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Busted Afternoon

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Intro
G Bb
Verse I
FThere was a fine rain
DmThere was a red wine
BbThere was a long whistle
CIt was a good sign
FThere was a band playing
DmSomewhere off screen
BbThere was a girl saying 
          C   C7(add pinky on 3rd string, 4th fret)
Come clean
Chorus
BbIn a Cdream, on a Fbus, on Ga busted afternBboon
BbIn a Chaze, on a bFus, on Ga busted afternoBbon
BbIn a Cbad way, on a bFusted aGfternoonG  Bb  
Verse II
FThere was a sad truth
DmThere was a punch line
BbThere was a long whistle
CIt was a good sign
FThere was a loooooooooooDmoooooooooooong goodbye
BbThere was a loooooooooooCoooooooooooong C7goodbye
BbIn a Cdream, on a Fbus, on Ga busted afternBboon
BbIn a Chaze, on a bFus, on Ga busted afternoBbon
BbIn a Cbad way, on Fa busteGd afternoonG  Bb  
Bridge
(repeat of verse)
F Dm Bb C
F Dm Bb C
Chorus
BbIn a Cdream, on a Fbus, on a Gbusted afternoonBb  
BbIn a Chaze, on a bFus, on a Gbusted afternoonBb  
BbIn a Cbad way, on Fa busteGd afternoonBb  
Bb   C           F      G             G  Bb  F
End
Let F ring out.

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Busted Afternoon

by Old 97's

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Intro

G Bb

Verse I

There was a fine rain

There was a red wine

There was a long whistle

It was a good sign

There was a band playing

Somewhere off screen

There was a girl saying

C C7

(add pinky on 3rd string, 4th fret)

Come clean

Chorus

Bb C F G Bb

In a dream, on a bus, on a busted afternoon

Bb C F G Bb

In a haze, on a bus, on a busted afternoon

Bb C F G G Bb

In a bad way, on a busted afternoon

Verse II

There was a sad truth

There was a punch line

There was a long whistle

It was a good sign

F Dm

There was a looooooooooooooooooooooong goodbye

Bb C C7

There was a looooooooooooooooooooooong goodbye

Bb C F G Bb

In a dream, on a bus, on a busted afternoon

Bb C F G Bb

In a haze, on a bus, on a busted afternoon

Bb C F G G Bb

In a bad way, on a busted afternoon

Bridge

(repeat of verse)

F Dm Bb C

Chorus

Bb C F G Bb

In a dream, on a bus, on a busted afternoon

Bb C F G Bb

In a haze, on a bus, on a busted afternoon

Bb C F G Bb

In a bad way, on a busted afternoon

Bb C F G G Bb F

End

Let F ring out.

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