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Sam Riggs and the Night People – Long Shot
[Intro]
Bm  D  A  G  Bm  D  A  G
[Verse]
BmThe waves sounDd like cannons tonight
AAimin' straGight for your heart
BmI strDike a fuse in the fading light
AJust as thGe summer goes dark
[Instrumental]
Bm A G
[Verse]
BmAnd eDverybody's got a fall back plan
AA placGe to be when the lights go down
BmGirl you've alDways been my main event
GA shAow stopper in this rip tide town
[Chorus]
DI know if feels like a long shot baby
ATwo broken hearts in a leap of faith
BmA faint heart never won fair lady
GAnd loosin' you Ais more than I can take
DAnd I won't sit on the shoreline
AAs love slips through our hands
BmAnd hAearts break Gon the coast of California
They wash awAay like footprints in the sand
[Instrumental]
Bm A
[Verse]
BmThe briDght colours of the boardwalk lights
AShine on your Gface
BmAll of Dthe noise from the carnival rides
   ACGan't drown out the pain
BmBut cDall me out on my hard luck baby
AI neGed redemption tonight
BmScatter yDour troubles like stars on the water
ALet ‘em go Gwith the tides
[Chorus]
DI know if feels like a long shot baby
ATwo broken hearts in a leap of faith
BmA faint heart never won fair lady
GAnd loosin' you Ais more than I can take
DAnd I won't sit on the shoreline
AAs love slips through our hands
BmAnd hAearts break Gon the coast of California
They wash awAay like footprints in the sand
[Instrumental]
Bm  A  G  D  Bm A G A
[Outro]
DI know if feels like a long shot baby
ATwo broken hearts in a leap of faith
BmA faint heart never won fair lady
GAnd loosin' you Ais more than I can take
DAnd I won't sit on the shoreline
AAs love slips through our hands
BmAnd hAearts break Gon the coast of California
They wash awAay like footprints in the sand

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Long Shot

by Sam Riggs

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Sam Riggs and the Night People – Long Shot

[Intro]

Bm D A G Bm D A G

[Verse]

Bm D

The waves sound like cannons tonight

A G

Aimin' straight for your heart

Bm D

I strike a fuse in the fading light

A G

Just as the summer goes dark

[Instrumental]

Bm A G

[Verse]

Bm D

And everybody's got a fall back plan

A G

A place to be when the lights go down

Bm D

Girl you've always been my main event

G A

A show stopper in this rip tide town

[Chorus]

I know if feels like a long shot baby

Two broken hearts in a leap of faith

A faint heart never won fair lady

G A

And loosin' you is more than I can take

And I won't sit on the shoreline

As love slips through our hands

Bm A G

And hearts break on the coast of California

They wash away like footprints in the sand

[Instrumental]

Bm A

[Verse]

Bm D

The bright colours of the boardwalk lights

A G

Shine on your face

Bm D

All of the noise from the carnival rides

A G

Can't drown out the pain

Bm D

But call me out on my hard luck baby

A G

I need redemption tonight

Bm D

Scatter your troubles like stars on the water

A G

Let ‘em go with the tides

[Chorus]

I know if feels like a long shot baby

Two broken hearts in a leap of faith

A faint heart never won fair lady

G A

And loosin' you is more than I can take

And I won't sit on the shoreline

As love slips through our hands

Bm A G

And hearts break on the coast of California

They wash away like footprints in the sand

[Instrumental]

Bm A G D Bm A G A

[Outro]

I know if feels like a long shot baby

Two broken hearts in a leap of faith

A faint heart never won fair lady

G A

And loosin' you is more than I can take

And I won't sit on the shoreline

As love slips through our hands

Bm A G

And hearts break on the coast of California

They wash away like footprints in the sand

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