Song Written by Nat Stucky
Recorded by Alan Jackson

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POP A TOP

G                C      D                   C                           G
Pop a top again  Iâve just got time for one more round
G                          C      D                 C
C          G
Set ÎEm up my friend, then Iâll be gone and you can let some other fool sit
down.
G                    C                 D                     G
C
Iâd like for you to listen to a joke I heard today from a woman who said she
was through
D                                G                               C
D                            G
And calmly walked away, I tried to smile and did awhile and it felt so out
of place,
G                               C                                 D
G
Did you ever hear of a clown with teardrops streaming down his face.

                                          CHORUS
G                C         D    C                       G
Pop a top again I think Iâll have another round
G                          C     D           C                       D
C          G
Set Îem up my friend, then Iâll be gone and you can let some other fool sit
down.

                     ( instrumental  segment )

G                         C       D                    G
C
Home for me its misery and here Iâm wasting time, saw a row of fools on a
row of stools
D                                   G                                    C
D                       G
Itâs not whatâs on my mind but then you see her leaving me itâs not what I
prefer
                                 C                   D
G
So itâs either here just drinking beer or home remembering her.

                                           CHORUS - then ãPop a top againä

NOTE:  this song was recorded in the late sixties by a previous  artist but
donât remember who it was, I think it was Buck Owens. Have fun!


POP A TOP TAB for INTRO and SOLO
performed by Alan Jackson on UNDER THE INFLUENCE (1999)


triplet eighths


INTRO
   _____    _____    _____    _____
  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |   |
  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |   |
|-7-----7--3-----3-------------------|-------------------------------|
|----8-------3-----3-----3----------|-------------------------------|
|---------S------------4-----4-------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------5--2-|-------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-5-----------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------|



SOLO (CD = 1:38)
   _____    _____    _____      _____       __    __
  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |    |  |  |     |  |  |  |   |          |
  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  ||  |  |   ||  |  |  |   |    /|    |
|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|-3-5-------------------------|
|-------------------2--------5-4--3--4-|--/--5----------------------|
|----------2-----------4--5---/-------|---S-----5-------------------|
|-3--1--2-----4--5-------------P-------|------------7--(7)---------7-|
|--------------------------------------|-------------/-------------/|
                                                      T

    ___    ____      ___     __       ____      ____      ____
   |   |  |    |    |   |   |  |     |    |    |    |    |    |   |
   |   |  |    |    |   |   |  |     |    |    |    |    |    |   |
|-----------------------8--12--8--|-10-------------10----------------|
|------------------10-------------|------10--(12)------(12)--10---8--|
|---------9--(11)-----------------|---------/-------------/--------|
|-----10----/--------------------|---------B---------------R--------|
|-12---------B--------------------|----------------------------------|
|-/-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
  S


           ___     __     ___    ___     _____      _____
    __    |   |   |  |   |   |  |   |   |  |  |    |  |  |  |      |
   |--|   |   |   |  |   |   |  |   |   |  |  |  ||  |  |  |  /|  |
|-13----------------------------------|------------------------------|
|----15-------------------------8---8-|-------8----------------------|
|-------(16)-14--12--x--10-(12)-------|-7--9-----9-7--5-----5------5-|
|----------/-------------/----------|--/-------/-----7----------/|
|-----------R--------------B----------|---S--------S-----------------|
|-------------------------------------|------------------------------|



   ___    ___            ___       ____    _____    _____    _____
  |   |  |   |   |      |   |     |    |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
  |   |  |   |   |      |   |     |    |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|------------------------------|-------7-----------7-----------4-----|
|--------7------10------7---8--|-(8)------8-----------8-------/---5--|
|-7----------7---------------|-/-----------7-----------7----S------|
|/----7-----------S------------|T---------------9-----------9--------|
|-S----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------------|



   ______    _____    _____    _____
  |  |   |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |   |
  |  | ||  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |   |
|-------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-4-----------------------------------|------------------------------|
|----7-5-6--2-----------------2-------|------------------------------|
|-------/-----5--2-------------(3)-2-|-0----------------------------|
|--------H-----------5--3--4------/--|------------------------------|
                         /        R
                          H

TAB NOTES

  B = bend to ()
  H = hammer on
  P = pull off
  R = release bend from ()
  S = slide
  T = tied note with ()
  x = scratch or muted note

  /|  = eighth rest