Last Chance Texaco chords by Jones Rickie Lee

Chords with lyrics

Last Chance Texaco
             by
          Rickie Lee Jones
     (from self-titled debut album, 1979)
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One of my all-time favorite songs. Decided to spend this lazy July 4
afternoon to figure this one out. There seems to be a lot of chords,
but most of them are actually variations of the same chords, e.g., the
opening chords F#F# and BMaj7Bmaj7 involve only shifting your ring and pinky;
C majorC and C majorC+ a shift of your index finger.
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Chord chart:

Amaj7Amaj7  xx2120
BMaj7Bmaj7  xx4342
C majorC    x32010
C majorC+   x32002 (May be called Cmaj7add11 or Cadd11+, but who cares)
C'   x30010
Cadd9Cadd9  x3203x
Cmaj7Cmaj7  x32000
D MajorD    xx0232
Dsus2Dsus2  xx0230
E minorEm   022000
E minor 7Em7   022030
F#F#   244322
G# minorG#m   466444
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Intro:  F#F#    BMaj7Bmaj7   F#F#    BMaj7Bmaj7

Verse 1:

 F#F#    BMaj7Bmaj7   F#F#    BMaj7Bmaj7
  A augmentedA long stretch...

 F#F#    BMaj7Bmaj7   F#F#    BMaj7Bmaj7
  Tiptoe...

 E MajorE     Amaj7Amaj7   E MajorE     Amaj7Amaj7
  And sleepy...

 F#F#    BMaj7Bmaj7   F#F#    BMaj7Bmaj7
  Volcanoes...

 F#F#    BMaj7Bmaj7   F#F#    BMaj7Bmaj7
  Camels...

 E MajorE     Amaj7Amaj7   E MajorE     Amaj7Amaj7
  A augmentedA slow...

Transition:

 F#F#    BMaj7Bmaj7

 BB          C#C#
    But you...

 G# minorG#m         BB
    And then the battery...

 B minorBm         D MajorD
    Now the cable...      It's your

Chorus:

 C majorC+    C majorC     E minor 7Em7    E minorEm
 Last chance...

 C majorC+ Cmaj7Cmaj7 Cadd9Cadd9 C majorC  E minorEm    E minorEm (Bass E-F#-G#)
 Last chance...

 A minorAm    D MajorD     B minorBm    E minorEm
Your last...

 C majorC+    Cmaj7Cmaj7   E minorEm (and pick strings 1 & 2: E-F#-E-D-E-D)
 Star...

 C majorC     C'-C   Dsus2Dsus2   D MajorD
 You found...

 E minorEm    E minorEm    C majorC     C'-C   D MajorD
 Texaco...

Verse 2: Repeat Verse 1

Outro:

 F#F#    BMaj7Bmaj7   F#F#   BMaj7Bmaj7

 F#F#    BMaj7Bmaj7   F#F#   BMaj7Bmaj7

 D MajorD     D MajorD     D MajorD    D MajorD

 F#F#    BMaj7Bmaj7   F#F#   BMaj7Bmaj7

 D MajorD     D MajorD     D MajorD    D MajorD

 F#F#    BMaj7Bmaj7   F#F#   BMaj7Bmaj7

 F#F#    BMaj7Bmaj7   F#F#

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Sam
July 4, 2006