At least one of the guitars on the album is in dropped-D tuning, but the acoustic is standard tuned (I think), so it sounds cool like that if you're playing it by yourself. Enjoy! Comments, corrections etc always welcome. STRAIGHT OUTTA TIME - John Hiatt -------------------------------- D G D G D G Hot summer night, I was counting all ... D G C Airtight, as I watched ... D G By the lake, so humid that the ... D G C For our sake the crickets started ... D G Like a gypsy, you stole me .... D G C It never hit me: I've been ... A Em /F# G Just swaying in the breeze like ... D C G Running straight outta ....(x2) D G Since you were.... That autumn chill sent a shiver, girl, it ..... Looking back I find like .... Running straight outta time, ...(x2) A Running straight outta tim.... G Looking for the dance; .... A I'm never gonna figure out ... Em /F# G D Running straight outta time.... |G |D |G C | |D |G |D |G C | D G Now I see you- you're looking ... D G C I can almost feel you as you clutch your ... D G Looking down at the picture, girl.... D G Is it me? Was I ever in your .... D G Cause I'm running .... D G (hold) I'm running .... Were you ever mine? -------- Main riff: D + + + G + +(C) + |-0---2-----------0-2p0---0-2p0---|-3----------------(3-3---3)------| |-3---3-----------3-3---3-3-3---3-|-3----------------(3-3---3)------| |-2---2-----------2-2---2-2-2---2-|-0----------------(0-0---0)------| |-0---0-----------0-0---0-0-0---0-|-0----------------(2-2---2)------| |---------------------------------|-2----------------(3-3---3)------| |---------------------------------|-3-------------------------------| Notation used: + = Beat marker p = Pull-off
Straight Outta Time by John Hiatt guitar chords playing instructions.