The acoustic guitar here is in dropped-D tuning (DADGBE). NB A tip for
playing it - the top E string is mostly avoided apart from the motif
that connects the verses, which goes something like:
-----3---5---2-
-----3---5---3-
--/4--/6-------
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I had a go at tabbing the slide part, but I quickly realised I haven't
a clue about playing slide (which doesn't help when you're trying to
transcibe Ry Cooder!). Does anybody else want to try?- if it's any
help, I'd be reasonably certain that it's in either open D or open E
tuning.
Corrections and comments welcome, as always...
LIPSTICK SUNSET - John Hiatt
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D
G D A G
There's a lipstick sunset smeared ...
A D Bm
There's a bitter sweet perfume ...
A
The creek is ...
G D F# Bm E
And I left my love a-waiting in the ...
D D/F# G
By the end of the day all her ...
A D G A D
To a ...
And the radio was playing and that ....
Well it's pretty as a picture, red and ...
Maybe love's like th...
Maybe I can only see as you take ...
But hold me in the darkness - we can ...
Til the dawning of the day ...
To a lipstick sunset
G D D/F# G
There will come another day, ....
A D
To a ....
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Chords used:
D 000232, G 550033, A x02220, Bm x24432,
F# 4x432x, E 222100, D/F# 40023x
