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. . . and a Lot More Action<\/h1>\n
A Little Less Talk (and a Lot More Action)\r\nToby Keith\r\n \r\nFirst the chords should be explained. It is basically a train beat.\r\nWhen a letter appears, it is the key that the corresponding chord is played in.\r\nThe chords follow.\r\n \r\nA:  e------------------    E:  e------------------    D:  e-------------------|\r\n    B------------------        B------------------        B-------------------|\r\n    G------------------        G------------------        G-2--2--4--2--------|\r\n    D-2--2--4--2-------        D------------------        D-0--0--0--0--------|\r\n    A-0--0--0--0-------        A-2--2--4--2-------        A-------------------|\r\n    E------------------        E-0--0--0--0-------        E-------------------|\r\n \r\n \r\n(Intro)\r\nA<\/span>     A<\/span>       A<\/span>       A<\/span>\r\n \r\n \r\n A<\/span>\r\nI was getting kinda tired\r\n A<\/span>\r\nOf her endless chatter\r\n   A<\/span>\r\nNothing I could say\r\n  A<\/span>\r\nEver seemed to matter\r\n D<\/span>\r\nSo I took a little drive\r\n D<\/span>\r\nJust to clear my head\r\n A<\/span>                    A<\/span>\r\nI saw a flashing neon up ahead\r\n E<\/span>\r\nIt looked like a place\r\n\r\n E<\/span>\r\nTo find some satisfaction\r\n A [play first note only; then Rest]\r\nWith a little less talk\r\n \r\nAnd a lot more action\r\n \r\n        A<\/span>\r\nI paid the man at the door\r\n       A<\/span>\r\nAnd pushed my way to the bar\r\n A<\/span>\r\nShouted for a drink\r\n           A<\/span>\r\nOver a screaming guitar\r\n    D<\/span>\r\nA drunk on a stool\r\n          D\r\nTried to mess with my head\r\n       A\r\nBut I didn't even listen\r\n       A\r\nTo a word he said\r\n E\r\nI knew somewhere\r\n     E\r\nAmid all this distraction\r\n   A [repeat of first note...]\r\nWas a little less talk\r\n \r\nAnd a lot more action\r\n \r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n     D\r\nA little less talk\r\nD\r\n If you please\r\n    A\r\nA lot more loving\r\nA\r\n Is what I need\r\n E\r\nLet's get on down\r\n        E\r\nTo the main attraction\r\n  A [first note...]\r\nWith a little less talk\r\n \r\nAnd a lot more action\r\n \r\n        A\r\nWell she was fighting them off\r\n   A\r\nAt a corner table\r\n           A\r\nShe had a longneck bottle\r\n      A\r\nShe was peeling the label\r\n  D\r\nThe look on her face\r\n  D\r\nIt was perfectly clear\r\n A\r\nShe said somebody please\r\n A\r\nGet me out of here\r\n   E\r\nThe look she shot me\r\n           E\r\nThrough the glass refraction\r\n A [first note...]\r\nSaid a little less talk\r\n \r\nAnd a lot more action\r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n \r\n \r\n---\r\nNino Bonura\r\nbonurn@rpi.edu<\/pre>\n
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. . . and a Lot More Action A Little Less Talk (and a Lot More Action) Toby Keith First the chords should be explained. It is basically a train beat. When a letter appears, it is the key that the corresponding chord is played in. The chords follow. A: … CLICK TO VIEW SONGA Little Less Talk . . .<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[201,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-toby-keith","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29170"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29171,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29170\/revisions\/29171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}