{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":59994,"song":"Haleys Comet","artist":"Dave Alvin","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11541234-haleys-comet-chords-by-dave-alvin/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/59994?type=chord","rating":4.36274,"votes":5,"content":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#\r\n#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##\r\n#\r\n\r\n\r\nIntro (8 bars):  |G```|D`C`| (played 4 times)\r\n\r\nVERSE:\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\"Do you know who I am?\" said Bill Haley[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nin a pancake house near the Rio Grande[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nthe waitress said, \"I don't know you from diddley\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\"To me you're just another tired old man\"[/tab]\r\n\r\nVERSE 2:\r\nHe walked alone down on Main street\r\na hot wind was blowing up from the south\r\nthere were two eyes staring in a pawn shop window\r\nand a whiskey bottle was lifted up to his mouth\r\n\r\nCHORUS\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nthere was no moon shining on the Rio Grande[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nas a truck of migrants pulled through town[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D/F#[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand the jukebox was busted at the bus de - pot[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                          |[ch]G[/ch]````|[ch]D[/ch]`[ch]C[/ch]`|[ch]G[/ch]```|[ch]D[/ch]`[ch]C[/ch]`|\r\nwhen Haley's Comet hit the ground[/tab]\r\n\r\nVERSE 3:\r\nHe blacked out all the windows in his bedroom\r\nhe was talking to the ceiling and the walls\r\nhe closed his eyes and hit the stage in 1955\r\nas the screams of the children filled the hall\r\n\r\n(repeat CHORUS)\r\n\r\nVERSE 4:\r\nThis cop walked into a pancake house in Texas\r\nand ordered up a couple of cups to go\r\nand he tells the waitress, \"Hey, I just found the body\r\nof some guy who was famous long ago\"\r\n\r\n(final CHORUS uses |G```|D`C`| pattern played 4 times - same as intro)\r\n\r\n[tab]''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''\r\n' transcribed by Brad Mahugh       bmahugh@ix.netcom.com             '\r\n''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''\r\nBrad Mahugh\r\ne-mail:bmahugh@ix.netcom.com[/tab]","plain_text":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#\n#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##\n#\n\n\nIntro (8 bars):  |G```|D`C`| (played 4 times)\n\nVERSE:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVERSE 2:\nHe walked alone down on Main street\na hot wind was blowing up from the south\nthere were two eyes staring in a pawn shop window\nand a whiskey bottle was lifted up to his mouth\n\nCHORUS\n\n\n\n\n\nVERSE 3:\nHe blacked out all the windows in his bedroom\nhe was talking to the ceiling and the walls\nhe closed his eyes and hit the stage in 1955\nas the screams of the children filled the hall\n\n(repeat CHORUS)\n\nVERSE 4:\nThis cop walked into a pancake house in Texas\nand ordered up a couple of cups to go\nand he tells the waitress, \"Hey, I just found the body\nof some guy who was famous long ago\"\n\n(final CHORUS uses |G```|D`C`| pattern played 4 times - same as intro)","chords":["G","D","C","D/F#","Em"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}