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The Wanderer

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This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Verse 1

E

I'm the type of guy who never settles down

Where pretty girls are, you'll know that I'm around

A

I kiss 'em and I love 'em 'cause to me they're all the same

E

I hug 'em and I squeeze 'em, they don't even know my name

B A

They call me the Wanderer, yeah, Wanderer

E B

I roam round and round and round and round

Verse 2

There's Flo on my left and there's Mary on my right

And Janie is the girl

that'll be with tonight

And when she asks me which one I love the best

I tear open my shirt and show

Rosie on my chest

'Cause I'm the Wanderer, yeah, Wanderer

I roam round and round and round and round

Bridge

B A-E (bass guitar plays 'B')

Well, I roam from town to town

B A-A

Live life without a care

B

I'm as happy as a clown

C# F# B

With my 2 fists of iron but I'm goin' nowhere

Verse 3

I'm the type of guy that likes to roam around

I'm never in one place;

I roam from town to town

And when I find myself a-fallin' for some girl

I hop right into that car of mine and drive around the world

'Cause I'm the Wanderer, yeah, Wanderer

I roam round and round and round and round

Guitar Solo

E

E|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------11b13-11b13r11-9---------------------|
D|-9-11---9-11-9------------------11---9-11----9-11-9-|
A|-----11-----------------------------------11--------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|

A

E|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------12b14-12b14-12-12-10-12b14-12b14-12-10-|
G|-11b13-11b13r11-9-----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|

E B

E|----------12-------10-------12------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------14-13-12-|
G|-11-12-13----13\11----11/13----13\11---11-------11----------|
D|------------------------------------------12h13-------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|

A E

E|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|-12-12-12b14r12-12b14r12-10-----------9-------9-------9-|
G|-----------------------------11-11b13---11b13---11b13---|
D|--------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|
B|-------9-12b14r12-10--------------|
G|-11b13---------------11b13r11-9-9-|
D|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|

Bridge

repeat verse 3, then repeat last 2 lines and fade:

A E

E|-----------5---------------5---------------------------------|
B|-----5-7-8-----5-7-(5)-7-8------0-2-0-3p2p0-----0-3p2p0-----0|
G|-5h6--------5h6-------------0h1-------------0h1---------0h1--|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|

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| r Release

| b Bend

| / Slide up

| \ Slide down

| h Hammer-on

| (n) Ghost note

| p Pull-off

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