Tom: C Intro: G -------|---------------|---------------|-------------|-------------3- -------|---------------|---------------|-------------|-------------0- -------|---------------|---------------|-------------|-------------0- -------|-------0-0-----|---0-0---------|-------0-0---|-------0-----0- ---0-2-|-3-2-2---------|-3---------0-2-|-3-2-2-------|-3-2-0-------2- -3-----|-----------3-3-|-------3-3-----|-----------3-|---------0-2-3- C D G From the tin rooftop the little boy did watch C D G The procession down through town C D G Through the museum where Daniel whupped the Devil C D G With them boys from the underground C D G Where the Giants of Science fight for tight control C D G Over the wildlands of New Mexico C D G C Sam Houston's ghost's in Texas fighting for his soul Am Em G D C Am And the townsfolk rest uneasy beneath the guns of Kid Colt G C D And the kid says "Hey, where's Santa Ana?" G C D He who could romance the dumb into talking G C D Take a chance with me tonight, my contessa G C D If it don't work out I ain't lame, I can walk hey --------- --------- --------- --------- ---0-2-3- -3------- C D G Now some folks think cancer's taken to the streets of this town C D G Well Sandy eats her candy and then lays her money down C D G C Them cats are in from the canyons to strut their stuff in town G C But there's only secret sinners here G C Lord, there's only secret thieves G C Only a fool would try to save D What the desert chose to leave G C D And hey there senorita G C D With your playboys in their Spanish bandanas G C D French cream won't soften those boots, baby G C D French kisses will not break your heart oh --------- --------- --------- --------- ---0-2-3- -3------- | C D | G | C D | G | C D | G | C D | G | C D | | Em | C | G | Ab | Bbm | Eb | D | D | D | D Em Bm Oh painted night set free with light Am Em Glows outside the Rainbow Saloon Bm Matching braces with a Spanish lady Am Em 'Neath a graduation moon C D No more colleges, no more coronations G Em Some punk's idea of a teenage nation Am Em Has forced Santa Ana to change his station G D4 D From soldier to cartoon C D G And the Giants of Science spend their days and nights C D G Not with wives, not with lovers, but searchin' for the lights C D G C They spotted in the desert on their helicoptor flights D D4 D Just to be lost in the dust and the night G C D G C D Hey ah my contessa, in your juke joint rags you always bring candy for the kids G C G Come waltz with me tonight senorita G C D 'Cause only fools are alone on a night like this oh --------- --------- --------- --------- ---0-2-3- -3-------