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Date: 3/3/99; 10:53:39 AM
From: "Mark and Allison Albert" <markalbert@pipeline.com>
Subject: g/gill_vince/kindly_keep_it_country.tab

KINDLY KEEP IT COUNTRY (Vince Gill)
performed by Vince Gill with Lee Ann Womack on THE KEY (1998)
transcribed by Mark Albert markalbert@pipeline.com


CHORD CHART (see suggested chord fingerings below)
INTRO:
|Bb |F |Bb | Bb|

VERSE:
|Bb |Bb |Bb |Bb7 |Eb |Eb |Bb |Bb |
|F |F |Bb |Eb |Bb |F |Bb |Bb |

INSTRUMENTAL AND LAST CHORUS:
|B |B |B |B7 |E |E |B |B |
|F# |F# |B |E |B |F# |B |B |



          Bb              (riff 1)
If you're gonna play the jukebox
                          Bb7 (riff 2)
Would you kindly keep it country
           Eb                  Bb (riff 3)
'Cause Iām feelin' so lonely tonight
   F
Oh please play a sad song
         Bb                     Eb
About a heart that's just been stepped on
          Bb             F              Bb     (riff 4)
Would you kindly keep it country for me tonight


Bb
I'd get up off this bar stool
                                 Bb7
If you'd play something we could dance to
Eb                                  Bb
Oh, a song about a love that's gone astray
F
Oh I love to hear 'em sing
Bb                   Eb
About the misery and pain
          Bb             F              Bb      F#
Would you kindly keep it country for me tonight


INTSTRUMENTAL
|B |B |B |B7 |E |E |B |B |


   F#                 (riff 5)
Oh please play a sad song
        B                       E (riff 6)
About a heart that's just been stepped on
          B              F#              B    (riff 7)
Would you kindly keep it country for me tonight
           B              F#             E      B (riff 8)
Would you kindly keep it country for me tonight



riff 1 (CD = 0:19)              riff 2 (CD = 0:25)
    \         __   ____            \             ___    ___
    /        |__| |_|  |   |       /     |\     |   |  |   |   |
    \   /| |\|  | | |  |   |       \  /| |   |\ |   |  |   |   |
|-----------------------------||-----------------------------|-----|
|-----------------------------||--------------------3--------|-----|
|-----------------------------||-------------5-(7)----(7)--5-|-----|
|---------------3-5----3---3--||---------3----\/---------\/--|-----|
|----------3-5------5----\/---||---------------B----------R--|-6---|
|-----------\/------------T---||-----------------------------|-----|
             S


riff 3 (CD = 0:34)
     \       _      ____    _____        _____               \
     /      |_|    |    |  |__|  |      |_ | _|   |    |     /
     \   /| | | |\ |    |  |  |  |   |\ |  |  | |\|    |     \
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------3----------|-6-(8)-6--3-3-6----6-----------|
|---------------5-(7)-----(7)-5--3-|--\/---------\/-\/-------------|
|-----------2-3--\/----------\/----|---B----------H--T-------------|
|------------\/---B-----------R----|-------------------------------|
|-------------S--------------------|-------------------------------|



riff 4 (CD = 1:02)
     \                           _____
     /       |\       |         |     |     |
     \   /|  |     |\ |      |\ |     |     |
|----------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------3-(5)-----3-(5)----3--|--1----------------------|
|------------1------\/--------\/---------|-------------------------|
                     B         B


riff 5 (CD = 2:22)               riff 6 (CD = 2:28)
     \      _      ___    ___               ___
     /     |_|    |   |  |   |          |\ |_  |  |       |
     \  /| | | |\ |   |  |   |    /|.   |\ |  .|  |       |
|------------------------------||----------------------------------|
|---------------------4--------||----------9------9-------7--------|
|--------------6-(8)----(8)--6-||--------------------------\-------|
|----------3-4--\/---------\/--||-------9------9------------S------|
|-----------\/---B----------R--||----------------------------------|
|------------S-----------------||----------------------------------|



riff 7 (CD = 2:38)
     \             ____    ________
     /      |\    |    |  |__|__|__|     |
     \  /|  |   |\|    |  |  |  |  |     |
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------4--------------|----------------------------|
|------------4--4-6-------6--4--2-----|--2-------------------------|
|----------------\/--------\/------4--|----------------------------|
                  S         S


riff 8 (CD = 2:55)
      \            _____     _____        ____
      /       |\  |     |   |     |      |    |    |       _
      \   /|  |   |     |   |     |      |    |    |      |_|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------4---------4---|--4-------------------------|
|-------------6---4-------------------|--4-------------------------|
|---------------------------7---------|--4----6----6---------------|
|-------------------------------------|----\/----\/----------------|
                                            H     T


SUGGESTED CHORD FINGERINGS

   Bb        Bb7        Eb          F
|--1--|    |--1--|    |-----|    |--1--|
|--3--|    |--3--|    |--4--|    |--1--|
|--3--|    |--1--|    |--3--|    |--2--|
|--3--|    |--3--|    |--1--|    |--3--|
|--1--|    |--1--|    |-----|    |--3--|
|-----|    |-----|    |-----|    |--1--|

   B          B7         E          F#
|--2--|    |--2--|    |--0--|    |--2--|
|--4--|    |--4--|    |--0--|    |--2--|
|--4--|    |--2--|    |--1--|    |--3--|
|--4--|    |--4--|    |--2--|    |--4--|
|--2--|    |--2--|    |--2--|    |--4--|
|-----|    |-----|    |--0--|    |--2--|



TAB NOTES

B = bend to ()
H = hammer on
P = pull off
R = release bend from ()
S = slide
T = tied note


/|  = eighth rest

\
/   = quarter rest
\

 _
|_| = whole rest