Safe Side James McMurtry
Subject: CRD: Safe Side - James McMurtry
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 09:29:23 +1300
Safe Side - James McMurtry
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>From "Candyland"
Transcribed by John Kean.
Open-D tuning (DADF#AD).
INTRO: (strum)
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VERSE 1:
[D] Down in Piedras [D6sus4]Negras
[D] You gotta watch your[D6sus4]self
[D] There's a whole lotta hungry [D6sus4]people
[D] Looking to share some [D6sus4]wealth
[D] And when the oil field's [D6sus4]busted
[D] And the peso takes a [D6sus4]dive
[D] Stay off the [D6sus4]side streets
[D] If you want to come [D6sus4]back alive
CHORUS 1:
[A11/E] Yo no busco nada
[A11/E] I'm just standing here
[A11/E] Minding my own business
[A11/E] Gonna get back out of here
D (intro riff)
Back to the safe side
VERSE 2:
At the base of the bar stool
There's a drain in the floor
You better not go in there
If you don't know what that's for
It's no place to take a lady
She'll get the evil eye
Sizing up their prospects
Sharpening up their knives
CHORUS 2:
No me gusta nada
Yo no quiero ver
Once I get across this river
I'm never gonna go back there
I'm staying on the safe side
Staying on the safe side
SOLO: (chords as for chorus)
CHORUS 3:
Yo no fumo mota
No lo quiero ver
Once I get across this river
I'm never gonna go back there
VERSE 3:
Up in San Antonio
All the pretty people know
They better stay off the west side
Where the black tar flows
So they hide in sheltered enclaves
Up around Olmos Park
They've got their own policemen
So they can stay out after dark
Back down in Piedras Negras
The children play with dirt
We keep our pistols loaded
So we don't get hurt
CHORUS 4: (repeat and fade)
No importa a nadie
It's always been that way
It's never gonna get no different
Long as we've got our say
We stay on the safe side
CHORDS:
D 000000
G/A x0555x
G 5555xx
A 7777xx
D6sus4 020100
A11/E 202100
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John Kean
keanj@agresearch.cri.nz
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