Another Hard Luck Ace chords by Lacy J. Dalton
Guitar chords with lyrics
- Difficulty: Beginner 👶
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
♫ Intro:
D
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B|-3---0-1-3-1-0-1-3---0-1-0-----|
G|-2-2---------------2-------2---|
D|-0-----------------------------|
A|-------------------------------|
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| D | D | D | D |
♫ Verse 1:
D G D
On a cold and foggy evening in 1959
F D
Waylon Jennings nearly lost his life
The Big Bopper talked the outlaw
G D
Into giving up his seat
C D
With Buddy Holly on that midnight flight
♫ Chorus:
G D
Well, the paper said it must have been the snowstorm
G D
Or that the pilot made a grave mistake
G F G D
Well, the rest all died that night but the lone wolf he survived
C D D
And I say hat's off to another hard luck ace
♫ Verse 2:
G D
We were on the road with Haggard back in '85
F D
The year they wrote The Amber Waves of Grain
G D
The Okie from Muskogee was speaking for us all
C G D
When he wrote that song to bring the farmer’s aid
♫ Chorus:
G D
But just last month I heard that he got tired
G D
And went away to rest and write some place
G F G D
Tell Merle we're on his side cause he and Mama Tried
C D
And I say hat's off to another hard luck ace
Post-♫ Chorus:
G D
Some of them are with us and some of them are gone
C A
Some of them are out there somewhere barely hanging on
G D
Each one is a treasure no one can take his place
C D
And I say hat's off to another hard luck ace
♫ Solo:
D
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A|-------------------------------|
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| D | D | D | D |
♫ Verse 3:
G G
I remember meeting Janis in a bar in Santa Cruz
F D
With a dealer she pretended to ignore
G D
She was swiggin' southern comfort and every time her glass ran low
C D
The man behind the bar poured out some more
♫ Chorus:
G D
And I saw the dealer slip her something quickly
G D
Do you spose he knew she had no time to waste
G F G D
And when she stumbled for the door and revved up that old Porsche
C D D
Well, I said hat's off to another hard luck ace
♫ Bridge:
N.C.
They say Hank Jr. fell off of a mountain
N.C.
Said he'd never walk or sing no more
D G
Well, the devil made the deal but you don't cheat the man of steel
D C D
And Hank just had to even up the score
♫ Chorus:
G D
Now some called it a family tradition
G D
Others say that he just fell from grace
G F G
Well, you should see Bocephus now Lord he'd do his daddy proud
D C D
And I say hat's off to another hard luck ace
Post-♫ Chorus:
G D
Some of them are with us and some of them are gone
C A
Some of them are out there somewhere barely hanging on
G D
Each one is a treasure no one can take his place
C D C
And I say hat's off to another hard luck ace
♫ Outro:
D C D C
Hat's off to another hard luck ace
♫ Solo:
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