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Lynyrd Skynyrd - All I Can Do Is Write About It
Tabbed By: Evan
EMail: Highwaychile336@go.com
I hate tabs like that ^ where u just write down the chords...
i wrote this so then ppl will no the rythym for this song, which is
actually is kinda tricky and will takje me a few hours to finish...
G D C (spoken "2-3-4")
1 2 3 & 4 1 e an da 234
G D Em C, G D C
1& 2eanda 3& 4eanda 1& 2eanda 3& 4eanda 1& 2eanda 3& 4eanda 1234
G D
1& 2eanda 3& 4eanda
Well this life that I've lived
Em C
1& 2eanda 3& 4eanda
Has took me everywhere
G D C
1& 2eanda 3& 4eanda (1 2alet 3alet 4 1 2eanda)
There ain't no place I ain't never gone
G D
3& 4eanda 1& 2eanda
But it's kinda like the sayin
Em C
3& 4eanda 1& 2eanda
That you heard so many times
G D C
3& 4eanda 1& 2eanda (3 4alet 1alet 2 3 4eanda)
Well there just ain't no place like home
G D C
1& 2eanda 3& 4eanda (1 2alet 3alet 4 1 2eanda)
G D Em C
3& 4eanda 1& 2eanda 3& 4eanda 1& 2eanda
Did you ever see a she-gator protect her youngins
G D C
3& 4eanda 1& 2eanda (3 4alet 1alet 2 3 4eanda)
Or the fish in a river swiwin free
G D Em C
1& 2eanda 3& 4eanda 1& 2eanda 3& 4eanda
Did you ever see the beauty of the hills of Carolina
G D C
1& 2eanda 3& 4eanda (1 2alet 3alet 4 1 2eanda)
Or the sweetness of the grass in Tennesee
G D C
3& 4eanda 1& 2eanda (3 4alet 1alet 2 3 4eanda)
And lord I can't make any changes
G D C
1& 2eanda 3& 4eanda (1 2alet 3alet 4 1 2eanda)
All I can do is write 'em in a song
G D Em C
3& 4eanda 1& 2eanda *3*& 4eanda 1& 2eanda
Cus I can see the concrete a slowly creepin
G D C
3& 4eanda 1& 2eanda (3 4alet 1alet 2 3 4eanda)
Lord take me and mine before that comes
G D C
1& 2eanda 3& 4eanda (1 2alet 3alet 4 1 2eanda)
G D C
3& 4eanda 1& 2eanda (3 4alet 1alet 2 3 4eanda)
G D C
1& 2eanda 3& 4eanda (1 2alet 3alet 4 1 2eanda)
Like to see the mountain stream a flowing
G D C
3& 4eanda 1& 2eanda (3 4alet 1alet 2 3 4eanda)
Do you like to see a youngin with his dog
G D Em C
1& 2eanda 3& 4eanda *1*& 2eanda 3& 4eanda
Did you ever stop and think about well the air you're breathing
G D C
1& 2eanda 3& 4eanda (1 2alet 3alet 4 1 2eanda)
Well you better listen to my song
G D C
3& 4eanda 1& 2eanda (3 4alet 1alet 2 3 4eanda)
And lord I can't make any changes
G D C
1& 2eanda 3& 4eanda (1 2alet 3alet 4 1 2eanda)
All I can do is write 'em in a song
G D Em C
3& 4eanda 1& 2eanda *3*& 4eanda 1& 2eanda
Cus I can see the concrete a slowly creepin
G D C
3& 4eanda 1& 2eanda (3 4alet 1alet 2 3 4eanda)
Lord take me and mine before it comes
(key change to A for piano solo)
A E D *****(played 4x)*****
1& 2eanda 3& 4eanda (1 2alet 3alet 4 1 2eanda)
*****(back to G)*****
G D C
1& 2eanda 3& 4eanda (1 2alet 3alet 4 1 2eanda)
I'm not tryin to put down no big city
G D C
3& 4eanda 1& 2eanda (3 4alet 1alet 2 3 4eanda)
But the things they write about us is just a bore
G D Em C
1& 2eanda 3& 4eanda *1*& 2eanda 3& 4eanda
You can take a boy out of old Dixieland
G D C
1& 2eanda 3& 4eanda (1 2alet 3alet 4 1 2eanda)
But you'll never take Dixie from a boy
G D C
3& 4eanda 1& 2eanda (3 4alet 1alet 2 3 4eanda)
And lord I can't make any changes
G D C
1& 2eanda 3& 4eanda (1 2alet 3alet 4 1 2eanda)
All I can do is write 'em in a song
G D Em C
3& 4eanda 1& 2eanda *3*& 4eanda 1& 2eanda
Cus I can see the concrete a slowly creepin
G D C
3& 4eanda 1& 2eanda (3 4alet 1alet 2 3 4eanda)
Lord take me and mine before that comes
G D Em C
1& 2eanda 3& 4eanda *1*& 2eanda 3& 4eanda
Yes well I can see the concrete a slowly creeping
G D C
12 34 1234
Lord take me and mine before that comes.The rythym in parentheses are wot i think it basically
is (im doin this by ear)
ull have to listen to the song if u dont think it sounds right
if u have any suggestions and/or improvents please feel free to email me
Highwaychile336@go.com (also if u have the piano part for this :>D)
Also, accent the notes with the stars ** around them
keep rockin!
==========="All I Can Do Is Write About It"
by Lynyrd Skynyrd
written by Ronny Van Zant and Allen Collins
chorded out by Kevin Bills (kbills@vt.edu)
(G)
G D C (spoken "2-3-4")
G D Em C, G D C
G D
Well this life that I've lived
Em C
Has took me everywhere
G D C
There ain't no place I ain't never gone
G D
But it's kinda like the sayin
Em C
That you heard so many times
G D C
Well there just ain't no place like home
G D C
G D Em C
Did you ever see a she-gator protect her youngins
G D C
Or the fish in a river swiwin free
G D Em C
Did you ever see the beauty of the hills of Carolina
G D C
Or the sweetness of the grass in Tennesee
G D C
And lord I can't make any changes
G D C
All I can do is write 'em in a song
G D Em C
Cus I can see the concrete a slowly creepin
G D C
Lord take me and mine before that comes
G D C
G D C
G D C
Like to see the mountain stream a flowing
Do you like to see a youngin with his dog
G D Em C
Did you ever stop and think about well the air you're breathing
G D C
Well you better listen to my song
And lord I can't make any changes
All I can do is write 'em in a song
Cus I can see the concrete a slowly creepin
Lord take me and mine before it comes
(key change to A for piano solo)
A E D (played 4x)
(back to G)
G D C
I'm not tryin to put down no big city
But the things they write about us is just a bore
G D Em C
You can take a boy out of old Dixieland
G D C
But you'll never take Dixie from a boy
G D C
And lord I can't make any changes
All I can do is write 'em in a song
G D Em C
Cus I can see the concrete a slowly creepin
G D C
Lord take me and mine before that comes
G D Am C
Yes well I can see the concrete a slowly creeping
G D C
Lord take me and mine before that comes.
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Eric Average |
#1 by Eric Boozer at Nov 1, 1973 at 1:37 PM EST |
| Oh shut the hell up dude. They aren't sold out. Gary and Billy just wanted the fans to have something man. They want the music to live due to the unfortunate death of their friends. If you think they are doing this for the cash, you need to think harder. They havn't sold out, and never will. | |
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sebastian Professional |
#2 by sebastian at Aug 3, 1974 at 11:54 PM EST |
| ronnie is talkin about the city taking over more and more of the country. i hope the lord does take me and mine before that comes | |
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Andrew Rhythm Player |
#3 by Andrew Clayton at Oct 19, 1974 at 7:35 PM EST |
| "I seriously think about moving into the country after hearing this song." I pretty much live in the country anyways, but this song makes me want to move further out in the country, too :) | |
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austin Rhythm Player |
#4 by austin ballard at Dec 30, 1978 at 11:32 AM EST |
| "You can take a boy out of old Dixie land, lord but You'll never take old dixie from a boy." That is definitely 1 of my favorite song lines. thank you | |
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Will Average |
#5 by Will Yost at Jun 14, 1980 at 11:16 PM EST |
| This song means what it says. It is best to listen to it when the sun is setting and you are driving alone on a two lane highway without any traffic. | |
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Mike Wanna Be |
#6 by Mike Jeffries at Jul 18, 1982 at 8:44 AM EST |
| i cant belive there arent anymore comments on this song. i think in my opinion its the best skynyrd song, sucha kick ass song, and yes i have to agree that line is the best. | |
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Dakota Average |
#7 by Dakota Keyes at May 22, 1984 at 11:40 AM EST |
| "you can take a boy out of ol' Dixieland but you'll never take ole Dixie from a boy" Man I love this song. It makes me thankful to be living in the country. | |
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Sam Average |
#8 by Sam at Jul 29, 1984 at 11:19 PM EST |
| First of all, I resent the "white trashed based crowd" remark. I went to see one of their shows in West Palm Beach about two or three years ago. My friends and I had a blast...and none of us are white trash (trust me, I know white trash when I see it...hell, plenty of my relatives could be labeled as such). I didn't see much white trash there at all, at least no more than any other rock concert. So have fun up there on your high horse, just know than when you fall off, they say it hurts like hell. As for the song, it's easily one of my favorites. I live in rural South Florida, and I love just riding around the backroads alongside the cow pastures, cane fields, flag ponds, cypress swamps, and rivers. I only live about an hour from Miami and the handful of times that I went, I could not get home soon enough. The South is a beautiful place, which happens to get very little snow (or in my case, no snow at all). Because of that, we have to deal with the whole "second northern invasion" on our homeland. Every time you turn around, a beautiful piece of land is being torn down for housing and business. That could be acceptable if it were done only because people needed a place to live, but when the majority of the people moving here already have a hometown (they just don't like the weather there), then it really bites my ass. The little town I live in will probably end up the same way about ten years from now, so I might move up to the panhandle somewhere. After that, I'm staying put, and as Ronnie said, I hope that concrete doesn't start creepin' up there before I'm gone. | |
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♥WeEzY Average |
#9 by ♥WeEzY♥ at May 7, 1992 at 8:30 PM EST |
| This is the Skynyrd I remember. Not the sellout version of today. | |
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Tim Rhythm Player |
#10 by Tim Hanson at Sep 4, 1994 at 6:49 AM EST |
| I seriously think about moving into the country after hearing this song. | |
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The Random Rock Average |
#11 by The Random Rocker at Oct 24, 1997 at 1:46 AM EST |
| I agree with both of you. They aren't sold out, but they need to quit. Five replacement members is too much and now they have gone from drawing all kinds of crowds to now playing mainly a white trashed based crowd. The song anyway, is a wonderful plea for attention to be drawn to nature. Ronnie really cared and this song shows it. No musicians nowadays would write something like this. | |
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Brandon Average |
#12 by Brandon Weathers at Aug 21, 1999 at 10:10 PM EST |
| All I can do is write about it is one of many great, yet underappreciated lynyrd skynyrd songs...when i hear it it makes me think of people/crime/pollution moving further and further into the empty areas of the country for industrial purposes...ronnie van zant truly was a very "simple man", and probably found more redeeming value in watching a birds egg hatch than going to london to see some old fuckin clock...so, well he wrote a song about it | |
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patrick Wanna Be |
#13 by patrick at Aug 2, 2004 at 7:20 PM EST |
| yep yep, he's a great one, truely missed and truley loved, do u believe that shit though about them movin his grave cause some punks vandalize it...why if i was there.. all hell would have done broke free.. anyways would the music bussiness still be he same with out our missed rockers of the yester years??? and i also agree about movin to the country.. i live in a wannabe ghetto city,Lindenwold, its 20 min. away from camden,and philly.. i have my own song im hummin it now... "movin from the city, cant stand this city,, movin from this fretful city,, hate the city,, it aint pretty and i hate the city,,, i hate lindenwold, so im hoppin a frieght, hate lindewnold, it isn't great... i hate lindenwold cause its like a city, hate Lin..den..wold.... its so.... damn ........ SHITTY... hoppin a frieght,,away from the city... hoppin a freight to the country... to where itsgreat... thank you thank you..........and remember I HATe the city......LOL...( my feelings, ina tune about movin to the country) | |
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The Random Rock Average |
#14 by The Random Rocker at Oct 6, 2006 at 6:49 AM EST |
| ronnie is talkin about the city taking over more and more of the country. i hope the lord does take me and mine before that comes | |
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