------------S--|---------------------------------|
B
CD = 2:50
___________ ___ _______
| | | | | | |__| | |
| | | | | | | | | |
|------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------2-------2---4---2-(3)---2--|-----------------------------|
|-2---4-------4------------\/--\/----|-5---------------------------|
|---\/----------------------B---R----|-----------------------------|
H
CD = 2:56
\ ___ ___________ ___ _______
/ | | | | | | | | |___| | | |
\ | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------2-----------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------4---2---------------|-2-------------------------------|
|--------------\/----4---2--(4)--|-----4----2--(4)--2---0-----(0)--|
|---------------P---------\-/----|------------\/--\/------\-/------|
B B R T
TAB NOTES
B = bend to ()
H = hammer on
P = pull off
R = release bend from ()
S = slide
T = tied note to ()
\
/ _
/| = eighth rest, \ = quarter rest, |_| = half rest
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