I think that there are two electric rhythm guitars with electric lead solos in this jewel (I could swear though - at times I hear three simultaneous guitar parts on the recording - the Ozark boys may have dubbed a little - or ?). I'm going to show you just the main rhythm part which can be played on either an acoustic or electric guitar. 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:

 
C (slap)
(GUITAR INTRO)
(HARP JOINS IN)
 
 
C(w/6)
I never read it in a book, I never saw it on a show
 
 
but I heard it in the alley on a weird radio
 
                              G   F
if you want a drink of water 
 
           C(w/6)
you got to get it from a well
 
                              G   F
if you want to get to heaven 
 
           Bb             C(w/6)
you got to raise a little hell
 
 
 
I never felt it in my feet, I never felt it in my soul
 
 
but I heard it the alley, now it's in my rock and roll
 
                              G   F
if you want to know a secret
 
           C(w/6)
you got to promise not to tell
 
                              G   F
if you want to get to heaven
 
           Bb             C(w/6)    G
you got to raise a little hell
 
 
F(w/6)  C(w/6)
F(w/6)  A  G  Bb
(HARP SOLO)
 
 
C (slap)
(GUITAR SOLO)
 
 
C(w/6)
I never thought it'd be so easy, I never thought it'd be so fun
 
 
but I heard it in the alley, now I got it on the run
 
                            G   F
if you want to see an angel
 
           C(w/6)
you got to find it where it fell
 
                             G   F
if you want to get to heaven
 
           Bb      C(w/6)      =>   riff
you got to raise a little hell
 
 
C (slap)
(GUITARS & HARP STUFF)
 
 
C (slap)
if you want to get to heaven
 
if you want to get to heaven
 
if you want to get to heaven
 
if you want to get to heaven    =>  riff
 

THE TAB:

C

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

G

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

F

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

Bb

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

A

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

THE RIFF:

The seven note riff that is played twice in the song is as follows:

3/5, 3/3, 4/5, 4/1, 4/3, 4/1, 5/3

And play the 4th, & 5th notes a little more quickly than the other notes!

TIPS:

As you probably noticed, the C chord is shown two different ways: C (slap) & C(w/6).
Here is what they mean:

C (slap)

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

Yep, it means just to play those two notes: slap down on the stings with your pickin' hand - quickly pluck the 4th & 5th strings with your thumb (or pick) while quickly bouncing your pickin' hand off the strings. Keep on repeating.... you want to hear the notes on the 'up' beat and the 'slap' on the downbeat. Keep the two fingers pressed on the fretboard and let your pickin' hand do a natural muting effect as it bounces in rhythm. This is an old electric guitar 'hard-rock' trick - pounding on the root and the fifth with the overdrive a drivin'.

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C(w/6)

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

Play this part without the slap - and on the 2nd and 4th beats, use your pinkie to play the "X" note on the 7th fret (I write the - (w/6) thing because the "X" - actually an "A" note - is the "sixth" of the C chord). Quickly press and release the note on the 2nd and 4th beats.

Or you can play the chord this way...

C(w/6)

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

Play the X on the 2nd and 4th beats with your pinkie on the 7th fret, but strum just the lower three strings.

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While we are on the subject, the F(w/6) chord in the harp solo does something similar:

F(w/6)

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

Play this just like the C(w/6) (I write the - w/6 thing because the "X" - actually a "D" note - is the "sixth" of the F chord).

Or if you have strong enough hands, you can play it this way...

F(w/6)

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

Play the X on the 2nd and 4th beats with your pinkie on the 5th fret, but strum just the lower two or three strings.

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In fact, no matter what chord positions you use in the song, concentrate you strumming on the lower strings (the bottom two or three strings of that particular chord) for all the chords pretty much throughout. This is what the Ozarks did on the recording.

The key to playing this song is using the proper C chord - the C (slap) and the C(w/6) thing. It wouldn't hurt to use the F(w/6) at the proper time, either.

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Harp tab:

[I have no idea if this is right..
i found/stole the following tab from Jack Bowden's site]

(first groove:) Guitar:  C
                F Harp:  2  |2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 |3 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 |
                             ~   ^ ~     ^ ^      ^ ~     ^ ^

(Harp solo:)  Guitar: F                        C
              F Harp: 4 4   | 4 4 4 4 3 3 2 2 | 3 33 3 44 | 3 33 3 44|
                      ~       ~     ^ ~     ^     ~^ ^  ^     ~^ ^  ^
F                          A         G  Bb
44 45 44 45 | 44 44 44 45 | 44      |      |
~     ~       ~  ~  ~       ~ 

(Last Groove:)Guitar:  C
              F Harp:  3 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 | 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
                       ~   ^ ~     ^ ^   ~   ^ ~     ^ ^