Hot Afternoon Arizona Desert Chords by Bobby Bare

Chords Info

• Tuning: Standard(E A D G B E)
• Key: A
• Chords: A, D, F, Em
• BPM: 171
• Suggested Strumming:
• D= Down Stroke, U = Upstroke, N.C= No Chord

Track Info

• Song: Hot Afternoon Arizona Desert
• Artist: Bobby Bare

[Intro]

A
 
 
[Verse]

A
Arizona Desert, 

three in the afternoon
A
No place for me to be, 

twenty-eighth day of June
A
I see lizards crawling, 

some things that are not there
A
Sun is shining so dang hot. Lord, 

I can't breathe this air
 
 
[Chorus]

          D
I'm on my way from L.A., 

and back to Tennessee
    A
I'm stranded in the desert, 

feels like the devil's got me
   F           Em           
Convertible is slowing down, 
      F          Em
looks like a Cadillac
  F          Em       
A redhead is driving, 
            D
a blonde is sleeping in the back
                           A
A blonde's sleeping in the back
 
 

[Verse]

A
She throws me the keys, 

I put my guitar in the trunk
A
Would you like to drive? 

She said, "I'm about half drunk"
A
She handed me a can of beer, 

so cold it hurt my hand
A
Oasis in the desert, Lord, 

I've found the promised land
 
 
[Chorus]
            D
So I struck out down

 the highway with 

my big foot on the gas
   A
My prayers have 

all been answered,

 now my bad luck's in the past
F               Em        
Looking at that redhead, 
      F 
I can see 
             Em
she ain't no slouch
         F             Em       
And that blonde in the backseat, 
        D
come on now 

and shut my mouth
                        A
Come on now and shut my mouth
 
 
[Verse]

A
Right down this hot rock silence, 

after a while
A
That's when I first noticed 

that redhead's wicked smile
A
Why don't you pull off the road, son? 

We'll find us a shade
A
Maybe when that scorching sun goes down, 

better time can be made
 
 
[Chorus]
            D
Well that's how I spend the 

afternoon, 28th day of June
        A
You can bet that's not one 

I'll be forgetting soon
       F                 Em             
By the time the sun went down, me and 
    F               Em
the redhead wrote a book
F              Em           
When I looked around, Lord, 
    D
the blonde was waking up
                           A
Hey, the blonde was waking up
 
 
[Outro]

A
(Arizona desert, 

three in the afternoon)

 oh my God
A
(Arizona desert, 

three in the afternoon)
A
(Arizona desert, 

three in the afternoon)
A
(Arizona desert, 

three in the afternoon)

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