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Guitars, Cadillacs

Dwight Yoakam

 

Each chord gets two measures unless otherwise noted.

 

Intro:

/ E - - - / - - - - / - - - - / - - - - / A - - - / - - - - /

 

           A                                   E

Girl, you taught me how to hurt real bad and cry myself to sleep

      E                                   A

and showed me how this town can shatter dreams

         A                              E

Another lesson 'bout a naive fool that came to Babylon

       E                                   A        

And found out that the pie don't taste so sweet    now it's

 

Chorus:

A                     E

  Guitars, Cadillacs,   hillbilly music

     E                                 A              

And lonely lonely streets that I call home   Yeah, my

A                     E

  Guitars, Cadillacs,   hillbilly music

         E                                   A

It's the only thing that keeps me hangin' on

 

Solo:

/ A - - - / - - - - / E - - - / - - - - /

/ E - - - / - - - - / A - - - / - - - - /

/ A - - - / - - - - / E - - - / - - - - /

/ E - - - / - - - - / A - - - / - - - - /

 

                 A                               E

There ain't no glamour in this tinseled land of lost and wasted lives

     E                                   A

And painful scars are all that's left of me

         A                                   E

Ah but thank you girl for teaching me brand new ways to be cruel

   E                                           A       

If I can find my mind, then I guess I'll just leave.    And it's

 

Chorus

 

Solo 2:

/ A - - - / - - - - / E - - - / - - - - /

/ E - - - / - - - - / A - - - / - - - - /

/ A - - - / - - - - / E - - - / - - - - /

/ E - - - / - - - - / A - - - / - - - - /

 

Chorus

 

         E                                A

It's the only thing that keeps me hangin' on.

         E                                A (3)

It's the only thing that keeps me hangin' on

 

End on A


This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of this song. It's intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.