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C
D
G
From the tin rooftop the little boy did watch
C
D
G
The procession down through town
C
D
G
Through the museum where Daniel whupped the Devil
C
D
G
With them boys from the underground
C
D
G
Where the Giants of Science fight for tight control
C
D
G
Over the wildlands of New Mexico
C
D
G
C
Sam Houston's ghost's in Texas fighting for his soul
Am
Em
G
D
C
D
And the townsfolk rest uneasy beneath the guns of Kid Cole.....
G
C
D
And the kid says "Hey, where's Santa Ana?"
G
C
D
He who could romance the dumb into talking
G
C
D
Take a chance with me tonight, my contessa
G
C
D
( G
/a
/b
C
)
If it don't work out I ain't lame, I can walk, hey!
C
D
G
Now some folks say cancer's taken to the streets of this town
C
D
G
Well Sandy eats her candy and then lays her money down
C
D
G
C
Them cats are in from the canyons to strut their stuff in town
G
C
G
C
But there's only secret sinners here, Lord, there's only secret thieves
G
C
D
Only a fool would try to save what the desert chose to leave
G
C
D
And now hey there senorita
G
C
D
With your playboys in their Spanish bandanas
G
C
D
French cream won't soften those boots, baby
G
C
D
( G
/a
/b
C
)
French kisses will not break your heart, oh
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D
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D
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D
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D
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| Bbm
| Eb
| Dsus4
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Em
Bm
Am
Em
Oh painted night set free with light glows outside the Rainbow Saloon
Em
Bm
Am
Em
Matching braces with a Spanish lady 'neath a graduation moon
C
D
No more colleges, no more coronations
G
G/f#
Em
Some punk's idea of a teenage nation
Am
Em
Has forced Santa Ana to change his station
G
Dsus4
D
From soldier to cartoon
C
D
G
And the giants of science spend their days and nights
C
D
G
Not with wives, not with lovers, but searchin' for the lights
C
D
G
C
They spotted in the desert on their helicopter flights
G
Dsus4
D
Just to be lost in the dust and the night
G
C
D
Hey ah my contessa
G
C
D
In your juke joint rags you always bring candy for the kids
G
C
D
Come waltz with me tonight senorita
G
C
D
( G
/a
/b
C
)
'Cause only fools are alone on a night like this, oh
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D
| G
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D
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D
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D
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| ( G
/a
/b
C
)
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D
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D
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D
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D
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