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                         Christian Life - Valdy
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Tabbed by John Will
sbw@sk.sympatico.ca

UPDATED 10/9/98; I still haven't quite mastered the solo; the chord change
in the last verse is corrected, and the "well well well" lick is a little
more accurate, I think

Yet another tune from the "Landscapes" album. I guess I'm dating myself;
when was the last time you heard someone say "truckin'" or "outtasite"?
Intro: 
              (E7)                           3x             (A7)          
E||----------------------|---------------------||----------------------|
B||----------------------|---------------------||----------------------|
G||*---------------------|--------------------*||*------------2--------|
D||*------------2--------|-----------0--------*||*--2h---4----2--------|
A||---2h---4----2--------|--4------------------||----------------------|
E||----------------------|---------------------||----------------------|
                     
---------------------||----------------------|---------------------|  
---------------------||----------------------|---------------------|  
-----------0--------*||*---------------------|--------------------*|  
--4-----------------*||*------------2--------|-----------0--------*|  
---------------------||---2h---4----2--------|--4------------------|  
---------------------||----------------------|---------------------|  

     G        G           A7       A7          E7   A7  F#7   B7    
E||--3--------3--------|--0--------0--------|--0----0----0----2----|
B||--0--------0--------|--2--------2--------|--0----2----2----0----|
G||--0--------0--------|--0--------0--------|--1----0----3----2----|
D||--0--------0--------|--2--------2--------|--0----2----4----1----|
A||--2--------2--------|--0--------0--------|--2----0----4----2----|
E||--3--------3--------|--------------------|--0-------------------|


  E7       B7           
--0--------2----------||
--0--------0----------||
--1--------2----------||
--0--------1----------||
--2--0--1--2----------||
--0-------------------||

E7
Now makin' love is sinful
              E7
You know that sin is to be feared
E7                               E7
Won't take too long to know that something's gettin' weird
A7
And ain't it hard to be a young man
                        E7
And lead the Christian life
         B7                   
Ain't it hard to be an old man
G          A7       E A F#7 B7 E B7
And have a Catholic wife
E7
Your mother says be careful
     E7
Your daddy says beware
     E7
Your girlfriend says be happy
         E7
And your priest says be scared
A7
Ain't it hard to be a young man
                       E7 
And lead the Christian life
B7
Ain't it hard to be an old man
G          A7       E7   A  F#7  B7  E7 B7
Maintain a Catholic wife
E7
Don't you go smokin' that stuff son
Or you're sure to go straight to hell
But you run into a toke or two, you're thinkin'
E7                A7
Well, well, well, well
    (A7)                                                        
E||------------------------------|    
B||--7b---7b---7b---5------------|    
G||---------------------(6)------|
D||-------------------------(7)--|        
A||------------------------------|
E||------------------------------|
A7                E7
Well, well, well, well 
   (E7)
E||---6b---6b---6b---4------||
B||---7b---7b---7b---5------||
G||-------------------------||
D||-------------------------||
A||-------------------------||
E||-------------------------||

B7    G A7  E7 A7 F#7 B7 E7  B7
Solo
E7
So don't you worry mom and dad
       E7
'Cause everything's all right
    E7                          E7
I'm finding out my own way that God's just outtasite
             A7
And he's not waitin' at the churchhouse
                  E7         F#m7         Gm#7   Gm7   
For me to find my stumblin', bumblin' way along
               B7
He's out there truckin' on beside me
       G
And he ain't about to tell me I'm wrong 
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