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Date: 1/21/97; 9:58:00 AM
From: "Krall, Steve" <kralls@isspos1a.daytonoh.ncr.com>
Subject: Joe Ely: Are You Listening Lucky?
Are You Listening Lucky?
Words and Music by Joe Ely
>From Joe Ely's Live at Liberty Lunch
or Lord of the Highway
Transcribed by Steve Krall (steve.krall@daytonoh.ncr.com)
Comments/Corrections encouraged
Verse:
G
There she was,
Way down South
She scared me to death
She Knocked me out
Chrous:
C
Are you listening Lucky?
G
Are you listening Lucky?
D
Are you listening Lucky?
G
She used to be your heart and soul
She had sweet breath.
She liked the blues.
She fit real tight.
Like 50 dollar shoes.
Are you listening Lucky?
Are you listening Lucky?
Are you listening Lucky?
She used to be your heart and soul
She wore cutoff jeans
In the July heat
When the sun went down
She cooked black-eyed peas.
She drove way too close
In her automobile
She said, "Hey, Joe,
Would you take the wheel?"
Are you listening Lucky?
Are you listening Lucky?
Are you listening Lucky?
She used to be your heart and soul
There she was, Way down South
she scared me to death
She Knocked me out
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Date: 1/21/97; 11:59:00 AM
From: "Krall, Steve" <kralls@isspos1a.daytonoh.ncr.com>
Subject: Joe Ely: Because of the Wind
Because of the Wind
Words and MusicJoe Ely
Transcribed by Steve Krall (steve.krall@daytonoh.ncr.com)
Comments/Corrections encouraged
Capo at 3rd fret!!
D
Do you know why the trees bend
Bm G D
At the west Texas border?
D
Do you know why they bend
E A
Sway and twine?
D
The trees bend because of the wind
Bm G D
Across that lonesome border
D (Bm)
The trees bend because of the wind
E A D
Almost all the time.
Have you seen my Caroline
Up in Amarillo
Have you seen my Caroline
The one that I call mine
Well, if you see my Caroline
With her hair of yellow
If you see my Caroline
Tell her I'm doin' fine.
She is to me like the breeze
That blows from Corpus Christi
She is to me like the breeze
That blows up from the sea
Now if she is like the breeze
That blows from Corpus Christi
Then I must be like the trees,
Cause Caroline blows through me.
Do you know why the trees bend
At the west Texas border?
Do you know why they bend
Sway and twine?
The trees bend because of the wind
Across that lonesome border
The trees bend because of the wind
Almost all the time.
Date: 10/24/96; 10:36:00 AM
From: "Krall, Steve" <kralls@isspos1a.daytonoh.ncr.com>
Subject: Joe Ely: All Just to Get To You
All Just To Get To You
Music and Lyrics by Joe Ely
>From the Album, Letter To Laredo
Transcribed by Steve Krall (steve.krall@daytonoh.ncr.com)
All Just To Get To You
Intro: G G F C (repeat)
Verse 1:
G
I have stumbled on the plains
G
Staggered in the wind
G
Stood at a crossroad or two
D
Cried to a river
D
Swept to the sea
G C G
All just to get to you
Verse 2:
I have flagged a yellow cab
Hopped a rusty freight
Sang till my lips turned blue
Flown a silver bird
On the tops of the clouds
All just to get to you
Chorus:
C
I ran too hard,
G
I played too Rough
C
I gave my Love
G
Not near Enough
C
I bled too red
G
I cried too blue
D
I beat my fist
D
Against the moon
C G
All just to get to you
Verse 3:
I have run from St. Paul
To Wichita Falls
Call'd you from sunny Baton Rouge
Hocked everything
>From my watch to my ring
All just to get to you
Chorus
Break:
Bb Bbsus (repeat four times)
then hit: C C C
Verse 4:
>From the California Shore
Where the mighty ocean roars
To the lands of the Hopi and the Sioux
I walked the desert sands
Crossed the Rio Grande
All just to get to you
Verse 5:
I have stumbled on the plains
Staggered in the wind
Stood at a crossroad or two
Cried to a river
Swept to the sea
All just to get to you
Repeat and fade:
G F C
All just to get to you
Date: 1/21/97; 9:58:00 AM
From: "Krall, Steve" <kralls@isspos1a.daytonoh.ncr.com>
Subject: Joe Ely: Behind The Bamboo Shade
Behind The Bamboo Shade
Music and Lyrics by Joe Ely
>From Joe Ely's Dig All Night
Transcribed by Steve Krall (steve.krall@daytonoh.ncr.com)
Comments/Corrections encouraged
This song is primarily verses w/ 2 types of
chord patterns, labelled A and B. The first
verse, however, is a little different
Verse 1
D
In a border town when the lights go down
G D
And the Ranchero Radio plays
D D
You wont find me around in the lights of the town
A G D
I'll be out where the day meets the shade
Pattern A
D G D
I only came for a holiday to sit in the Mexican wind
D G D
I only came for the whiskey, but suddenly she walked in
D D
She wore a dress made of lace, And the light on her face
G
I felt the room start to shake
D A D
It shook a Black Spanish Love Seat Behind the Bamboo Shade...
Pattern A
I only came for the sun but I wound up with the moon and the stars
When her eyes met mine, the room filled with Spanish guitars
The kerosene in my blood Came on like a flood
As I stood to take her away
To a Black Spanish Love Seat Behind the Bamboo Shade...
Pattern B
G D
On a Black Spanish Love Seat Behind the Bamboo Shade
G A
With the skeletons dancing on the eve of the Day of the Dead
D D
I reached out in the dark, Put my hand on her heart,
G
While the bows of the palm trees swayed
D A D
On a Black Spanish Love Seat Behind the Bamboo Shade
Pattern A
I woke up in a sweat, my legs feeling too weak to stand
There's a pain in my back and not a bit of grip in my hands
A flash of steel in the night Left me no time to write
An epitaph to leave on my grave
The church bells rang on a Love Seat Behind the Bamboo Shade
Pattern B
On a Black Spanish Love Seat Behind the Bamboo Shade
With the skeletons dancing on the eve of the Day of the Dead
If you see Juan Tell him I can't come
I've got a previous engagement I've made.
I'm On a Black Spanish Love Seat Behind the Bamboo Shade...
Date: 10/24/96; 10:49:00 AM
From: "Krall, Steve" <kralls@isspos1a.daytonoh.ncr.com>
Subject: Joe Ely: Row of Dominoes
Row of Dominoes
This song was written by Butch Hancock.
My interpretation is from the version on
Joe Ely's live album, Live at Liberty Lunch.
To play his version on the album, Lord of the
Highway, I *think* you need a capo at the first
fret.
Transcribed by Steve Krall (steve.krall@daytonoh.ncr.com)
Anyway, enjoy....this is a really cool song
Row of Dominoes
by Butch Hancock
Verse 1:
Dm C
Carmen must have been the Devils daughter
C Dm
At least he taught her how to wear her clothes
Dm C
And the boys followed her to the slaughter
C Dm
Where they fell like a row of dominoes
C Dm
They fell like a row of dominoes
Verse 2:
Don't let your past drive you under
You know how a memory comes and goes
Well the years rolled away just like thunder
Where they fell like a row of dominoes
They fell like a row of dominoes
Chorus:
F Am
Won't you tell me how you been
C Dm
Something more than you've been feelin fine
F Am
I'm havin that feelin again
C Dm
Theres a whole lot more to lay on the line
C Dm
A whole lot more to lay on the line
Verse 3:
Share and share alike you know I love you
But I also love the way the wild wind blows
So don't set your dreams up there above you
Where they'll fall like a row of dominoes
They'll fall like a row of dominoes
Verse 4:
They say a fool never knows what he misses
And a wise man never misses what he knows
What can I say your ten thousand kisses
Fell on me like a row of dominoes
They fell like a row of dominoes
Chorus
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PAN AMERICAN
Capo 0-2
|D |G
I have heard your stories about your fast trains
|A |D
But now I'll tell you about one all the southern folks have seen
|G
She's the beauty of the southlands listen to that whistle scream
|A |D
It's that Pan American on her way to New Or-leans.
|G
She leaves Cincinnati headin' down that Dixie line
|A
When she passes that Nashville tower you can hear that
|D
whistle whine
|G
Stick your head right out the window and feel that southern breeze
|A |D
your on that Pan American on her way to New Or-leans.
|G
If your ever in the south lands and want to see the scenes
|A |D
Just get your self a ticket on that Pan American Queen
|G
There's Louivill Nashville Montgomery the cap'tal of Ala-bam
|A |D
You pass right through then all when your New Orleans bound.
|G
She leaves Cincinnati headin' down that Dixie line
|A
When she passes that Nashville tower you can hear that
|D
whistle whine
|G
Stick your head right out the window and feel that southern breeze
|A |D
your on that Pan American on her way to New Or-leans.
Ray From Sussex England
Date: 10/17/96; 2:01:00 PM
From: "Krall, Steve" <kralls@isspos1a.daytonoh.ncr.com>
Subject: Joe Ely: Lord of the Highway
Lord Of The Highway
written by Butch Hancock
As performed by Joe Ely from the album, Lord of the Highway
Transcribed by Steve Krall (steve.krall@daytonoh.ncr.com
* Of course, you can throw a capo at the 2nd
fret and play G, C, Am, and D instead
* In the first half of the verse, I like to hammer
the 5th string, 4th fret on the A part
Lord of the Highway
Verse 1:
A D
With your fan belt slippin' and your bare tires squealin'
A E
Every time you hit the road you think you're rich.
A D
You're Lord of the Highway but the way you been drivin'
Bm E
Sends them hitch-hikers divin' for the ditch
A D
Well the law's on your trail and there's another law to lead you
A E
And yet another law to let you down
A D
And the laws of the game they're the very same that freed you
A E A
The Lord of the Highway gets around
Verse 2:
You weren't the only one who saw the dark days a commin'
And you weren't the only one who shut em out.
It was nothin like your pride; it was somethin' deep inside
That saw the Shimmer felt the Shake and heard the Shout
So lay it on thick if you lay it on at all
If you're gonna do the job, do it right
If you gotta hit the road, leave your burdens behind you
The Lord of the Highway travels light.
Verse 3:
With your air cleaner hissin' and your radiator steamin'
And the sun burnin' bugs to the glass
You're Lord of the Highway ,you're livin' you're not dreamin'
And if time really wants to, let it pass.
You'll be miles down the road when the toll bridge is burnin'
And your mirrors face foward at last.
You got what it takes to be Lord of the Highway
The Lord of the Highway travels fast.
Date: 10/16/96; 11:49:00 AM
From: "Krall, Steve" <kralls@isspos1a.daytonoh.ncr.com>
Subject: Joe Ely: Letter to Laredo
Letter to Laredo
Written and performed by Joe Ely,
appearing on his album, Letter to Laredo
Transcribed by Steve Krall (steve.krall@daytonoh.ncr.com)
Intro: HOT spanish flamenco guitar
Verse 1:
Em D
As I was riding across the Mississippi
Em D
I stopped there and I cried.
Em D G
No use for a man to keep a mighty river
G D
All damned up inside.
Verse 2:
I jumped bail from the Sweetwater County
Now I'm on the run
On my head's, a 5 number bounty
For a crime, I never done.
Chorus:
Bm
Take this Letter to Laredo
F#
To the one I love
Bm
Tell her to stay low,
F#
'neath the clouds above
G D
Her love's my only alibi
Bm G
It's for her love I lied
D A
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Verse 3:
Why did Frankie have to pull that trigger
Why did you have to hide
Sherriff thinks I was standin' with her
It's for her love I lied
Love will make a free man a prisoner
Make an honest man lie
Love can be tough love can be tender
It's my only alibi
Chorus
Break: same chords as verse
Chorus:
Bm
Take this Letter to Laredo
F#
To the one I love
Bm
Tell her to stay low,
F#
'neath the clouds above
G D
Her love's my only alibi
Bm G
It's for her love I lied
D F#
Yeah, yeeaaahhh
Repeat Bm and F# and fade out
Date: 1/21/97; 9:52:00 AM
From: "Krall, Steve" <kralls@isspos1a.daytonoh.ncr.com>
Subject: Joe Ely: Letter to L.A.
Letter to L.A.
Words and Music by Joe Ely
>From Joe Ely's Live at Liberty Lunch
or Lord of the Highway
Transcribed by Steve Krall (steve.krall@daytonoh.ncr.com)
Comments/Corrections encouraged
Intro: C F C F
Verse 1:
C F
You're afraid to lose your cover
C F
Afraid to bare your soul
C F
Like an Alfred Hitchcock lover
C F
Who slowly goes out of control
Chorus:
G F
Your love is like the city
G F
Only shines at night
G F
Your love has no pity
G F C F C F
Baby baby that's all....right
Verse 2:
Your vanity is your castle
You're like a neon sign
And the poor lost souls in your shadows
You forget, they are friends of mine.
Chorus
Verse 3:
Little Johnny Vain lost his head
While you broke a young girls heart.
And Cecil D. Demille once gave to you
The 'Cast of Millions' part.
Chorus
Date: 10/16/96; 2:13:00 PM
From: "Krall, Steve" <kralls@isspos1a.daytonoh.ncr.com>
Subject: Joe Ely: Highways and Heartaches
Highways and Heartaches
Written and performed by Joe Ely
As appearing on the album, Love and Danger
Transcribed by Steve Krall (steve.krall@daytonoh.ncr.com)
This is a pretty simple song....the verses are primarily
one chord. Listen to the album to understand what's going
on.
Highways and Heartaches
Intro: G C G
Verse 1:
G
Leaving California
G
She is on my mind
G
I left her back in Travis County
G
Crying to a clothesline
D
Steel guitar on the radio,
Cuttin' slow and mean
I brought home the bottle
She just wanted beans
Chorus
G C
Highways and heartaches
G C
Go together like you and me
G C
Do you ever think about it
G C
When the night is sad and lonely.
Verse 2:
I wonder if she's watching TV
Cryin' with soap opera stars
I wonder if she's seen it in me
Or if we've gone to far.
Look at all the lovers,
Runnin' from their past
Gassin' up just to get somewhere
But goin' nowhere fast
Chorus
Bridge:
D
Do you ever think about it
When the night is sad and lonely
Verse 3:
Runnin' away don't stop the pain
It just delays the cryin'
What's left unsaid is better swallowed
Is covered up with lyin'
Though the song is over
I can still hear the steel guitar's
And though the past is gone for good
It still helps to swallow hard.
Chorus
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 1997 12:18:32 +0100
From: perret@math.univ-mlv.fr (Perret Charles)
Subject: Re:
******************* I HAD MY HOPES UP HIGH ********************
written and performed by Joe Ely.
Capo on the 1st fret.
Verse 1:
E
Well i left my home out on the great High Plains
Headed for some new terrain
Standin' on the highway with my coffee cup
A 'wonderin' who was gonna pick me up
Chorus:
A E
I had my hopes up high,i never thought that i
B A
Would ever wonder why i ever said goodbye
B E
I had my hopes up high
Verse 2:
E
Well,the first ride i got was in a dynamite truck
The driver kept a' tellin' me his bad luck
As we swerved around the curves i began to shout
Hey-ey mister would you let me out
Chorus.
Verse 3:
E
And the next ride i got was with a man in trouble
The beard on his face was all in a stubble
Runnin' from the law he was goin' ninety-nine
I said hey-ey mister you're out of your mind
Chorus.
Verse 4:
E
Oh,the next ride i got was with a preacher man
Told me that the wicked would be buried in sand
Don't know why i did it but i lost control
Hey-ey Papa would you save my soul
Chorus.
Verse 5:
E
And i finally got a ride on a carnival train
Nearly blew away in a hurricane
I got to thinkin' 'bout that preacher down in Louisiane
Sittin' on the Delta siftin' sand
Chorus.
E B
I never thought that i
Would ever wonder why i ever said goodbye
E
I had my hopes up high
Date: 10/24/96; 8:56:00 AM
From: "Krall, Steve" <kralls@isspos1a.daytonoh.ncr.com>
Subject: Joe Ely: Whenever Kindness Fails
Whenever Kindness Fails
as performed by Joe Ely
appearing on the album, Love and Danger
originally written by Robert Earl Keen, Jr.
Transcribed by Steve Krall (steve.krall@daytonoh.ncr.com)
Whenever Kindness Fails
Capo 3rd Fret!!
Intro: D Bm D Bm
Verse 1:
D Bm
Crossed the desert in a dining car
D Bm
In the spring of '91
D Bm
Met some people drinkin' at the bar,
A
They were laughin', havin' fun
Told 'em that I hadn't heard the joke
That was so hilarious
They said that I was just a dumb cowpoke
I didn't want to make a fuss
Chorus:
G A
So I shot them down, one by one
D G
And left them 'long the rails
D
I only use my gun
A Bm
Whenever kindness fails
Verse 2:
Moon was in the sign of Scorpio
The sun was at my back
I didn't know how far the train would go
Till the law would find my track
Saw the brakeman and the engineer
Drinking wine and eating brie
I asked them who would brake and who would steer
They started pointing back at me
Chorus
Solo: Repeat chords in chorus
Verse 3:
I only have a momment to explain
Just a chance to let you know
When it's time to board that train
There are 2 ways you can go.
You can ride the wind into the sun
Feel a cool wind on your face
Or you can laugh into a loaded gun
And you'll likely lose your place
Chorus:
Yeah I shot them down, one by one
And left them 'long the rails
I only use my gun
Whenever kindness fails
I shot them down, one by one
And left them 'long the rails
When I use my gun
That lonesome whistle wails
Outro: D Bm (repeat)
Tom Ames Prayer
by Steve Earle
G
Everyone in Nacodoches
G D
Knew Tom Ames would come to a bad end
Em
'Cause the sheriff caught him
C G D G
Stealin' chickens and such by the time he was ten
One day his Daddy took a ten dollar bill
And tucked it in his hand
He said I know you're headed for trouble son
Your Momma wouldn't understand
So he took his Dad's money and his brother's old bay
He left without a word of thanks
He fell in with this crowd in some border town
And he took to robbing banks
Outside the law his luck a- run out fast
A few years came and went
'Til he's trapped in an alley in Abilene
With all but four shells spent
And he realized prayin' was the only thing
That he hadn't ever tried
Well he wasn't sure he quite knew how
But he looked up to the sky
He said you don't owe me nothin' and as far as I know Lord
I don't owe nothin' to you
I ain't askin' for a miricle Lord
Just a little bit of luck will do
You know I ain't never prayed before
'Cause it always seemed to me
That prayin's the same as beggin' Lord
I don't take no charity
but right now Lord with my back to the wall
I can't help but recall
How they nearly hung me for stealin' a horse
In Fort Smith, Arkansas
Judge Parker said guilty and the gavel came down
Just like a cannon shot
I went away quietly
I began to file a plot
They sent the preacher down to my cell
He said the Lord's your only hope
He's the only friend you're gonna have son
When you hit the end of Parker's rope
And I guess he could have kept preachin' till Christmas
but he turned his back on me
I put a homemade blade to that golden throat
Asked the deputy for the key
It ain't the first trouble I've seen before
As you already know
I've had some help from you Lord and the Devil himself's
been strictly touch and go
Yeah but who in the hell am I talkin' to
There ain't no one here but me
So he cocked both his pistols and he spit in the dirt
And he walked out into that street
Thomas Bacus tbacus@Onramp.NET
Date: 10/16/96; 11:47:00 AM
From: "Krall, Steve" <kralls@isspos1a.daytonoh.ncr.com>
Subject: Joe Ely: The Road Goes on Forever
The Road Goes on Forever
as performed by Joe Ely on the album, Love and Danger.
This is a cover of a song originally written by Robert Earl Keen.
The Road goes on Forever...
E
Sherry was a waitress at the only joint in town.
A
She had a reputation as a girl who'd been around.
E
On Main street after midnight, a brand new pack of cig's,
A
a fresh one hanging from her lips, a beer between her legs.
B
She rides down to the river, and meets with all her friends.
A E
The road goes on forever and the party never ends.
Sonny was a loner, older than the rest.
He was goin' in the Navy, but couldn't pass the test.
So he hung around town, he sold a little pot.
The law caught wind of Sonny and one day he got caught.
But he was back in business when they set him free again.
The road goes on forever and the party never ends.
Sonny's playin' eight-ball in the joint where Sherry works
when some drunken out-of-towner put his hand up Sherry's skirt.
Sonny took his pool cue, laid the drunk out on the floor.
Stuffed a dollar in her tip jar, walked out the door.
She's running right behind him, reaching for his hand.
The road goes on forever and the party never ends.
They jumped into his pickup, Sonny jammed it down in gear.
Sonny looked at Sherry, said "Let's get on out of here".
The stars were high above them, the moon was in the east.
The sun was setting on them when they reached Miami Beach.
They got a hotel by the water, a quart of Bombay Gin.
The road goes on forever and the party never ends.
They soon ran out of money but, Sonny knew a man,
who knew some Cuban refugees, who dealt in contraband.
Sonny met the Cubans in a house just off the route,
with a briefcase full of money and a pistol in his boot.
The card were on the table when the law came bustin' in.
The road goes on forever and the party never ends.
The Cubans grabbed the goodies, Sonny grabbed a jack,
broke the bathroom window and climbed on out the back.
Sherry drove the pickup through the alley on the side,
where a lawman tackled Sonny and was reading him his rights.
She stepped out in the alley with a single shot four-ten
The road goes on forever and the party never ends.
They left the lawman lying, they made their getaway.
Got back to the motel just before the break of day.
Sonny gave her all the money, he blew a little kiss.
If they ask you how this happened say I forced you into this.
She watched him as his taillights disappeared around the bend.
The road goes on forever and the party never ends.
Its main street after midnight, just like it was before,
twenty-one months later, at the local grocery store.
Sherry buys a paper and a cold six-pack of beer.
The headlines say that Sonny is going to the chair.
She pulls back onto mainstreet in her new Mercedes Benz.
The road goes on forever and the party never ends.
Date: 1/21/97; 9:52:00 AM
From: "Krall, Steve" <kralls@isspos1a.daytonoh.ncr.com>
Subject: Joe Ely: Silver City
Silver City
Words and Music by Joe Ely
>From Joe Ely's Lord of the Highway
Transcribed by Steve Krall (steve.krall@daytonoh.ncr.com)
Comments/Corrections encouraged
D G
One day I went and left my home out in the West
Bm A
Said I was headed for the Silver City
D G
All along the line I was dreaming all the time
Bm A D
Dreaming of the shining Silver City
I kissed my love goodbye, said "Honey don't you cry"
For I'm going to the Silver City
If you could read my mind you'd know that I'll be fine
Soon as I do my time in the Silver City
Two weeks and a day I slowly made my way
To the gates of the Silver City
Finally one night I saw the flaming lights
I had made it to the Silver City
I honestly believed that I would be received
With the golden key to the Silver City
But my first night on the town, bandits knocked me down
They welcomed me to the Silver City
Musta been a freak mistake I said as I did wake
In the gutter of the Silver City
With a throbbing head I begged for my bread
Half-smiling as I bled in the Silver City
Oh, how can there ever be such misery in the streets
How can it ever be in the Silver City?
But soon enough I saw how easy it was to fall
And not be seen at all in the Silver City
Got caught for a crime I done; Policeman said "Son."
"Don't you try to run in the Silver City"
He locked me in his jail. No one to go my bail.
Oh when can I sail away fron the Silver City?
Now the moon crys through the bars; my love shines in the stars
I'm glad that she is far from the Silver City
If she could read my mind she'd know that I'll be fine
Soon as I do my time in the Silver City
(Judge said five to nine in the Silver City)
Date: 10/16/96; 11:48:00 AM
From: "Krall, Steve" <kralls@isspos1a.daytonoh.ncr.com>
Subject: Joe Ely: Settle for Love
Settle for Love
Written and performed by Joe Ely,
appearing on his album, Love and Danger
Transcribed by Steve Krall (steve.krall@daytonoh.ncr.com)
Verse 1:
-----no chord---------> G G G Gsus
You say you want drama
-----no chord---------> G G G
I'll give you drama
-----no chord---------> G G G Gsus
You want muscle
-----no chord---------> G G G
I'll give you nerve
-----no chord---------> G G G Gsus
You want sugar
-----no chord---------> G G G
Would you settle for honey?
-----no chord---------> G G G D
You want romance
G
Would you settle for love?
Chorus:
G
Would you settle for love?
C G
Would you settle for love?
G
Would you settle for love,
G
Or do you need
D
All that meaningless stuff?
G
Would you settle for love?
C G
Would it be enough?
D G
Baby, would you settle for love
Verse 2
You want fire
I'll give you fever
You want kisses
I'll give you all I got
You want diamonds
Would you settle for rhinestones?
You want romance
Would you settle for love?
Chorus
Break: alternate G and C
Repeat chorus 2x