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 ½ 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| ------------------------|
No man ever sounded so lonesome
No man ever made you feel such pain
Lord, it must have been a real mean bottle
That made you sing that way
The stories you told about prison
About a young man gone astray
Lord, it must have been a real mean bottle
That made you write the songs that way
Chorus:
A real mean bottle
Poured straight from the Devil
It's a miracle you're standin' here today
A real mean bottle
Made you such a rebel
It must have been a real mean bottle
Made you sing that way
Solo
{Essentially over the verse 2X except for the - play major scale}
You spent most all your life with strangers
With a ramblin' fever in your veins
Hag, it must have been a real mean bottle
That made you play the blues that way
Chorus:
A real mean bottle
Poured straight from the Devil
It's a miracle you're standin' here today
A real mean bottle
Made you such a rebel
It must have been a real mean bottle
Made you sing that way
Play this Lick and end.
E| ---------------------|
B| -12------------------|
G| -11b--9--------------|
D| --------11b--9-------|
A| ----------------7-7--|
E| ---------------------|