I think that there are 2 electric guitars in this one. I'm going to show you just the chords and a lot of tips - you can take it from there. Be sure to visit my tab page in order to understand how I write tablature on the web.

Click here if you want only the lyrics.

THE CHORDS:

E6
(INTRO)


(no chord)          E6
I'm gonna buy me a car and it's got a little class


I don't drive real far but I drive a little fast


but now in a little while, I just gotta pass


I know you kick it on the tire, but now I'm going to kick a little ass
 
   A                     E              A              E 
if that don't make it at Steak-N-Shake, you can eat my dust

B7                                        E6 
my car makes yours look like a bucket of rust
 

(no chord)            E6
I'm gonna buy me a car, with great big fins


I'm gonna ride through the bar, gonna drink up all the gin


smoke a big cigar and play the wheel


drive around like a star, not a has-been
 
   A                     E              A              E 
if that don't make it at Steak-N-Shake, you can eat my dust

B7                                        E6 
my car makes yours look like a bucket of rust


E6...     A   E   A   E   B7   E6
(HARP SOLO)


E6...     A   E   A   E   B.... E (see tips for complete chords)
(GUITAR SOLO)
 


(no chord)          E6
I'm gonna buy me a car, it's got real class


I don't drive real far, but I drive real fast


when I get real wired, I've just gotta pass


I done kicked it on the tire, now I'm going to kick some real ass
 
   A                     E              A              E 
if that don't make it at Steak-N-Shake, you can eat my dust

B7                                        E6
my car makes yours look like a bucket of rust

   A                     E              A              E 
if that don't make it at Steak-N-Shake, you can eat my dust

B7                                        E6       E7 
my car makes yours look like a bucket of rust

THE TAB:

The usual fingerings are:

E6

1 -|| -----0-------------------------0
2 -|| ----------------4--------------2
3 -|| -----------1-------------------1
4 -|| ----------------3--------------2
5 -|| ----------------2--------------2
6 -|| -----0-------------------------0

A

1 -|| --------0-----------------------0
2 -|| --------2-----------------------2
3 -|| --------2-----------------------2
4 -|| --------2-----------------------2
5 -|| --------0-----------------------0
6 -|| ---------------------------------

E

1 -|| -----0-------------------------0
2 -|| -----0-------------------------0
3 -|| -----------1-------------------1
4 -|| ----------------3--------------2
5 -|| ----------------2--------------2
6 -|| -----0-------------------------0

B7

1 -|| ---------------------------------
2 -|| --0------------------------------0
3 -|| -----------3---------------------2
4 -|| ------1--------------------------1
5 -|| -----------2---------------------2
6 -|| ----------------------------------

E7

1 -|| -----0-------------------------0
2 -|| -----------------------4-------3
3 -|| -----------1-------------------1
4 -|| -----0-------------------------0
5 -|| ----------------2--------------2
6 -|| -----0-------------------------0

TIPS:

When I reference the 'E6 boogie chord', I'm talking about the parts where the E6 chord is played for many beats (that is, most of the song....).

Intro:

One guitar is playing chords (pretty much E6) - the following explains what I think the other guitar is playing.

If you wanna play this song like the daredevils, use the following fingering for the E6 chord boogie:

E6

1 -|| ------------------------------
2 -|| ------------------------------
3 -|| ------------------------------
4 -|| ------------1-----------------2
5 -|| ------------1-----------------2
6 -|| -----0------------------------0

With the new fingering in mind, play the following for the intro.
The beats are written below the strings. It is best to play with 'palm mute' -
picking the strings hard while lightly lying your picking hand on the strings.
By the way, you can keep your first finger down for most of the time.

E6
---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-------------|---|-
---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-------------|---|-
---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-------------|---|-
---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|------542----|---|-
-1-1-4-4-|-1-1-4-4-|-1-1-4-4-|-1-1-4-4-|-1-1-4-4-|-1-1-4-4-|-1-1------542|---|-
-0-3-0-0-|-0-3-0-0-|-0-3-0-0-|-0-3-0-0-|-0-3-0-0-|-0-3-0-0-|-0-0---------|-0-|-

 1 2 3 4   1 2 3 4   1 2 3 4   1 2 3 4   1 2 3 4   1 2 3 4   1 2  3  4     1

Rest of Song:

Use the following fingering for the A chord:

A

1 -|| --------------------------------
2 -|| --------------------------------
3 -|| --------------1---------------2
4 -|| --------------1---------------2
5 -|| --------0---------------------0
6 -|| ---------------------------------

During the verses and the most of the harp solo, play the following:

E6
---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-
---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-
---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-
---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-
-1-1-4-4-|-1-1-4-4-|-1-1-4-4-|-1-1-4-4-|-1-1-4-4-|-1-1-4-4-|-1-1-4-4-|-5-4-2-2-|-
-0-3-0-0-|-0-3-0-0-|-0-3-0-0-|-0-3-0-0-|-0-3-0-0-|-0-3-0-0-|-0-3-0-0-|-0-0-0-3-|-

 1 2 3 4   1 2 3 4   1 2 3 4   1 2 3 4   1 2 3 4   1 2 3 4   1 2 3 4   1 2 3 4

E6
---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-
---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-
---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-
---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-
-1-1-4-4-|-1-1-4-4-|-1-1-4-4-|-1-1-4-4-|-1-1-4-4-|-1-1-4-4-|-1-1-4-4-|---------|-
-0-3-0-0-|-0-3-0-0-|-0-3-0-0-|-0-3-0-0-|-0-3-0-0-|-0-3-0-0-|-0-3-0-0-|-0-2-3-4-|-

 1 2 3 4   1 2 3 4   1 2 3 4   1 2 3 4   1 2 3 4   1 2 3 4   1 2 3 4   1 2 3 4   

A        E          A        E         B7                  E6    
---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-
---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-
---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-
---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-
---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-2-0-----|-1-1-4-4-|-
---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-----3-2-|-0-3-0-0-|-

 1 2 3 4   1 2 3 4   1 2 3 4   1 2 3 4   1 2 3 4   1 2 3 4   1 2 3 4  


---------|------------|-------|-
---------|------------|-------|-
---------|------------|-------|-
---------|-----542----|-------|-
-1-1-4-4-|-1-1-----542|-------|-
-0-3-0-0-|-0-0--------|-0-----|-

 1 2 3 4   1 2 3   4    1 2 3 4

Play whatever fill-ins you wish for the A and E chords if you do not want to play the chords.

Harp Solo:

The chords for the harp solo are exactly like the verse except this single-note part :

|---------|-
|---------|-
|---------|-
|---------|-
|---------|-
|-0-2-3-4-|-

  1 2 3 4 

is now played out in 8 beats instead of 4 beats:

|---------|---------|-
|---------|---------|-
|---------|---------|-
|---------|---------|-
|---------|---------|-
|--0---2--|--3---4--|-

   1 2 3 4   1 2 3 4 

Guitar Solo:

The E6 boogie chord part can be played:

E6
---------|---------|-
---------|---------|-
---------|---------|-
---------|---------|-
-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-|-
-0-3-0-3-|-0-3-0-3-|-

 1 2 3 4   1 2 3 4

When you get to the B7 part, the chords to be played are: B, C, Db, D, E, Eb, D, Db, C, B, Bb, A, Ab, G, Gb, F, E.

'B chord' part of guitar solo:

 B  C  Db  D E Eb D Db C B Bb A Ab G Gb F E
|----------------------------------------------------------|-
|-4---5---6---7----9--8--7--6--5--4--3--2------------------|-
|-4---5---6---7----9--8--7--6--5--4--3--2--5--4--3--2--1---|-
|-4---5---6---7----9--8--7--6--5--4--3--2--6--5--4--3--2---|-
|-2---3---4---5----7--6--5--4--3--2--1--0--6--5--4--3--2---|-
|------------------------------------------4--3--2--1--0---|-

Bass Part:

While your are playing the E6 boogie chord part, the bass is pretty much playing 6/0, 6/3, 6/0, 6/3 (ala ZZ Top)...

------------------|--
------------------|--
------------------|--
------------------|--
------------------|--
--0-3-0-3-0-3-0-3-|--

  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

The plus signs are the upbeats.

Final Tip:

Another way to play the rhythm parts is to double the notes that you are picking. Actually, this is the way that I play it - it adds more shuffling sounds - especially using the palm mute. As an example, here is one measure showing how to double the notes for the E boogie chord:

E6
-----------------|
-----------------|
-----------------|
-----------------|
-1-1-1-1-4-4-4-4-|
-0-0-3-3-0-0-0-0-|

 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

And for the guitar solo:

E6
-----------------|
-----------------|
-----------------|
-----------------|
-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
-0-0-3-3-0-0-3-3-|

 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +