open A tuning (you can also play it in standard tuning in A, capoed up 2 frets) here are some of the good country licks used: verse: E ------15------------7-------------------------- C# -14(15)----2-3-4-5--------7(9)-(9)7-5---------- A -----------2-4-5-6--------------------5(7)----- E -------------------------------------------7~-- A ----------------------------------------------- E ----------------------------------------------- ------14-16-14-------------------------- -12/14----------14p12----12(14)-12(14)~- ----------------------14---------------- ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- I hate to do this but you're a pain in the neck I thought you knew this you're handing me a canceled check you're so helpless your girlfriends think you're a saint I'll give you a quarter I'll keep my judgements to myself and i get caught up in the moonlight reaching out for a rotten egg I don't want to beg it's crystal clear your time is nearly gone count your blessings and do the things that you should o the has-beens that never had it so good stormy weather the kids are making a racket in the wilderness the wild lives are so mild CHORUS CHORUS