Tonalidad: D minor•
Verse 1
Dm
C
One more drink 'fore he split town,
F
Pulled up in a rose pink cadillac
Gm
Dm
He was singin' with the top
C
down girl from the north,
F
Bb
Dylan and Johnny Cash
Dm
He won the car on a card game
C
listenin' to The Boss,
F
Gm
Bb
He keeps his clothes in a gunney sack
F
She said, "Tell you what sailor,
Bb
if you take me outta here,
C
Dm
I'll do anything that you ask,
F
'Cause I don't wanna die
Bb
like the people down here
C
But I feel that I'm fading fast."
Interlude 1
F
Verse 2
C
Dm
He looked over to her chestnut hair,
F
Bb
He said "I don't believe in love."
C
But he knew good and well she
Dm
was the only girl there,
F
So he figured it was close enough
Bb
Verse 3
Dm
And they hopped in the car,
C
rolled the windows down far,
F
And they headed through the
Gm
desert plains
Dm
And she didn't even mind when they
C
crossed the state line
F
Bb
And the sky opened up with rain
Dm
And they went three states 'fore they
C
even spoke a word,
F
Bb
He leaned over just to ask her name
F
Bb
She said, "Take me to the 61 highway,
sailor,
C
Dm
And you can call me Queen Jane,
F
'Cause the only thing I
Bb
stole from the town
C
Was a crown that I took from
Interlude 2
a beauty queen."
F
Verse 4
C
An d he looked over to her
Dm
deep green eyes,
F
Bb
Knew that she was just as cold as him
C
So he went to the trunk,
Dm
grabbed the pis tol from inside,
F
And told Janey of his plan
Bb
Verse 5
Dm
And they went to the store she
C
put the gas in the car,
F
He came out running with a case of beer
Gm
Dm
And he jumped in the back
C
with the money in the sack
F
Bb
And Janey she took the wheel
Dm
And they ran off in a blaze in a
C
sweet summer haze,
F
Gm
Bb
To the bullets of the cashier
F
"You keep your head down sailor
Bb
'cause I might need ya' later,
C
Dm
just holler if you can hear,
F
'Cause I'm gonna need a man,
Bb
Not a farmer girl tan and a
C
ca dillac souvenir."
F
Verse 6
C
And they camped out by the
Dm
railroad bridge,
F
Bb
And they made love all night,
C
Watched the sun come up
Dm
over Mercury Ridge,
F
From a hilltop outta sight.
Verse 7
Dm
They hit five more banks
C
and their small-town safes
safes
F
And they knew that they could
Gm
get out fast
Dm
Had the time of their life but they
C
had to have a talk,
F
'cause they knew that it
Bb
couldn't last
Dm
They made friends with the man
C
at the Mexico border,
F
Bb
And they left him with a bag of cash
F
She said, "I tell you what, sailor,
Bb
I don't care about that paper
C
Dm
But I'm happy that we passed,
F
'Cause I'm feeling pretty tired
Bb
And I'm carrying a child and we
C
both need a rest."
F
Verse 8
C
Dm
And they settled down to a house near the water,
F
Bb
Where they would live to be old and gray
C
Dm
And many years later and the kids are all older,
F
And they tell 'em 'bout the good ole' days.
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