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babe , it ain’t no lie – graham coxon
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tabbed by : emmett cruddas
email : emmettcruddas@hotmail . co . uk

tuning : standard
capo 4th fret

this is from a live cover he does of the davy graham version of an old elizabeth
cotten song . you can find versions here :
and on the recent itunes live ep ( for people in the uk ) . its A
fantastic song .

intro :
1 2 3 4
C Fmaj7 F/F# C Fmaj7 G C
C Fmaj7 F/F# C Fmaj7 G C
C * D7 G7 C E Fmaj7
Fmaj7 F/F# G Am Fmaj7 G C

C Fmaj7 F/F#
some old woman in this town ,
C Fmaj7 G C
keeps telling lies on me .
C Fmaj7 F/F#
wish to the lord that that woman would die
C G C
keeps telling lies on me .

C * D7 G7 C
oh babe it ain’t no lie ,
E Fmaj7
oh babe it ain’t no lie ,
F/F# G Am
oh babe it ain’t no lie , great god ,
C G C
this life i’m livings really high .

C Fmaj7 F/F#
been all round this whole wide world ,
C G C
and i just got back today .
C Fmaj7 F/F#
make all this money and i give it all to you ,
C G C
baby , what more can i say?

C C7 Fmaj7
oh babe it ain’t no lie ,
E Fmaj7
oh babe it ain’t no lie ,
F/F# G Am
oh babe it ain’t no lie , great god ,
Fmaj7 G C
this life i’m livings really high .

C Fmaj7 F/F#
some old woman in this town ,
C Fmaj7 G C
keeps telling lies on me .
C Fmaj7 F/F#
wish to the lord that that woman would die
C G C
keeps telling lies on me

C C7 Fmaj7
oh babe it ain’t no lie ,
E Fmaj7
oh babe it ain’t no lie ,
F/F# G Am
oh babe it ain’t no lie , great god ,
Fmaj7 G C Fmaj7 C
this life i’m livings really high .