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"Arizona" — Pedro the Lion
One of my favorites off of "Achilles' Heel", further proving that David Bazan is, in
a genius.  I couldn't find this one anywhere, so I decided to learn it by ear and help out
else who might be looking for it too.  I'm preeeeetty sure that this is completely 
 But, one can never be sure.  Enjoy.
Capo III  (Or play it without the capo, just use barre chords and adjust accordingly...
like the capo for ease of playing)
Intro:
F5  Bb5  F5  Bb5  F  Bb5
AmariGzona curled Cup with califFornia
Amthen she tried to Ghide the whole thing Dmfrom new mexiGco
Amwho knew beGfore he saw them Cmaking out in Fyuma
                Fm                C   G(G6)
that she had been loving someone new
but caliF5fornia not caliD5fornia how could E7you
Bridge:
F  Fm  C  Am  F  Fm  C
 F  Fm  Am  A7  Dm  Fm  C
Bbthe bully loved her cactus
Amthe underdog her pine
Dmbut she would only love Gone at a E7time
Amnew mexiGco had always Chated califFornia
            Am              G              Dm   G(G6)
and though he knew that arizona wore the pants
Amhe got loGaded then he sCtarted throwing pFunches
Fmthe poor Cinjun Gnever E7had a FchanceG  
Cscissors cut E7paperAm  
     F        C   G(G6)
paper covers rock
Crock crushes E7scissAmors
Fscissors Gfall aFpartFm  C  

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Arizona

by Pedro the Lion

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Bb5

"Arizona" — Pedro the Lion

One of my favorites off of "Achilles' Heel", further proving that David Bazan is, in

a genius. I couldn't find this one anywhere, so I decided to learn it by ear and help out

else who might be looking for it too. I'm preeeeetty sure that this is completely

But, one can never be sure. Enjoy.

Capo III (Or play it without the capo, just use barre chords and adjust accordingly...

like the capo for ease of playing)

Intro:

F5 Bb5 F5 Bb5 F Bb5

Am G C F

arizona curled up with california

Am G Dm G

then she tried to hide the whole thing from new mexico

Am G C F

who knew before he saw them making out in yuma

Fm C G G6

()

that she had been loving someone new

F5 D5 E7

but california not california how could you

Bridge:

F Fm C Am F Fm C

F Fm Am A7 Dm Fm C

the bully loved her cactus

the underdog her pine

Dm G E7

but she would only love one at a time

Am G C F

new mexico had always hated california

Am G Dm G G6

()

and though he knew that arizona wore the pants

Am G C F

he got loaded then he started throwing punches

Fm C G E7 F G

the poor injun never had a chance

C E7 Am

scissors cut paper

F C G G6

()

paper covers rock

C E7 Am

rock crushes scissors

F G F Fm C

scissors fall apart

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