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Love In The Hot Afternoon Chords by Gene Watson

Love In The Hot Afternoon chords by Gene Watson

Guitar chords with lyrics

Contributed by DON CZARSKI

Tuning: Standard tuning

Difficulty: novice

SONG:   LOVE IN THE HOT AFTERNOON
ARTIST: GENE WATSON
TAB BY: DON CZARSKI
EMAIL:  GUITARZAN7@HOTMAIL.COM


             LOVE IN THE HOT AFTERNOON
                   GENE WATSON


INTRO RIFF:
   E
E---------------|
B---------------|
G---------------|
D-------2-------|
A---2h4---4-2---|
E-------------0-|

   E
E---------------|
B---------------|
G---------------|
D-------2-------|
A---2h4---4-2---|
E-------------0-|


VERSE:
      E
From somewhere outside
             A            E
I hear the street vendor cry,

   E
E---------------|
B---------------|
G---------------|
D-------2-------|
A---2h4---4-2---|
E-------------0-|


"Filet gumbo"

   E
E---------------|
B---------------|
G---------------|
D-------2-------|
A---2h4---4-2---|
E-------------0-|

         E
From my window I see him
 A               E
Going down the street

   E
E---------------|
B---------------|
G---------------|
D-------2-------|
A---2h4---4-2---|
E-------------0-|

And he don't know

   E
E---------------|
B---------------|
G---------------|
D-------2-------|
A---2h4---4-2---|
E-------------0-|


PRE-CHORUS:
          E             C#m
That she fell right to sleep
        E            C#m       E
In the damp tangled sheets so soon

       E           B        E
After love in the hot afternoon


CHORUS:
          B
Now the Bourbon street lady
  A            E
Sleeps like a baby in the shadows
(In the shadows)
         B          A            E
She was new to me, full of mystery

But now I know
(But I know)


PRE-CHORUS:
      E           C#m
That she's just a girl
     E         C#m        E
And I'm just a guy, in a room

         E           B        E
Full of love in the hot afternoon


INSTRUMENTAL:
E  D  A E  D  A E


VERSE:
        E
We got high in the park
      A              E
This morning and we sat, without talkin'

      E
Then we came back here
        A           E
In the heat of the day, tired of walkin'


PRE-CHORUS:
       E         C#m
Where under her breath
     E           C#m     E
She hummed to herself a tune

    E           B        E
Of love in the hot afternoon


CHORUS:
          B
Now the Bourbon street lady
  A            E
Sleeps like a baby in the shadows
(In the shadows)
         B          A            E
She was new to me, full of mystery

But now I know
(But I know)


PRE-CHORUS:
      E           C#m
That she's just a girl
     E         C#m        E
And I'm just a guy, in a room

         E           B        E
Full of love in the hot afternoon


OUTRO:
E  D  A E  D  A E

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Gene Watson chords for Love in the hot afternoon

About this song

"Love in the Hot Afternoon" was the title track and the second single to be released from American country music artist Gene Watson's 1975 album. "Love in the Hot Afternoon" is written by Vince Matthews and Kent Westbury. It was Gene Watson's most successful single at that time.