Tucson, Arizona Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
[Am]Tucson, Arizona
Rising in the heat like a
[F]Mirage
[Am]Tony keeps his Chevy
Like a virgin locked in
His [F]garage
[C]He brings it out at mid[G]night
And [Dm]cruises down the
[Am]Empty boulevard[G]s
And he [C]prowls the
Darkened [G]al leys
That [Dm]snake between [Am]the city`s
Thirsty [G]yards[E]
The [Am]lonely desert skies reflect
The [D]an ger in his eye[E]s
And it is dawn.
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[Verse 2]
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His [Am]father died of drinking
And left five children sinking
With his [F]mo [C]m[F]
His [Am]older brother Bobby
Never made it back from Viet [F]Nam
[C]With high school well [G]behind him
He [Dm]lives at home and work[Am]s this
Shitty job.
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[Verse 3]
And [C]he thinks his [G]'60 Chevy
Is the [Dm]only true [Am]amigo
That [G]he's got[E]
His [Am]heart is filled with sad[G]ness
And [F#dim]his soul is like [D]some
[E]Ugly vacant lot.

[Interlude 1]
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[Verse 4]
[Am]Mary Estelle Hanna
Came out from Louisiana
For [F]the sun[Am]
A deal gone bad in Dallas
Left her burned and broke
And on [F]the run
[C]To make the rent and gro[G]ceries
She [Dm]takes this job [Am]at
[G]$3.15 an hour
[C]Serving shots [G]of whiskey
[Dm]And tequila
In some [Am]smoky red-neck bar
[G]bar[E]
And [Am]she dreams some day
She`ll[G]make her way to [D]L.A.
And be[E]come a movie star.

[Interlude 2]
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[Verse 5]
[Am]Tony saw her working
He swallowed hard and asked
Her for [F]a date[Am]
Mary laughed and answered
"I would but every night
I`m working [F]late"
[C]He said he had some co[G]caine
That [Dm]she could have if [Am]she`d
Just ride [G]along
[C]She said "What the hell,
I may [G]a well
I [Dm]haven`t had no [Am]fun in
So dam[G]n l[E]ong"
He [Am]picked her up at clos[G]ing time
They [D]pulled out on the road
[E]And they were gone.

[Interlude 3]
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[Verse 6]
[Am]Tony`s mom got frantic
When she found her son had
Not come [F]home
[Am]Mary`s roommate panicked
And called the sheriff from
A public [F]phone
[C]They asked her lots of questio[G]ns
She [Dm]tried her best to tell
[Am]Them what she saw.
[G]

[Verse 7]
And [C]late that night
They found [G]poor Mary
[Dm]Lying in some nar[Am]row,
Dusty [G]draw[E]
And the [Am]coroner repor[G]ted
That [D]she hadn`t been
De[E]ceased for very long.

[Interlude 4]
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[Verse 8]
[Am]Two weeks on they found it
Buried to the windshield
In [F]the sand
[Am]There inside lay Tony
With a small revolver in
His [F]hand
[C]The papers simply [G]stated
It [Dm]must have been the
[Am]Drugs that drove him m[G]ad
The [C]neighbors specu[G]lated
[Dm]What could make a good [Am]boy
Go [G]so [E]bad?
Well, it [Am]might have been
The deser[G]t heat
[Am]It might[F#dim] have be[D]en the
[E]Home he never had.

[Outro 1]
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