Sonora
(Steve Cash & John Dillon)
Archive Alive!, 1997
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Chords, Guitar Tablature & Lyrics
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I think that there are two electric guitars in this one. I'm going to show you two options for the chords and a couple of tips - you can take it from there. Be sure to visit my tab page in order to understand how I write tablature on the web.
Click here if you want only the lyrics.
THE CHORDS:
F C G G
(INTRO)
G C7 G G
I was runnin' through Sonora lookin' for a place to hide
G C7 G G
I robbed a bank in Chihuahua they told me that the teller died
G C7 F G
Now I'm drinking cheap tequila with a black-jack dealer, a big-eyed chaquita at my side
G F C G
Lord tell me, how long can a man go wrong when a home is all he's tryin' to find
F C G
G C7 G G
I was ridin' through the dessert, looking for an Indian guide
G C7 G G
I was searchin' for peyote and a wise man who never had lied
G C7 F G
Then the dirty federales chased me clean to Nogales tell me, where does the secret lie
G F C G
Lord tell me, how long can a man go wrong when a home is all he's tryin' to find
G F C
Lord tell me, how long,
G F C
Lord tell me, how long,
G F C G
Lord tell me how long can a man go wrong when a home is all he's tryin' to find
F G F
G F G
F C G
F C G
(GUITAR SOLO)
(play this part a bunch of times)
F G G
(END OF SOLO)
G C7 G G
I was hidin' in a station, waitin' on a train to ride
G C7 G G
I saw my face on a poster, it said I'm wanted Dead Or Alive
G C7 F G
So now I'm back in Sonora with a half-breed whore and it seems like I'm at the end of the line
G F C G
Lord tell me, how long can a man go wrong when a home is all he's tryin' to find
G F C
Lord tell me, how long,
G F C
Lord tell me, how long,
G F C G
Lord tell me how long can a man go wrong when a home is all he's tryin' to find
F C G
F C G
F C G (no chord)
F C G
THE TAB:
F
1 -|| ---1---------------------------1
2 -|| ---1---------------------------1
3 -|| ---1-----2---------------------2
4 -|| ---1---------4-----------------3
5 -|| ---1---------3-----------------3
6 -|| ---1---------------------------1
C
1 -|| ----------------1-----------------3
2 -|| ----------------1---------3-------5
3 -|| ----------------1---------3-------5
4 -|| ----------------1---------3-------5
5 -|| ----------------1-----------------3
6 -|| ----------------1-----------------3
G
1 -|| ----------------1----------------3
2 -|| ----------------1----------------3
3 -|| ----------------1-----2----------4
4 -|| ----------------1---------4------5
5 -|| ----------------1---------3------5
6 -|| ----------------1----------------3
C7
1 -|| ----------------1-----------------3
2 -|| ----------------1---------3-------5
3 -|| ----------------1-----------------3
4 -|| ----------------1---------3-------5
5 -|| ----------------1-----------------3
6 -|| ----------------1-----------------3
The following chords may be substituted for the above:
F
1 -|| ---1---------------------------1
2 -|| ---1---------------------------1
3 -|| ---------2---------------------2
4 -|| -------------3-----------------3
5 -|| -------------------------------
6 -|| -------------------------------
C
1 -|| --------0-----------------------0
2 -|| --------1-----------------------1
3 -|| --------0-----------------------0
4 -|| ---------------2----------------2
5 -|| -----------------------3--------3
6 -|| ---------------------------------
G
1 -|| -----------------------4--------3
2 -|| --------0-----------------------0
3 -|| --------0-----------------------0
4 -|| --------0-----------------------0
5 -|| ---------------2----------------2
6 -|| -----------------------3--------3
C7
1 -|| --------0-----------------------0
2 -|| --------1-----------------------1
3 -|| -----------------------4--------3
4 -|| ---------------2----------------2
5 -|| -----------------------3--------3
6 -|| ---------------------------------
TIPS:
Most of the song
Each chord symbol represents four beats (most of the time). Try different strumming patterns.
Intro
F C G G
The F and C chords get two beats while the two G chords get four beats apiece. In several other parts of the songs, including the guitar solo, you will also see this pattern - two beats for F and C.
One of the electric guitars plays the following two chords when some of the verse lines end with two G chords in a row.
G
1 -|| ----------------1-----------------10
2 -|| ----------------1---------3-------12
3 -|| ----------------1---------3-------12
4 -|| ----------------1---------3-------12
5 -|| ----------------1-----------------10
6 -|| ----------------1-----------------10
Gsus4
1 -|| ----------------1-----------------10
2 -|| ----------------1------------4----13
3 -|| ----------------1---------3-------12
4 -|| ----------------1---------3-------12
5 -|| ----------------1-----------------10
6 -|| ----------------1-----------------10
I hope you enjoyed playing this piece.
Remember, that by learning this song, you are helping to preserve the music of the Ozark Mountain Daredevils!
Thanks for stopping by - steve
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Lyrics are copyright 1972?, Steve Cash & John
Dillon
chords & music interpreted by steven
hull
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Created 14 February 1998
Updated 14 February 1998
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