Chords for Travelin' Texans - Beatin' On The Bars
Tempo:
133.4 bpm
Chords used:
E
Em
A
G
C#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[C#] [B] [G] [E]
[C#m] [Em] [E]
Down in the jailhouse on my knees, the juvenile board is a-puttin' on a squeeze.
They said my gal was a just fifteen, she told me she was twenty from a good old lean.
[A]
The beating on the bar's gonna let me out, [E] I thought she was old enough to hold it on the [A] ground.
The beating on the bar's gonna hold me free, [E] but the juvenile board's got the [C#] squeeze on me.
[B]
[G] [E] [C#m] [Em]
[E] I met her in a bus stop about a day ago, she looked like the kind that would finish this go.
Twenty-four hours of a honky [Em]-tonking mouth, I wound [E] up here in the well of the [G#] jail.
[A] The beating on the bar's gonna let me out, [E] I thought she was old enough to hold it on the [A] ground.
The beating on the bar's gonna hold me free, [E] but the juvenile board's got the squeeze on [C#] me.
[B] [G] [E]
[A]
[Em] [E]
[B]
[G] [E]
[A]
The beating on the bar's gonna let me out, [E]
I thought she was old enough to hold it on the ground.
[A]
The beating on [E] the bar's gonna hold me free, but the juvenile [G] board's got the squeeze [C#m] on me.
[Em] [C#m]
[Em] [E] [C#m]
[Em] [E]
[C#m] [Em] [E]
Down in the jailhouse on my knees, the juvenile board is a-puttin' on a squeeze.
They said my gal was a just fifteen, she told me she was twenty from a good old lean.
[A]
The beating on the bar's gonna let me out, [E] I thought she was old enough to hold it on the [A] ground.
The beating on the bar's gonna hold me free, [E] but the juvenile board's got the [C#] squeeze on me.
[B]
[G] [E] [C#m] [Em]
[E] I met her in a bus stop about a day ago, she looked like the kind that would finish this go.
Twenty-four hours of a honky [Em]-tonking mouth, I wound [E] up here in the well of the [G#] jail.
[A] The beating on the bar's gonna let me out, [E] I thought she was old enough to hold it on the [A] ground.
The beating on the bar's gonna hold me free, [E] but the juvenile board's got the squeeze on [C#] me.
[B] [G] [E]
[A]
[Em] [E]
[B]
[G] [E]
[A]
The beating on the bar's gonna let me out, [E]
I thought she was old enough to hold it on the ground.
[A]
The beating on [E] the bar's gonna hold me free, but the juvenile [G] board's got the squeeze [C#m] on me.
[Em] [C#m]
[Em] [E] [C#m]
[Em] [E]
Key:
E
Em
A
G
C#m
E
Em
A
[C#] _ [B] _ [G] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ [Em] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
Down in the jailhouse on my knees, the juvenile board is a-puttin' on a squeeze.
They said my gal was a just fifteen, she told me she was twenty from a good old lean.
[A]
The beating on the bar's gonna let me out, [E] I thought she was old enough to hold it on the [A] ground.
The beating on the bar's gonna hold me free, [E] but the juvenile board's got the [C#] squeeze on me.
[B] _
[G] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ [Em] _
_ [E] _ _ _ I met her in a bus stop about a day ago, she looked like the kind that would finish this go.
_ Twenty-four hours of a honky [Em]-tonking mouth, I wound [E] up here in the well of the [G#] jail.
[A] The beating on the bar's gonna let me out, [E] I thought she was old enough to hold it on the [A] ground.
The beating on the bar's gonna hold me free, [E] but the juvenile board's got the squeeze on [C#] me.
[B] _ [G] _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A]
The beating on the bar's gonna let me out, [E]
I thought she was old enough to hold it on the ground.
[A]
The beating on [E] the bar's gonna hold me free, but the juvenile [G] board's got the squeeze [C#m] on me.
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _
[Em] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _
[Em] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ [Em] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
Down in the jailhouse on my knees, the juvenile board is a-puttin' on a squeeze.
They said my gal was a just fifteen, she told me she was twenty from a good old lean.
[A]
The beating on the bar's gonna let me out, [E] I thought she was old enough to hold it on the [A] ground.
The beating on the bar's gonna hold me free, [E] but the juvenile board's got the [C#] squeeze on me.
[B] _
[G] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ [Em] _
_ [E] _ _ _ I met her in a bus stop about a day ago, she looked like the kind that would finish this go.
_ Twenty-four hours of a honky [Em]-tonking mouth, I wound [E] up here in the well of the [G#] jail.
[A] The beating on the bar's gonna let me out, [E] I thought she was old enough to hold it on the [A] ground.
The beating on the bar's gonna hold me free, [E] but the juvenile board's got the squeeze on [C#] me.
[B] _ [G] _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A]
The beating on the bar's gonna let me out, [E]
I thought she was old enough to hold it on the ground.
[A]
The beating on [E] the bar's gonna hold me free, but the juvenile [G] board's got the squeeze [C#m] on me.
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _
[Em] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _
[Em] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _