Chords with lyrics
Key: E minorEm
|E minor 7Em7 Bm7Bm7 |A minorAm Am7Am7 B7B7 |E minor 7Em7 Bm7Bm7 |A minorAm Am7Am7 B7B7 |
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🎸 Verse 1:
E minor 7Em7 Bm7Bm7 A minorAm B7B7
Lost in the barrio
I walk like an injun
E minor 7Em7 A augmentedA
So Carlo won't sus pect
F#m7F#m7 BB A augmentedA
That something's wrong here
G+G F#m7F#m7 E minor 7Em7 G+G Bm7Bm7 Cmaj7Cmaj7
I dance in place and paint my face
Em9Em9 F#m7F#m7 Gsus2Gsus2 G/C
And act like I be long here
🎸 Chorus:
G#m7G#m7 F#m7F#m7
Throw back the little ones
G#m7G#m7 F#m7F#m7 A augmentedA
And pan fry the big ones
G#m7G#m7 A augmentedA Amaj7Amaj7
Use tact, poise and reason
G#m7G#m7 E MajorE BB A augmentedA BB
And gently squeeze them
🎸 Verse 2:
E minor 7Em7 Bm7Bm7
Hot licks and rhetoric
A minorAm B7B7
Don't count much for nothing
E minor 7Em7 A augmentedA F#m7F#m7 BB A augmentedA
Be glad if you can use what you borrow
G+G F#m7F#m7 E minor 7Em7 G+G Bm7Bm7 Cmaj7Cmaj7
So I pawn my crown for a ride up town
^^^^^^^
Em9Em9 F#m7F#m7 Gsus2Gsus2 G/C D/C
And buy it back to mor row
🎸 Chorus:
G#m7G#m7 F#m7F#m7
Throw back the little ones
G#m7G#m7 F#m7F#m7 A augmentedA
And pan fry the big ones
G#m7G#m7 A augmentedA Amaj7Amaj7
Use tact, poise and reason
G#m7G#m7 E MajorE BB A augmentedA BB
And gently squeeze them
|E minor 7Em7 Bm7Bm7 |A minorAm Am7Am7 B7B7 |
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guitar 🎸 Solo:
|Gm7Gm7 Dm7Dm7 |Cm7Cm7 D7D7 |Gm7Gm7 C7C7 |F#m7F#m7 B7B7 |
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|D/G D/F#D/F# E minor 7Em7 |G+G Bm7Bm7 G/C |E minor 7Em7 Bm7Bm7 |D MajorD C majorC |
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|G#m7G#m7 F#m7F#m7 |G#m7G#m7 A augmentedA |G#m7G#m7 Amaj7Amaj7 |G#m7G#m7 E MajorE BB A augmentedA BB |
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--------- 5/4 ---------
|E minor 7Em7 Bm7Bm7 |Am7Am7 B7B7 |E minor 7Em7 Bm7Bm7 |Am7Am7 B7B7 |
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🎸 Verse 3:
E minor 7Em7 Bm7Bm7 Am7Am7 B7B7
Done like a matador
I pray for the weekend
E minor 7Em7 A augmentedA F#m7F#m7 BB A augmentedA
And hope the little girls still throw roses
G+G F#m7F#m7 E minor 7Em7 G+G Bm7Bm7 Cmaj7Cmaj7
Else I'll change my bait and move up state
^^^^^^
Em9Em9 F#m9F#m9 Gsus2Gsus2 G/C D/C
Be fore the season clo ses
Coda:
G#m7G#m7 F#m9F#m9
Throw back the little ones
G#m7G#m7 F#m9F#m9
And pan fry the big ones
G#m7G#m7 Amaj7Amaj7
Use tact, poise and reason
G#m7G#m7 E MajorE BB A augmentedA BB
And gently squeeze them
piano (freely):
|E minorEm G+G C majorC Bb majorBb FF AbAb G7G7 C minorCm FF Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb
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|A augmentedA E MajorE F#F# F#F# E MajorE G+G A augmentedA B/A
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