Arizona (1969)    (video)

 

    A - A7

 

      A

1. She must belong to San Francisco, she must have lost her way,

      D                                                         A

    postin’ a poster of Poncho and Cisco one California day.

             D

    She said she believes in Robin Hood and brotherhood

 

    and colours of green and grey,

           F

    and all you can do is laugh at her

                  E

    doesn't anybody know how to pray ?

 

D        G      A                                  D

    Arizona, take off your rainbow shades,

D       G        A                                     D

    Arizona, have another look at the world, my my !

D       G       A                             D

    Arizona, cut off your Indian braids,

D        G      - A                               D

    Arizona,        hey, won't you go my way !

 

             D7

    Mm, strip off your pride

               G                                        D

    you're acting like a teeny-bopper run away child,

               D7                                       G                          - A

    and scrape off the paint from the face of a little town        saint.

 

D       G       A                               D

    Arizona, take off your hobo shoes,

D        G      - A                               D

    Arizona,        hey, won't you go my way !

 

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      A

2. Follow me up to San Francisco, I will be guide your way,

     D                                                  A

    I'll be the Count of Monte Cristo, you'll be the Countess May,

 

 

 

 

 

             D

    and you can believe in Robin Hood and brotherhood,

 

    and rolling the ball in the hay.

           F

    And I will be reading you an Aesop's fable,

     E

    anything to make you stay.

 

D        G      A                                  D

    Arizona, take off your rainbow shades,

D       G        A                                     D

    Arizona, have another look at the world, my my !

D       G       A                             D

    Arizona, cut off your Indian braids,

D        G      - A                               D

    Arizona,        hey, won't you go my way !

 

             - D       G      A                               D

    Hey,       Arizona, take off your hobo shoes,

D       G       A                                      D

    Arizona, have another look at the world, my my !

D        G      A                            D

    Arizona, get off your 8-ball blues,

D        G      - A                               D

    Arizona,         hey, won'tcha go my way, come on, hey !

D        G      A                                  D

    Arizona, take off your rainbow shades .....

 

(orig. = capo 1st)    (Mark Lindsay)