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From: Kean, John
Subject: CRD: Safe Side - James McMurtry
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 09:29:23 +1300
Safe Side - James McMurtry
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>From Candyland
Transcribed by John Kean.
Open-D tuning (DADFAD).
INTRO: (strum)
D G/A
, . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
, .
||--------0---0-----|------------------|-------0---0-----|------------------|
||--------0---0-----|------------------|-------0---0-----|----------5-------|
||*-------0-------7-|-h8---7---5---0---|-------0-------7-|-h8---7---5-------|
||*-0--0----------7-|--7---7---5---0---|-0---0---------7-|--7---7---5-------|
||--0--0-------0----|--0---0---0---0---|-0---0-------0---|--0---0---0-------|
||--0----------0----|------------------|-0-----------0---|------------------|
D G A
, . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . ,
.
|-------0---0-----|------------------|-------0---------|------------------||
|-------0---0-----|------------------|-------0---------|------------------||
|-------0-------7-|-h8---7---5---0---|-------0---7h8-7-|-h8---5---7------*||
|-0--0----------7-|--7---7---5---0---|-0---0-----7-7-7-|--7---5---7------*||
|-0--0-------0----|--0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0---|--0---5---7-------||
|-0----------0----|------------------|-0-------0-------|------5---7-------||
VERSE 1:
D D6sus4
Down in Piedras Negras
D D6sus4
You gotta watch yourself
D D6sus4
There`s a whole lotta hungry people
D D6sus4
Looking to share some wealth
D D6sus4
And when the oil field`s busted
D D6sus4
And the peso takes a dive
D D6sus4
Stay off the side streets
D D6sus4
If you want to come back alive
CHORUS 1:
A11/E
Yo no busco nada
A11/E
I`m just standing here
A11/E
Minding my own business
A11/E
Gonna get back out of here
D (intro riff)
Back to the safe side
VERSE 2:
At the base of the bar stool
There`s a drain in the floor
You better not go in there
If you don`t know what that`s for
It`s no place to take a lady
She`ll get the evil eye
Sizing up their prospects
Sharpening up their knives
CHORUS 2:
No me gusta nada
Yo no quiero ver
Once I get across this river
I`m never gonna go back there
I`m staying on the safe side
Staying on the safe side
SOLO: (chords as for chorus)
CHORUS 3:
Yo no fumo mota
No lo quiero ver
Once I get across this river
I`m never gonna go back there
VERSE 3:
Up in San Antonio
All the pretty people know
They better stay off the west side
Where the black tar flows
So they hide in sheltered enclaves
Up around Olmos Park
They`ve got their own policemen
So they can stay out after dark
Back down in Piedras Negras
The children play with dirt
We keep our pistols loaded
So we don`t get hurt
CHORUS 4: (repeat and fade)
No importa a nadie
It`s always been that way
It`s never gonna get no different
Long as we`ve got our say
We stay on the safe side
CHORDS:
D 000000
G/A x0555x
G 5555xx
A 7777xx
D6sus4 020100
A11/E 202100
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John Kean
keanj@agresearch.cri.nz
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