Ill Be A Bachelor Till I Die

Intro: Here are three alternate-octave riffs you can toy around with to simulate
the lap-steel guitar.
The 3rd is closest to the steel version, but I think any riff will work depending
on what you're going for.
The 2nd version acts as a template for starting the guitar solo after the first verse.
If you can use a slide, it sounds even better.

Intro chords:   D  A  D
1st: Low-octave riff:
E|--------------------------------------------------| 
B|--------------------------------------------------| 
G|-----------------2~~--2-4-2-----------------------| 
D|-------0---0-2-4-----------0-4-2-0------4---------| 
A|-0-2-4---4----------------------------0-----------| 
E|--------------------------------------------------| 

2nd: Same riff up an octave:
E|--------------------------------------------------| 
B|---------------7-10~~-10-12-10---7----------7-----| 
G|-----6-7-6-7-9-----------------7---9-7------------| 
D|-7-9--------------------------------------7-------| 
A|--------------------------------------------------| 
E|--------------------------------------------------| 

3rd: Same riff, up yet another octave:
E|----------------------14-17~~17-19-17----14-------------14| 
B|-------14-15-14-15-17-----------------15----17-15---------| 
G|-14-16------------------------------------------------14--| 
D|----------------------------------------------------------| 
A|----------------------------------------------------------| 
E|----------------------------------------------------------| 

VERSE 1:
D
I'll take you to the picture show and babe I'll hold your hand
                                                     D7
I'll sit up in your parlor let you cool me with your fan
G                                 D
I'll listen to your troubles and pet you when you cry
                                                  A7             D
But get that marryin' out of your head I'll be a bachelor till I die

Guitar solo (I’m 99% certain of this. Listen to the song for precise timing):
  D
E|----------------------7----------------------------7-10--| 
B|---------------7-10-----10-----10--------------/7-10-----| 
G|-------7-7-7-7-------------9/11--11\9p7---7-7------------| 
D|-7-9-7---------------------------------9p7---------------| 
A|---------------------------------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------------------------------| 

                                  D7    G
E|-10-7-----------------------------------10---10---10---10-| 
B|------10--------------77777------------12---12---12---12--| 
G|---------br9p7-7-7--7-10bbr7----------12---12---12---12---| 
D|----------------9-----------9-8-7----12---12---12---12----| 
A|----------------------------------------------------------| 
E|----------------------------------------------------------| 

     D
E|-9-10-12-10p9--7-9p7\5------7-------7-------------------------| 
B|-------------------------10--------------------------10-12-10-| 
G|------------------------------bbrr10--br9-7---7-7-/11---------| 
D|-------------------------------------------9p7----------------| 
A|--------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|--------------------------------------------------------------| 

       A7           D
E|-----------------------------| 
B|-----10-------------------10-| 
G|-9/11--11\9p7----7-7--9/11---| 
D|-------------9p7-------------| 
A|-----------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------| 

VERSE 2:
D
I don't mind honky tonkin' round if that will bring you fun
                                                     D7
But somehow I can't understand how one and one makes one
G                             D
I like to cuddle near you and listen to you lie
                                                 A7              D
But get that marryin' out of your head I'll be a bachelor till I die


(Fiddle Solo)


VERSE 3:
D
Now if you want a help mate you're just wasting lots of time
                                                             D7
Cause I'm afraid of church bells how they scare me when they chime
G                                   D
I've seen those married people just up and say goodbye
                                                 A7              D
So keep that marryin' out of your head I'll be a bachelor till I die


(Steel Solo, ends with opening riff)


VERSE 4:
D
This freedom's mighty precious in this land of liberty
                                                 D7
I've seen what matrimony done to better men than me
G                                     D
I don't mind keepin' comp'ny with the apple of my eye
                                                 A7               D
But keep that marryin' out of your head I'll be a bachelor till I die