The Greatest chords

Kenny Rogers

Key: 

Simplify chords 

  			 
 All fingerings and chords relative 
 
 Moderately fast (listen to cd for tempo) 
 
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 Intro: 
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        .       .       .       . 
 
  e ||----------0h2-----0----------------|| 
  B ||----------3---------------3--------|| 
4 D ||·-----2-------2---------------2---·|| 
4 G ||·-0-------------------------------·|| 
  A ||-----------------------------------|| 
  E ||-----------------------------------|| 
 
 (Yes this means play it twice) 
 
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 Main riff: 
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       D 
       .       .       .       .           .       .       .       . 
  e |----------0h2-----0----------------|----------0h2-----0---------------- 
  B |----------3---------------3--------|----------3---------------3-------- 
4 D |------2-------2---------------2----|------2-------2---------------2---- 
4 G |--0--------------------------------|--0-------------------------------- 
  A |-----------------------------------|----------------------------------- 
  E |-----------------------------------|----------------------------------- 
 
       A       (Asus4)                        G 
       .       .       .       .              . 
  e |-----------------------------------|   ---------- 
  B |----------2h3-----2----------------|   -----3---- 
4 D |----------2---------------2--------| 1 -----0---- 
4 G |------2-------2---------------2----| 4 ---------- 
  A |--0--------------------------------|   ---------- 
  E |-----------------------------------|   --3------- 
 
 
   Yes it's hard to read that but it is just an extra one quarter beat 
 measure as far as I can tell. 
 
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 Lyrics: 
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 (I do a lot of ad-libbing in the other chord progressions -- sounds just 
fine) 
 
 Play the main riff during the main verse 
 
verse1 
 D 
      D 
        A 
          G        D 
verse2 
 
chorus 
         A 
         A 
    G                      D 
     A                  
     G 
        D 
 
 Intro 1X 
 
verse3 
verse4 
chorus 
 
 Intro 1X 
 
Bridge: 
 
    Bm 
    G 
         D 
     A 
 
verse5 
verse6 
chorus 
 
 Intro 1X 
 
 
verse7 
verse8 x2