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Susan When She Tried

(Don Reid)


Copyright American Cowboy Music Co.

Original by The Statler Brothers in 1974


RCA studio session - March 10-12, 1975 - RCA's Studio - Hollywood

 March 11, 9 pm-12 am

EPA3 1598-06 - Edited: ending is spliced


Overdub sessions for RCA studio - April 8, 9, 10 and 14, 1975 - Quadraphonic Sound Studio - Nashville

 April 8 - Morning
EPA3 1598-06 - Edited: ending is spliced
May 1975 LP RCA APL 1 1039 Elvis Today
Outtakes:
Takes 1 (fs) and 2: March 1, 2001 CD FTD 74321 84214-2 6363 Sunset
Take 3: July 1, 2005 CD FTD 82876 63927-2 Elvis Today


Re-recording sessions - First session - Young 'un Sound Studio - Murfreesboro

 January 28, 1980 - Evening
KWA5 8245 - Unreleased


Re-recording sessions - Second session - Young 'un Sound Studio - Murfreesboro

 October 15, 1980
KWA5 8561 - Unreleased





I got over Charlotte Thompson, Goldie Johnson
Lord, they done me wrong
I took it hard with Peggy Harper
She hurt me bad, Lord but not for long


There's just one I remember
Makes me feel funny down inside.
I'd trade 'em all for just an hour
Of Susan when she tried


* No, there's never been a woman
Who could make me weak inside
And give me what I needed
Like Susan when she tried


It gets worse in the summer
When the nights are hot and long
And it's bad in December
When they play those Christmas songs


So if you ask me and I don't tell you
Bet your sweet bottom dollar I lied
'Cause there's never been one better
Than Susan when she tried


* Repeat


* Repeat (fading) 





Standard tuning.
    Intro:  C
          C              G                F
    I got over Charlotte Thompson, Goldie Johnson,
    G                 C
    Lord they done me wrong
              C               G
    I took it hard with Peggy Harper
                F            G           C
    She hurt me bad, oh lord but not for long
                 C       G
    There's just one I remember
             F    G            C
    Makes me feel funny down inside
                  C                G
    I'd trade 'em all for just one hour
      (F)(E) (D)   G7  C         <-- F, E and D are bass notes played on
    Of Su-san when she tried         the 4th string D||--3--2--0--||
                                     If you want you can play the folowing
                                     chords instead: F, Em, Dm
               C
    No there's never been a woman
              F       G      C
    Who could make me weak inside
        C
    And give me what I needed
        (F)(E) (D)   G7  C
    Like Su-san when she tried

            C            G
    It gets worse in the summer
             F     G            C
    When the nights are hot and long
             C        G
    And it's bad in December
              F          G         C
    When they play those Christmas songs
              C                  G
    So if you ask me and I don't tell you
             F           G         C
    Bet your sweet bottom dollar I lied
                   C              G
    'Cause there's never been one better
        (F)(E) (D)   G7  C
    Than Susan when she tried

               C
    No there's never been a woman
              F       G      C
    Who could make me weak inside
        C
    And give me what I needed
        (F)(E) (D)   G7  C
    Like Su-san when she tried

               C
    No there's never been a woman       <---- Begin fade out....
              F       G      C
    Who could make me weak inside
        C
    And give me what I needed
        (F)(E) (D)   G7  C
    Like Su-san when she tried