Intro
| B9* Aadd4 | A-Asus2 F# |
| F#-F#11-E E7-E-E7 | Bsus2-A F# |
Verse 1:
B9* Aadd4 A-Asus2 F#
It's been such a long long time since we loved each other but our hearts were true.
F#-F#11-E E7-E-E7 Bsus2-A F# NC
One time, for one brief day, I was the man for you.
B9* Aadd4 A-Asus2 F#
Last night, I heard you talkin' in your sleep saying things you shouldn't say,
F#-F#11-E E7-E-E7 Bsus2-A F# NC
Oh baby, you just might have to go to jail someday.
Verse 2:
B9* Aadd4 A-Asus2 F#
Is there a place we can go, is there anybody we can see?
F#-F#11-E E7-E-E7 Bsus2-A F# NC
Maybe, it's the same for you as it is for me.
B9* Aadd4 A-Asus2 F# F#-E11-E
I ain't seen my family in twenty years. That ain't easy to understand.
F#-F#11-E E7-E-E7 Bsus2-A F# NC
They may be dead by now? I lost track of 'em after they lost their land.
Verse 3:
B9* Aadd4 A-Asus2 F#
Shake it up baby, twist and shout, you know what it's all about.
F#-E11-E
What are you doin' out there in the sun anyway?
F#7-E-E7 Bsus2-A F# NC
Don't you know, the sun can burn your brains right out.
B9* Aadd4 A-Asus2 F#
My enemy crashed into the dust. Stopped dead in his tracks.
F#-F#11-E E7-E-E7
And he lost his lust, he was run down hard.
Bsus2-A F# NC
And he broke apart, he died in shame, he had an iron heart.
Verse 4:
B9* Aadd4 A-Asus2 F#
I wear dark glasses to cover my eyes.
F#-F#11-E E7-E-E7 Bsus2-A F# NC
There are secrets in 'em that i can't disguise.
F#-F#11-E E7-E-E7 Bsus2-A F# NC
Come back baby if I hurt your feelings, I apologise.
B9* Aadd4 A-Asus2 F#
Two trains running side by side, forty miles wide down the eastern line.
F#-F#11-E E7-E-E7 Bsus2-A F# NC
You don't have to go, I just came to you because you're a friend of mine.
Verse 5:
B9* Aadd4 A-Asus2 F#
I think that when my back was turned, the whole world behind me burned.
F#-F#11-E E7-E-E7 Bsus2-A F# NC
It's been a while, since we walked down that long, long aisle.
B9* Aadd4 A-Asus2 F#
We cried on a cold and frosty morn, we cried because our souls were torn.
F#-F#11-E E7-E-E7 Bsus2-A F# NC
So much for tears, so much for these long and wasted years.
Coda:
| Asus2-F# |
(End)
Notes.
1. This track amongst others, bears the hallmarks of Dave Hildago's mature Tex-
Mex sensibilities.
2. There are other ways of simplifying this arrangement, just by shifting a note
or two. It's interesting how a range of tonal possibilities manifest from a small
change of chord structures.