Straight Outta Time Chords by John Hiatt

Straight Outta Time by John Hiatt

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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
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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....

<Solo> |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?
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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

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