BIRTHDAY BOY
Standard DBT tuning:
D
A
F
C
G
D
Intro: A E C# B
D-------------
A-5-0-5-7-0-7-
F-------------
C-------------
G-------------
D-------------
A E
Which ones the birthday boy?
C# B
she said I ain't got all night
A E
What'd your mama name you?
C# B
You can call me what you like
A E
Every skinny mystery
C# B
gotta make it hard somehow
A E
Sit your narrow ass down hot shot
C# B
I'll solve yours right now
A E C# B (x4)
A E
You got a girlfriend don't you boy?
C# B
Nervous hands cant lie
A E
Married men don't ask how much,
C# B
single ones ain't buying
A E
One day you got everything,
C# B
next day it's all broke
A E
Let miss Trixie sit up front
C# B
Let her wipe your nose
A E C# B (x4)
A
Working for the money like you got eight hands
E B
Flat on your back under a mean old man
A E
just thinking happy thoughts and breathing deep
F# C# B A
Between your mama's drive and daddy's belt
E C# B
It don't take smarts to learn to tune out what hurts more than helps
A
The pretty girls from the smallest towns
E B
get remembered like storms and droughts
A E
that old men talk about for years to come
F# C# B A
I guess that's why they give us names
E C# B
So a few old men can say they saw us rain when we were young
A E C# B (x4)
A E
Which ones the birthday boy?
C# B
she said I aint got all night
A E
What'd your mama name you?
C# B
You can call me what you like
A
Lyrics: Mike Cooley / Music: Cooley, Hood, Morgan, Neff, Tucker and Gonzalez
© Razor and Tie Music (BMI)
Mike Cooley - Acoustic and Electric Guitar and Lead Vocal / Patterson Hood - Guitar and Backing Vocal / John Neff - Guitar and Lap Steel / Shonna Tucker - Bass / Brad Morgan - Drums / Jay Gonzalez -Piano / David Barbe - Piano (also) and percussion
[TAB] Birthday Boy
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[TAB] Birthday Boy
Pretty sure that Cooley plays this with a capo around the 5th fret. This works though. Someone posted the correct version on Nine Bullets, so hopefully they can post their technically correct tab here as well.
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Re: [TAB] Birthday Boy
No disrespect intended but I am sure this is the way Cooley plays it. . .
Capo on the 4th Fret.
BIRTHDAY BOY
Standard DBT tuning:
D
A
F
C
G
D
Intro: Am G F C Am G
F C Am G
F C
Which ones the birthday boy?
Am G
she said I ain't got all night
F C
What'd your mama name you?
Am G
You can call me what you like
F C
Every skinny mystery
Am G
gotta make it hard somehow
F C
Sit your narrow ass down hot shot
Am G
I'll solve yours right now
F C Am G (x4)
F C
You got a girlfriend don't you boy?
Am G
Nervous hands cant lie
F C
Married men don't ask how much,
Am G
single ones ain't buying
F C
One day you got everything,
Am G
next day it's all broke
F C
Let miss Trixie sit up front
Am G
Let her wipe your nose
F C Am G (x4)
F Am
Working for the money like you got eight hands
C G
Flat on your back under a mean old man
F C
just thinking happy thoughts and breathing deep
Dm Am G F
Between your mama's drive and daddy's belt
C Am G
It don't take smarts to learn to tune out what hurts more than helps
F Am
The pretty girls from the smallest towns
C G
get remembered like storms and droughts
F C
that old men talk about for years to come
Dm Am G F
I guess that's why they give us names
C Am G
So a few old men can say they saw us reign when we were young
Am G
F C Am G (x4)
F C
Which ones the birthday boy?
Am G
she said I aint got all night
F C
What'd your mama name you?
Am G
You can call me what you like
F
Capo on the 4th Fret.
BIRTHDAY BOY
Standard DBT tuning:
D
A
F
C
G
D
Intro: Am G F C Am G
F C Am G
F C
Which ones the birthday boy?
Am G
she said I ain't got all night
F C
What'd your mama name you?
Am G
You can call me what you like
F C
Every skinny mystery
Am G
gotta make it hard somehow
F C
Sit your narrow ass down hot shot
Am G
I'll solve yours right now
F C Am G (x4)
F C
You got a girlfriend don't you boy?
Am G
Nervous hands cant lie
F C
Married men don't ask how much,
Am G
single ones ain't buying
F C
One day you got everything,
Am G
next day it's all broke
F C
Let miss Trixie sit up front
Am G
Let her wipe your nose
F C Am G (x4)
F Am
Working for the money like you got eight hands
C G
Flat on your back under a mean old man
F C
just thinking happy thoughts and breathing deep
Dm Am G F
Between your mama's drive and daddy's belt
C Am G
It don't take smarts to learn to tune out what hurts more than helps
F Am
The pretty girls from the smallest towns
C G
get remembered like storms and droughts
F C
that old men talk about for years to come
Dm Am G F
I guess that's why they give us names
C Am G
So a few old men can say they saw us reign when we were young
Am G
F C Am G (x4)
F C
Which ones the birthday boy?
Am G
she said I aint got all night
F C
What'd your mama name you?
Am G
You can call me what you like
F