WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Dan Fogelberg - Tucson Arizona Ukulele | Ver. 1
INTRO: Am E Am E
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Tucson, Arizona
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Rising in the heat like a mirage
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Tony keeps his Chevy
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Like a virgin, locked in his garage
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He brings it out at midnight
Dm Am G
And cruises down the empty boulevards
C G
And he prowls the darkened alleys
Dm Am G E
That snake between the city's thirsty yards
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The lonely desert skies reflect the anger in his eyes, and it is dawn
INTERLUDE: E Am E
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His father died of drinking
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And left five children, sinking with his mom
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His older brother, Bobby
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Never made it back from Vietnam
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With high school well behind him
Dm Am G
He lives at home and works this sh*tty job
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And he thinks his '60 Chevy
Dm Am G E
Is the only true amigo that he's got
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His heart is filled with sadness and his soul is like some ugly vacant lot
INTERLUDE: E Am E
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Mary Estelle Hanna
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Came out from Louisiana for the sun
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A deal gone bad in Dallas
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Left her burned and broke and on the run
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To make the rent and groceries
Dm Am G
She takes this job at 3.15 an hour
C G
Serving shots of whiskey
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And tequila in some smoky red-neck bar
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And she dreams some day she'll make her way to L.A. and become a movie star
INTERLUDE: E Am E
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Tony saw her working
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He swallowed hard and asked her for a date
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Mary laughed and answered,
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"I would, but every night I'm working late"
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He said he had some cocaine
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That she could have if she'd just ride along
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She said, "What the hell, I may as well
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I haven't had no fun in so damn long"
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He picked her up at closing time
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They pulled out on the road and they were gone
INTERLUDE: E Am E Am E Am E
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Tony's mom got frantic
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When she found her son had not come home
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Mary's roommate panicked
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And called the sheriff from a public phone
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They asked her lots of questions
Dm Am G
She tried her best to tell them what she saw
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And late that night they found poor Mary
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Lying in some narrow, dusty draw
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The coroner reported, that she hadn't been deceased for very long
INTERLUDE: E Am E
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Two weeks on they found it
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Buried to the windshield in the sand
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There inside lay Tony
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With a small revolver in his hand
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The papers simply stated
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It must have been the drugs that drove him mad
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The neighbours speculated
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What could make a good boy go so bad
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Well, it might have been the desert heat
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It might have been the home he never had
OUTRO: Em F Em F E F E Am E Am E Am