Ah-La Song By Joe Purdy (http://www.joepurdy.com) From the album Joe Purdy Tabbed by Kevin (liquoricewhip@hotmail.com) Check out the Unofficial Joe Purdy Transcription site at www.kevin.host-ed.net/joepurdy Bm: x2023x F#m: 20023x G: 320033 A: x02220 Em: 022000 Note: Both Bm and F#m chords are played with a hammer-on using the index finger -- listen to the song for timing. Bm F#m (x2) G A Bm F#m Bm F#m Sitting in a Dixon garden, wishing that you and I weren't parting G A For the last time, the last time Bm F#m Bm F#m And I said, "Why you want to get married anyway? That man's got a family" G A And then you say, "Couldn't wait on you forever, or could I?" Bm F#m "Guess not" Bm F#m Bm F#m Bm F#m There's an awkward silence for the first time, so many years Bm F#m G A And as I recall you used to be mine, not some property of his Bm F#m Bm F#m And I sing "Ah la don't go, ah la stay Bm F#m G Bm F#m Ah la don't go, don't go away." Bm F#m Bm F#m Bm F#m Maybe I should apologize, for I treated you so Bm F#m G A And I'm so sorry that I left you here, I just wish I could have known Bm F#m Bm F#m You say, "You never can tell, and it's not your fault Bm F#m G A See these things just happen when you're dealing with the hands on a clock of a woman" Bm F#m (x2) Bm F#m Bm F#m "And he treats me fine, and anyways I'm getting older" Bm F#m G A She said, "Oh but I still miss you sometimes, when the weather's getting colder" Bm F#m Bm F#m And she sang "Ah la don't go, ah la stay Bm F#m G Bm F#m Ah la don't go, don't go away." Bm F#m Solo: e5^e7 e5 B7 B7 G7 e5 e5^e7 e5 B7 B7 e5^e7 e5 B7 B7 B7 B7^B8 B8 B8\B7 B7 B5^B7 B5 B5^B7 B7 B5^B7 Bm F#m Bm F#m Do we say goodbye, or just see you later? Em F#m She said "Don't make me cry, G F#m 'Cause it's enough just to know G F#m That I won't ever hold you close G F#m And I won't ever smell your skin, G And I know how I'm supposed to feel, A Bm F#m Bm F#m Here we go again singing, "Ah la don't go, ah la stay Bm F#m G Bm F#m Ah la don't go, don't go away."