Almost Saturday Night
Transcribed by Wayne MacIntyre (waymac_007@yahoo.com) from
John Fogerty's second solo album, “John Fogerty” 1975.
I have arranged this in the key Fogerty uses on this album. It is in the key of D.
later he records this song in C. Fogerty uses multitracking to achieve the drone. I
the drone in this rendition. I do this by leaving the bottom E string open (1st
ItÂ’s a good version offering a full bodied sound, especially when you are the only person
the song!
Drop both your E strings to D.
Note: the underscore line indicates a slide (ex: 5__7, Slide from fret 5 to 7)
Intro: (read left to right across the page before going to next line)
INTR0D|0----0--0-0---0-0----0-0----0-----|B|8__7-7__8-9---3—5__7-7-5__7-7-----|G|----------------------------------|D|----------------------------------|A|----------------------------------|D|----------------------------------|
D|0----0--0-0---0-0----0----0---|B|8__7-7__8-9---3—8__7-5__3-7---|G|------------------------------|D|------------------------------|A|------------------------------|D|------------------------------|
D|0----0--0-0---0-0----0-0----0---|B|8__7-7__8-9---3—5__7-7-5__7-7---|G|--------------------------------|D|--------------------------------|A|--------------------------------|D|--------------------------------|
D|0-0-0-0-0-0---------------------------0-|B|3-3-2-2-0-0---3—3---------------------3-|G|--------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-------2-|D|------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------0-|A|----------------------4-4-2-2-0-------0-|D|---------------------------------2-4--0-|
SOLOD|0----0--0-0---0-0----0-0----0--|B|8__7-7__8-9---3—5__7-7-5__7-7--|G|-------------------------------|D|0----0----0---0-0----0-0----0--|A|-------------------------------|D|-------------------------------|
D|0----0--0-0---0-0----0----0-0--|B|8__7-7__8-9---3—8__7-5__3-0-3--|G|-------------------------------|D|0----0----0---0-0----0----0-0--|A|-------------------------------|D|-------------------------------|
D|0----0--0-0---0-0----0-0----0--|B|8__7-7__8-9---3—5__7-7-5__7-7--|G|-------------------------------|D|0----0----0---0-0----0-0----0--|A|-------------------------------|D|-------------------------------|
D|0-0-0-0-0-0--------------------------0--|B|3-3-2-2-0-0---3—3---3---3---3---3----0--|G|--------------2-2---0---0---0---3----0--|D|------------------4---4-2-4---4-2--4----|A|-------------------------------------5--|D|-------------------------------------5--|
CHORD CHART FOR THIS SONGChord DD|-0--|B|-3--|G|-2--|D|-0--|A|-0--|D|-0--|
Chord GD|-0--|B|-0--|G|-0--|D|-0--|A|-5--|D|-5--|
Chord Bm7D|-0--|B|-3--|G|-4--|D|-4--|A|-2--|D|-X--|
Chord F#mD|-7--|B|-7--|G|-6--|D|-4--|A|-4--|D|-4--|
Chord AD|-2--|B|-2--|G|-2--|D|-2--|A|-0--|D|-X--|
Chord CD|-0--|B|-1--|G|-0--|D|-2--|A|-3--|D|-X--|
Chord EmD|-0--|B|-0--|G|-0--|D|-2--|A|-2--|D|-2--|
PLAY INTRO HERE
D G D G
Outside my window, I can hear the radio,
D Bm F#m
And I know that motor wagonÂ’s getting ready to fly,
A D
Cause it's almost Saturday night.
D G D G
Bye bye, tomorrow, Jody's gone to the rodeo,
D Bm F#m
And you know some good old boys are ready to ride
A G
Cause it's almost Saturday night.
G D G
Gonna push the clouds away, let the music have it's way
Em D A
Let it steal my heart away, and you know I'm-a-goin'
D G D G
Outside the ringing, the night train is bringin' me home
D Bm F#m
When I hear that locomotion get ready to fly
A D
Cause it's almost Saturday night.
SOLO (see tab above)
G D C
Gonna push the clouds away, let the music have it's way
G Em A
Let it steal my heart away, and you know I'm-a-goin'
D G D G
Outside the ringing, the night train is bringin' me home
D Bm F#m
When I hear that locomotion get ready to fly
A D
Cause it's almost Saturday night.
End with first half of Intro
