I think that there are two acoustic guitars in this one. I'm going to show you the chords, the tabbed intro and a tip or two - you can take it from there. Be sure to visit my tab page in order to understand how I write tablature on the web.

Click here if you want only the lyrics.

THE CHORDS:


A      D
A      D
(GUITAR INTRO)

A                                                        D     A
I know love makes the world go 'round and life is just a dream-o

                                                           E          A
And some people play ball out of bounds but it ain't gonna change the game

                                                          D     A
There's too much garbage in the sink, gonna take a lot of drain-o

                                                         E       A
And life's so fast, I'm afraid to blink and people still live in chains

                D            Esus4  E
But even in the rain, in the raaaaain
 

    A     E       D     E
You shine all day long

     A               E           D        E
Your heart sings the words to an old love song

       A        E       F#m  A  D
And it comes to me on a radioooooo 

E              A            A  D
Somewhere deep inside
 

A                                                        D  A
Sometimes when you turn the key the gauge only indicates empty

                                                     E      A
And people that run this world today, they only have half a brain

                                                     D   A
Some folks drive a pick-up truck, some folks drive a Bentley

                                                  D          A
But sooner or later we'll all wind up over in the break down lane

                D            Esus4  E
But even in the rain, in the raaaaain
 


    A     E       D     E
You shine all day long

     A               E           D        E
Your heart sings the words to an old love song

       A        E       F#m  A  D
And it comes to me on a radioooooo 

E              A        A/G#
Somewhere deep inside
 
F#m              D
Somewhere deep inside
   
          A                  E 
You lit a fire that's always burning

F#m            D  
Somewhere deep inside

              A                   E
You greased a wheel that's always turning

             D        E              
And keeps me rooooolling straight to

A E D E
you
A E D E
(HARP SOLO)


    A     E       D     E
You shine all day long

     A               E           D        E
Your heart sings the words to an old love song

       A        E       F#m  A  D
And it comes to me on a radioooooo 

E              A
Somewhere deep inside
 
A                                                        D     A
I know love makes the world go 'round and life is just a dream-o

THE TAB:

The chords and fingerings are:

A

1 -|| -----1---------------------------5
2 -|| -----1---------------------------5
3 -|| ----------2----------------------6
4 -|| ---------------3-----------------7
5 -|| ---------------4-----------------7
6 -|| -----1---------------------------5

D

1 -|| -----1---------------------------5
2 -|| --------------3------------------7
3 -|| --------------3------------------7
4 -|| --------------3------------------7
5 -|| -----1---------------------------5
6 -|| ----------------------------------

E

1 -|| -----1---------------------------7
2 -|| --------------3------------------9
3 -|| --------------3------------------9
4 -|| --------------3------------------9
5 -|| -----1---------------------------7
6 -|| ----------------------------------

Esus4

1 -|| -----1---------------------------7
2 -|| -----------------4--------------10
3 -|| --------------3------------------9
4 -|| --------------3------------------9
5 -|| -----1---------------------------7
6 -|| ----------------------------------

F#m

1 -|| -----1---------------------------9
2 -|| ----------2---------------------10
3 -|| --------------4-----------------11
4 -|| --------------3-----------------11
5 -|| -----1---------------------------9
6 -|| ----------------------------------

A/G#

1 -|| ----------------------------------
2 -|| ----------------------------------
3 -|| ----------2----------------------6
4 -|| ---------------3-----------------7
5 -|| ---------------4-----------------7
6 -|| ----1----------------------------4

Alternate Chords

F#m (use this after playing the A/G#)

1 -|| -----1---------------------------2
2 -|| -----1---------------------------2
3 -|| -----1---------------------------2
4 -|| -------------4-------------------4
5 -|| -------------3-------------------4
6 -|| -----1---------------------------2

TIPS

Intro

Position your fingers to play the A chord as:

A

1 -|| -----1---------------------------5
2 -|| -----1---------------------------5
3 -|| ----------2----------------------6
4 -|| ---------------3-----------------7
5 -|| ----------------------------------0
6 -|| ----------------------------------

And then follow this simplified version of the pickin' pattern:

1 -|| ------5----------------5--------------5-------------------------------
2 -|| ----------------5--------------5--------------5-----5-----------------
3 -|| --------------6---------------6--------------6------6---------2------
4 -|| ------7-----7----------7----7--------7----7--------7---------0------
5 -|| ----0-----0---------0-----0-------0-----0----------0------------------
6 -|| -------------------------------------------------------------------------

1 -|| ------5----------------5--------------5-------------------------------
2 -|| ----------------5--------------5--------------5-----5----------3-------
3 -|| --------------6---------------6--------------6------6----------2------
4 -|| ------7-----7----------7----7--------7----7--------7----------0------
5 -|| ----0-----0---------0-----0-------0-----0----------0------------------
6 -|| --------------------------------------------------------------------------

The last notes in each of the above lines are really part of a D chord... go ahead and finger the D chord as follows, but play only the appropriate strings.

D

1 -|| -----1---------------------------2
2 -|| ----------3----------------------3
3 -|| -----2---------------------------3
4 -|| -0-------------------------------0
5 -|| -----------------------------------
6 -|| -----------------------------------

If ya want, you could use this finger pickin' pattern for the entire song... or just do it your way... :-)

All of the Song

I think that this song was actually played with a capo on the 2nd fret and the first chord fingering would be the standard G chord (which would sound like an A chord)... but since I don't have a capo handy, I wrote the song in the key of A.

The chord symbols do not pertain to any number of beats.

When you see the A chord followed by the A/G# chord - play the alternate F#m chord.