Standard (EADGBE)
[G/f#] (2x0033)
Kathy met a girlfriend at a place over on grand
[G/f#]
Swore if she got out alive she'd not go back again
Fellas didnt know her and they scared her half to death
Hand prints on her jeans she woulda just got up and left
Thats when she saw Benny standing over by the bar
Sat back down and waited til he came over to talk
Later on that night she was walking out the door
Benny started up his bike the boys came out for more
[G/f#]
Uh huh / oh oh oh
They picked her up and put her on the back of Benny's bike
[G/f#]
Now Kathy's been with Benny Bauer ever since that night
Tried to leave him many times but cant quite get away
Seen more jails and courts and lawyers than she'd like to say
But Benny's always been a fighter thatll never change
Kathy takes him home and heals him up all the same
He made it from the clubroom all the way out to the street
They beat him with the barstools but he made it on his feet
[G/f#]
Uh huh / oh oh oh
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Kathy's running to her boy picks him up and takes him home
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Benny's crying Kathy please I'm sorry don't you know
I'm sorry don't you know
I'm sorry don't you know
At a bar they call the Stoplight the fellas drink their beer
[G/f#]
Women with their hair done up they make it very clear
Which one of the fellas is all theirs and cant be touched
Doesnt mean the motorcycle riders just give up
On talking to the pretty ladies every one they can
Never seen the trouble caused all by just one dance
If Benny dont get himself shot tonight he'll wish he did
when he gets home
[G/f#]
Uh huh / oh oh oh
Now Kathy's dating Benny and he keeps her by his side
[G/f#]
Kathy's still the cutest girl these boys'll ever find
Riders line up BSAs out on the scramblers track
Levis jeans and leather jackets numbers on their backs
Benny's bike's too big to race in the two fifty class
They make him start way up the hill out by the railroad tracks
Tomorrow theyll all ride across the Illinois state line
To the motorcycle blessing at the St Christopher shrine
[G/f#]
Uh huh / oh oh oh
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Kathy's walking out the door leaving Benny all alone
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Benny's crying Kathy please baby don't you go
Baby don't you go
Baby don't you go
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Kathy do you mean it this time
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Leave him in the middle of the night
His wallet's on your table his boots are on your floor
The car's parked right outside your back door
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Just leave him asleep in your bed
and youre halfway to Chicago
before goodbye is said
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Brian's lead:
As soon as the fast parts of each verse start, Brian starts playing single notes that
follow Ben's chords.
He goes down the D string from G(5) to F#(4) to E(2) to D(open). When he get to D
(around "than she'd like to say") he starts playing this lead and it lasts about 30 seconds.
Pan right to hear it clearly. I didn't bother to count the rapidly repeated D notes, but
you'll be able to tell when you're playing it.
The whole thing repeats again in the second half of the song, and if it changes at all,
the differnces are small.