Arkansas Dave tab by George Strait

Artist: George Strait
Album: Twang
Year: 2009


e(1)---------------------------------------------------------------------|
b(2)---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G(3)---------------------------------------0--2--0-----------------------|
D(4)----0--0h2--2--2p0-----2-------0--0h2-----------2--0------0--2--0----|
A(5)--3-----------------3-------3-------------------------3-------------3|
E(6)---------------------------------------------------------------------|

C        G   C
He rode up on a winter day
C         G      C
Steam risin’ off a streak face bay
F         C    F
Said you probably know my name
C         G    C
If you don’t it’s Arkansas Dave

C          G   C
He talked of fifteen years ago
C         G   C
And how he got the bay he rode
F            C F
Said he killed a man in Ohio
   C          G    C
First man he killed first horse he stole

     F       C    F
It was a long road for Arkansas Dave
  C         G    C
He shot and left him where he laid
       F         C   F
He said he’d never forget that winter day
C        G      F
He rode off on a streak faced bay

C        G     C
I stood up and I shook his hand
C         G     C
Told no one that I knew this man
F       C  F
Started makin’ up a plan
C           G    C
Bout how I’d deal him his last hand


C          G    C
Didn’t take him long to come unwound
C            G    C
He jumped up and gunned two men down
F       C     F
Ran outside to leave the town
C            G   C
But ole’ bay was nowhere to be found

Key Shift: D

 D        A   D
I head out with my forty four
  D          A      D
And when he walked back through the door
 G         D    G
I shot till I could shoot no more
     D       A   D
And Dave Rudabough fell to the floor

      G          D    G
It was the end of the road for Arkansas Dave
 D         A    D
I shot and left him where he laid
   G         D   G
I’ll never forget that winter day
  D      A      D
I rode off on a streak faced bay
    G         D   G
No I’ll never forget that winter day
    D          A      D
When I rode home on Daddy’s streak face bay

*p = pull off
 h = hammer on




**First Tab...found the chords, made the actual intro tab. I always listen to George,
so I'm pretty sure it's right, just listen to the song for the rhythms and minor
changes in chord locations.
Here is a link to it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nPwiIOUpZs . Thanks!

***The intro isn't in the beginning of the link above, but you can hear it