Mott The Hoople - At The Crossroads guitar tab
At The Crossroads - Mott The Hoople.
Originally done by Doug Sahm, this was covered by Mott The Hoople and appeared on their self-titled debut album.
Intro:
Mostly E chords with a variation.
E|---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---|
B|---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---|
G|---1--1--1--1--1--1--1--2---|
D|---2--2--2--2--2--2--2--0---| Play four times.
A|---2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2---|
E|---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---|
There's also a little part that's played over the intro:
E|-------------|
B|-------------| Repeat.
G|---7--7--9---|
Verse:
E D A E
Leaving me girl and moving on down the road
E D A E
You left me many burdens such a heavy load
B A E
And it sure does bring me out when I think about what went down
E D A E
Well, Crossroads, all my life it has been
E D A E
I'm so afraid but know I'm trying to see
B A E
I just rode on through life till I took the time to concentrate on you
Chorus:
A
Well you can preach me like a lesson
E
You can bring me a lot of gold
A
But you can't live in Texas
E
If you don't have a lot of soul.
Fill In:
There's a twidly bit that goes something like this:
E|------7-----5-----3--3--2--0------|
B|---5-----3-----0--------------0---|
G|----------------------------------|
Verse:
(same chords as before)
I'm leaving here tonight for the very last time
Yes I'm leaving you girl, cos now I know that you ain't mine
And where you're living now, you'll find out and how that you never had a friend
Chorus:
Well you can preach me like a lesson
You can bring me a lot of gold
But you just can't live in Texas
If you don't have a lot of soul
Fill In:
E|------7-----5-----3--3--2--0------|
B|---5-----3-----0--------------0---|
G|----------------------------------|
Verse:
Well I'm leaving here tonight for the very last time
Yes I'm leaving you girl cos now I know you ain't mine
Some day a change will come and you'll be there beside me one more time
One more time.
Outro:
B A E (Repeat till fade)
Yeah, and you'll be there beside me
One more time
Yes you'll be there beside me
One more time
