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From: rmvillal@nyx.cs.du.edu (Raoul Villalpando)
Subject: CRD: One Time, One Night (Los Lobos)
One Time, One Night from the Album By the Light of the Moon.
Intro: D (11 measures)
G (1 measure)
D (4 measures)
Verse 1
D G
A wise man was telling stories to me
A G D
about the places he had been to and the things that had seen
Chorus
D G
A quiet voice is singing something to me
A G D
An age old song 'bout the brave in this land here of the free,
G A D
One time one night in America
Verse 2
D
A lady dressed in white with the man she loves
G
Standing along the side of their pick up truck
D G
A shot rang out in the night
D G
Just when everything seemed right
D A D
Another headline written down in America
Verse 3
D
The guy that lived next door in three o five
G
took the kids to the park and disappeared 'bout half past nine
D G D G
Who will ever know how much she loved them so
D A D
That dark night alone in America
Chorus
Verse 4
D
Four small boys playing ball in the parking lot
G
A preacher, a teacher, and the other became a cop
D G
A car skidded into the rain
D G
Making the last little one a saint
D A D
One more light goes out in America
Verse 5
D
A young girl tosses a coin in the wishing well
G
She hopes for a heaven while for her there's just this hell
D G D G
She gave away her life to become somebody's wife
D A D
Another wish unanswered in America
*Bridge*
A
People having so much faith
G D
Die too soon while all the rest come late
A
We write a song that no one sings
G A
On a cold black stone where a lasting peace will finally bring
Guitar Solo
A (3 measures)
G (1 measure)
D (7 measures)
G (1 measure)
D (1/2 measure)
G (1/2 measure)
A (1 measure)
D (1 measure)
Verse 6
D
The sunlight plays upon my window pane
G
I wake up to a world that's still the same
D G
My father said to be strong
D G
That a good man could never do wrong
D A D
In a dream I had last night in America
Verse 1
Chorus
D G A
One time one night in America
D G A
One time one night in America
Outro: D (Until fadeout)
Enjoy rmvillal@nyx.cs.du.edu
Raoul Villalpando
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dylan Average |
#1 by dylan pesino at Nov 7, 1976 at 12:22 PM EST |
| Great music and vocals, with some very sad lyrics. My favorite song by Los Lobos, to me it means that there are terrible things that happen in America as well as anywhere else, but if you live a good life you can still get through it. | |