Steve Earle - Loretta (by Townes Van Zandt) Intro (LH muting) ||G | | | ||x2 (here we go) Verse 1 G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) GOh (320003@1)Loretta she's a barroom girl wears them sevens on her sleeve C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) GDances (320003@1)like a diamond shines tells me lies I love to believe D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) GHer (320003@1)age is always 22 her laughing eyes a hazel hue C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) GSpends (320003@1)my money like water falls loves me like I want her to Int D (xx0232@1) | |C |C G (320003@1)| | || Verse 2 G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) GOh, (320003@1)Loretta, won't you say to me, darling put your guitar on C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) GHave (320003@1)a little shot of booze play a blue and a wailing song D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) GMy (320003@1)guitar rings a melody my guitar sings, Loretta's fine C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) GLong (320003@1)and lazy, blonde and free and I can have her any time Int ||D | |C |C G (320003@1)||x2 G (320003@1) | | | || Verse 3 G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) GSweetest (320003@1)at the break of day prettiest in the setting sun C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) GShe (320003@1)don't cry when I can't stay 'least not till she's all alone D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) GLoretta, (320003@1)I won't be gone long keep your dancing slippers on C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) GKeep (320003@1)me on your mind a while, comin' home, I'm comin' home Int D (xx0232@1) | |C |C G (320003@1)|G | | | || (Comin' home) Verse 4 G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) GOh (320003@1)Loretta she's a barroom girl wears them sevens on her sleeve C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) GDances (320003@1)like a diamond shines tells me lies I love to believe D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) GHer (320003@1)age is always 22 her laughing eyes a hazel hue C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) GSpends (320003@1)my money like water falls loves me like I want her to Int ||D | |C |C G (320003@1)||x5 and fade (I'm comin' home)