Fairly straightforward. Play with barre chords and listen for the slides. MT does some fancy stuff when they play it live, but this will get you started.
"Keeper"
by Shovels and Rope
O' Be Joyful
A D A D A
A D A
Lu lives by the river and she's got herself a good good man
A D A
Spends half the year off shore in lower Alabam
A D A
Her friends say she should leave him and come join them in the west coast sand
A D A
But she knows she's got a keeper and they'll never really understand
A Ab F#m Ab A D A
un-der-sta-aa-and
D E
She puts a line in the water when the sun comes up, starts drinkin' when it's goin' down
A D
Dancin' all alone to the radio till her man comes back around
E
She might go down to Pensacola, maybe lay out on the ol' gulf shore
A D
But she don't go to bars at home without him anymore
E
She don't care about what they say, she don't listen anyway
A D A D A
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A D A
All the roughneck rounders playing cards around a TV set
A D A
Waitin' around for somethin'[ that hadn't happened yet
A D A
Jokin' with a dancer she says, "I can help you to forget"
A D A
But he knows he's got a keeper so he smiles and lights a cigarette
A Ab F#m Ab A D A
And tips his haa-aa-aat
D E
He puts his head on the pillow when the sun comes up, starts workin' when it's going down
A D
Melting hot steel down in Bienville, just waiting on a turnaround
E
He starts thinkin' about Pensacola, he could be fishin' on the ol' gulf shore
A D
But he don't like to do those things without her anymore
E
He don't care about what they say, he never listened anyway
A D A
A D A
A Ab F#m Ab A
D A
D E
They put their lines in the water when the sun comes up, start drinkin' when it's going down
A D
Dancing real slow to the radio cause her man's come back around
E
They might go down to Pensacola, do a little fishin' on the ol' gulf shore
A D
They don't like to stay out all night the way they did before
E
They don't care about what they say, she never listens anyway
A D A D A
