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Lucero - 1979
This is not exact but close to it. If any questions please mail fred @ waterispoison.com
Hit the D note and do this little picking
Riff 1
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------3-----------------------------|
G|-----2---2h0-------2---0---------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------|
D Riff 1
You were mine, in 1979
Riff 1
Just skin and bones
D Riff 1
Your favorite dress, motorcycle boots
Riff 1
Raised on rock n roll
D Riff 1
Now don't, don't give up on me
Riff 1
Not quite yet
D Riff 1
Leaving me, with only letters that
Riff 1
I said I never kept
DNigChtGs, nights so long
DTheCy Gcould kill a man
DYeaCrsG, years so fast
DIt'Cs Gall the same
DNow Cwhy, don't you leave
D Riff 1
Another day
D Riff 1
Tell me why, just why
Riff 1
You have to go
D Riff 1
Cause I'm, I'm no good
Riff 1
Out here on my own
DNigChtGs, nights so long
DTheCy Gcould kill a man
DYeaCrsG, years so fast
DIt'Cs Gall the same
DNow Cwhy, don't you leave
D riff 1
Another day
D Riff 1
You were mine, in 1979
Riff 1
Just skin and bones
D Riff 1
Your favorite dress, motorcycle boots
Riff 1
Raised on rock n roll
DNigChtGs, nights so long
DTheCy Gcould kill a man
DYeaCrsG, years so fast
DIt'Cs Gall the same
DNow Cwhy, don't you leave
D Riff 1
Another day
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