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Arizona

Pedro the Lion

 

Chord Guide

      134

F5:   133xxx

      134

Bb5:  688xxx

        231

Am:   x02210

      3    4

G:    3x0003

       32 1

C:    x32010

      134211

F:    133211

         231

Dm:   xx0231

       2 1

E7:   020100

      134111

Fm:   133111

       3241

C7:   x32310

        1 3

A7:   x02020

       1333

Bb:   x1333x

 

Strum Guide

Power Chord Strum:

D D D D D D D D

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

Main Strum:

D   D U   U D U

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

 

 

 

Intro:

/ F5 - - - / Bb5 - - - / x3

 

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 (2)

      that she had been loving someone new

             F5 (2)          D5 (2)                        E7 (2)

but California not California how could you?

 

Bridge:

/ F - - - / Fm - - - / C - - - / Am - - - /

/ F - - - / Fm - - - / C - - - / C7 - - - /

/ F - - - / Fm - - - / Am - - - / A7 - - - /

/ Dm - - - / - - - - /Fm - - - / - - - - /

/ C (hold) - - / - - - - /

 

Bb (2)

    the bully loved her cactus

Am (2)

     the underdog her pine

Dm (2)                              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

     and though he knew that Arizona wore the pants

Am           G                        C                        F

     he got loaded then he started throwing punches

Fm             C             E7       F     G

     the poor injun never had a chance

 

  C (2)          E7    Am

scissors cut paper

F         C       G (2)

paper covers rock

C (2)              E7   Am

rock crushes scissors

  F (2)     G (2)    F    Fm     C (hold)

scissors fall     apart

 


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.