Real Mean Bottle by Vince Gill on “Next Big Thing”
(Also Covered by Bob Seger and Kid Rock)
Performance Note:
Vince does it in Eb – so adjust ˝ step to play along with the recording on “Next
Big Thing”…remember to adjust the lick below too.
Opening Lick
E| ------------------------|
B| -12---------------------|
G| -11b--9-----------------|
D| -------- 11b--9---------|
A| ----------------9--7-7--|
E| ------------------------|
[E] No man ever sounded so lonesome
[A] No man ever made you feel such [E] pain
[A] Lord, it must have been a real mean [E] bottle
That [B] made you sing that [E] way
[E] The stories you told about prison
[A] About a young man gone [E] astray
[A] Lord, it must have been a real mean [E] bottle
That [B] made you write the songs that [E] way
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/v/vince-gill/256861.html ]
Chorus:
[A] A real mean bottle
Poured [E] straight from the Devil
It's a miracle you're standin' here [B] today
[A] A real mean bottle
Made [E] you such a rebel
[A] It must have been a real mean [B] bottle
Made you sing that [E] way
Solo [E] [A] [E] [A] [E]
{Essentially over the verse 2X except for the [B]-[E] play major scale}
[E] You spent most all your life with strangers
[A] With a ramblin' fever in your [E] veins
[A] Hag, it must have been a real mean [E] bottle
That [B] made you play the blues that [E] way
Chorus:
[A] A real mean bottle
Poured [E] straight from the Devil
It's a miracle you're standin' here [B] today
[A] A real mean bottle
Made [E] you such a rebel
[A] It must have been a real mean [B] bottle
Made you sing that [E] way
Play this Lick and end.
E| ---------------------|
B| -12------------------|
G| -11b--9--------------|
D| --------11b--9-------|
A| ----------------7-7--|
E| ---------------------|
