La Grange Chords

by ZZ Top
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Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: A
Capo: no capo
Author brettsanace [tm] 45,613.
1 contributor total, last edit on Apr 23, 2025
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Chords

C
Eb
A
D
F

Strumming

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Is this strumming pattern correct?
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
When playing the strumming pattern beat 7 is the C chord and beat 8 is the D chord.
For the Intro, first Verse and beginning of the Outro the above pattern is played with muted strums.
 
Chords:
(for solo)
 
C  x3555x
Eb x6888x
F  x-8-10-10-10-x
 
 
[Intro]
A     C D A     C D A
 
[Verse 1]
  C    D          A             C    D  A      C
Rumors spreadin' 'round in that   Texas town
D          A             C  D      A
'bout that shack outside La Grange
                      C       D     A
And you know what I'm talkin' about
                        C    D    A
Just let me know if you   wanna go
C  D    A           C   D     A
To that home out on the range
                                C D A
They gotta lotta nice girls ah
 
[Bridge]
A               C D A    C D
     Have mercy
A                  C D      A
Uh heh how how how   Uh heh    how how how
 
[Verse 2]
        C    D         A
Well, I hear it's fine
       C   D        A
If you got the time
C   D   A              C    D
And the ten to get yourself in
A
A hmm, hmm
      C    D          A          C     D        A
And I hear it's tight       most ev - 'ry night
C     D   A          C     D
  But now I might be mis - taken
A
Hmm, hmm, hmm
 
[Solo 1]
(Change key - same strumming pattern)
C    Eb F  x16
 
[Interlude]
 
e|----5---5---5--|----5---5---5--|----5---5---5--|------------------|
B|---------------|---------------|---------------|------------------|
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------2------|
D|-/5---5---5----|-/4---4---4----|-/3---3---3----|-----------2------|  x2
A|---------------|---------------|---------------|-0--0--3h4-----0--|
E|---------------|---------------|---------------|------------------|
 
(Back to original key - same strumming pattern)
A     C D A     C D A     C D A     N.C.
 
[Solo 2]
A    C D  x18
 
[Outro]
(Repeat and fade)
A    C D
X
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17 comments
robertdaprato
Love the interlude and the Key change.....what a great song and tab, this all you need as you can really go places with the way you wrote it, a rocky no brainer with the best beat imaginable...I had a blast playing this with a distorted sound it's great! 😎🤘
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NSpen1
There's a bit missing here - the solo at 1:10 is over a key change,so C Eb F. After that is the interlude with the repeated A note on the high e string and the bass note descending chromatically. Only after that does it go back to A for the instrumental/outro solo.
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jameswwhite
Nice job! The updates makes this tab valuable for beginners and to simplify further the C Eb F part can be played pretty easily with less movement on 4 strings at the 8th fret: C x-10-10-9-8-x, Eb xx-8-8-8-x, F xx-10-10-10-x
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