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Tuning: Standard EBGDAE Difficulty: Novice HALEY'S COMET by Dave Alvin and Tom Russell (as heard on the album "Blue Blvd", Dave Alvin - Rounder Records) Intro (8 bars): |G'''|D'C'| (played 4 times) VERSE: G C "Do you know who I am?" said Bill Haley G D in a pancake house near the Rio Grande G C the waitress said, "I don't know you from diddley" G D G C "To me you're just another tired old man"
VERSE 2: He walked alone down on Main street a hot wind was blowing up from the south there were two eyes staring in a pawn shop window and a whiskey bottle was lifted up to his mouth CHORUS C D G there was no moon shining on the Rio Grande C D G as a truck of migrants pulled through town C D G D/F# Em D and the jukebox was busted at the bus de - pot C |G''''|D'C'|G'''|D'C'| when Haley's Comet hit the ground VERSE 3: He blacked out all the windows in his bedroom he was talking to the ceiling and the walls he closed his eyes and hit the stage in 1955 as the screams of the children filled the hall (repeat CHORUS) VERSE 4: This cop walked into a pancake house in Texas and ordered up a couple of cups to go and he tells the waitress, "Hey, I just found the body of some guy who was famous long ago" (final CHORUS uses |G'''|D'C'| pattern played 4 times - same as intro) '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' ' transcribed by Brad Mahugh bmahugh@ix.netcom.com ' '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' Brad Mahugh e-mail:bmahugh@ix.netcom.com
Haleys Comet Chords Info
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Chords: G, D, C, D/F#, Em