What A Way To Go Chords

KeyD CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays505

What A Way To Go by Ray Kennedy is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, G and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			D 
I met him in Seattle, belly?d up to a bottle 
G                             D 
Tellin? lies in the Blue Moon Bar 
    D                                                         
His face was hard and traveled, and as the lines unraveled 
G                     A               D  
I saw a man who could laugh about his scars 

              D 
He said I got shanghaied in Vegas by a painted woman 
                                A 
I got hogtied by a hooker in Ohio 
      D                            G 
I got derailed by a dancer down in Dallas 
         D                              A                 D  
He said ?Women gonna be the death of me but what a way to go? 
 
He said a girl named Nancy once tickled his fancy 
And backed it up with a hundred dollar smile 
He laughed about that Madam Rouex, she was into voodoo 
A little weird but she always drove him wild 
 
Chorus 2: 
He said I got tongue tied by a teacher in Tallahassee 
I got French fried by a waitress in Idaho 
I got waylayed by a widow in Wyoming 
He said ?Women gonna be the death of me but what a way to go? 
 
Repeat Chorus 1 
    	

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100 BPM Andante