Artist: George Strait | Song: Give It Away - Drop-d

Artist/Band: Strait George Tabs
Song: Give It Away - Drop-d Tab

GIVE IT AWAY
Written by Bill Anderson, Buddy Cannon, and Jamey Johnson

The E-chord should be played without the third to support
both the major melody and the minor (dorian) fills.
A good way to match the sound of the recording is to use
Double-Drop-D tuning with a capo at the third fret.
See chord voicings below as an alternative to the pop-ups.

4 beats per chord
` = 2 beats
(capo at first fret)

INTRO:
LICK  E  E

NARRATION-LONG:
E
  She was stormin' through the house that day and
E
I could tell she was leavin' and I thought ah she'll be
E
Back till she turned around and pointed at the
E
Wall and said that

VERSE:
E                               E
Picture from our honeymoon that night in Frisco Bay just give it a-
A                      E
way she said give it a-way and that
E                                   E
Big four-poster king-size bed where so much love was made just give it a-
A                           E
way she said just give it a-way just give it a-

CHORUS:
A               A
way there ain't nothin' in this house worth fightin'
E           B7
Over oh and we're both tired of fightin' any-
`A  `A7               E  E
 way   just give it a-way

NARRATION:
E
So I tried to move on but I found that each
E
Woman I held just reminded me of that day
E
  Hmm when that

VERSE:
E                              E
Front door swung wide open she flung her diamond ring said give it a-
A                  E
way just give it a-way I said now
E                              E
Honey don't you even want your half of everything she said give it a-
A                  E7
way just give it a-way just give it a-

CHORUS-SHORT:
A               A
way there ain't nothin' in this house worth fightin'
E           B7
Over oh and we're both tired of fightin' any-
`A  `A7               E7
 way   just give it a-way

SOLO-CHORUS:
A  A

E  B7

A7  E  E

NARRATION:
E
  So I'm still right here where she left me
E
Along with all the other things she don't care about anymore
E
  Mmm like that

VERSE:
E                               E
Picture from our honeymoon that night in Frisco Bay she said give it a-
A                          E
way well I can't give it a-way and that
E                                   E
Big four-poster king-size bed where all our love was made she said give it a-
A                          E
way well I can't give it a-way I've got a

CODA:  (slower)
E                                    E
Furnished house a diamond ring and a lonely broken heart full of
A                                 E
Love and I can't even give it away__
 
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TUNING:  6 5 4 3 2 1      CAPO: Fret-3 for recorded key
         D A D G B D

CHORDS:                                   RHYTHM:
    E   A   B7  A7   E7  -chart label    Slow four with a sixteenth note feel
    D5  G   A7  G7   D7(-3)                  1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
D|--0---5---2---3----0---|                D|-----0-------0-0-----0-0-----0-0-|
B|--3---0---2---0----1---|                B|-----3-------3-3-----3-3-----3-3-|
G|--2---0---0---0----2---|                G|-----2-------2-2-----2-2-----2-2-|
D|--0---0---2---0----0---|                D|-0---0---0---0-0-0---0-0-----0-0-|
A|--0-------0--------0---|                A|-0-------0-------0-------0h2-----|
D|--0---5-------5----0---|                D|-0-------0-------0-------0-------|
                                             d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u
INTRO-LICK:
     1 e  + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
D+3|-2h3p2----------------------------|  Acoustic - left channel
B+3|------3-1-------------------------|
G+3|----------2-1-0-------------------|     h = hammer on
D+3|----------------3p0---3---0-------|     p = pull off
A+3|--------------------3---3---0-----|     d = down strum
D+3|------------------------------3---|     u = up strum
   |                                  |
  E|----------------------------------|  Electric
  B|------------------------------11\4|
   |                                  |
  D|-1h3----3-----3-------3-----------|  Acoustic - right channel
  A|----------------------------------|  (standard tuning no capo)
  E|----------------------------4-4---|

FILLS:
Mess around with the notes of the dorian mode
particularly the 7th and 3rd and open strings.

D|---|-*-|-3-|---|---|---|
B|-7-|---|-*-|---|---|-3-|
G|---|-*-|---|---|-7-|---|
D|---|-*-|-3-|---|---|---|
A|---|-*-|-7-|---|---|---|
D|---|-*-|-3-|---|---|---|
Fret-1   2   3   4   5   6

Examples show how licks can be played within the strum
or even substitute full chords to mimic the sound.

End chorus-1:         Bar-3 verse-2:                     Bar-4 verse-3:
   D5                 G                                  D7(-3)  Dm
   1 + 2 + 3 +a4e+    1   +   2 e + a 3 e +   4   +      1   2   3   4
D|-----------------||-----5-----------------------5---||-0-------0-------|
B|---6---3---------||-----0-----0-----------------0---||-1-------3-------|
G|---5---2---4-2---||-----0---3-------------------0---||-2-------2-------|
D|-0---0---0--4-3--||-0-----------0-3---0-3-----------||-0-------3-------|
A|-0---0---0-------||---------------------------------||-0-------0-------|
D|-0---0---0-------||-5---------------5-------5-------||-0-------0-------|


Waynus Of Uranus
July 2006