Behind the Bamboo Shade Joe Ely
Music and Lyrics by Joe Ely
>From Joe Ely's Dig All Night
Transcribed by Steve Krall (steve.krall@daytonoh.ncr.com)
Comments/Corrections encouraged
This song is primarily verses w/ 2 types of
chord patterns, labelled A and B. The first
verse, however, is a little different
Verse 1
[D]In a border town when the lights go down
And the [G]Ranchero Radio [D]plays
You wont [D]find me around in the [D]lights of the town
I'll be [A]out where the day [G]meets the [D]shade
Pattern A
I only [D]came for a holiday to [G]sit in the Mexican [D]wind
I only [D]came for the whiskey, but [G]suddenly she walked [D]in
She wore a [D]dress made of lace, And the [D]light on her face
I [G]felt the room start to shake
It shook a [D]Black Spanish Love Seat [A]Behind the Bamboo [D]Shade...
Pattern A
I only came for the sun but I wound up with the moon and the stars
When her eyes met mine, the room filled with Spanish guitars
The kerosene in my blood Came on like a flood
As I stood to take her away
To a Black Spanish Love Seat Behind the Bamboo Shade...
Pattern B
On a [G]Black Spanish Love Seat Behind the Bamboo [D]Shade
With the [G]skeletons dancing on the eve of the Day of the [A]Dead
I reached [D]out in the dark, Put my hand on her [D]heart,
While the [G]bows of the palm trees swayed
On a [D]Black Spanish Love Seat [A]Behind the Bamboo [D]Shade
Pattern A
I woke up in a sweat, my legs feeling too weak to stand
There's a pain in my back and not a bit of grip in my hands
A flash of steel in the night Left me no time to write
An epitaph to leave on my grave
The church bells rang on a Love Seat Behind the Bamboo Shade
Pattern B
On a Black Spanish Love Seat Behind the Bamboo Shade
With the skeletons dancing on the eve of the Day of the Dead
If you see Juan Tell him I can't come
I've got a previous engagement I've made.
I'm On a Black Spanish Love Seat Behind the Bamboo Shade...
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