• Song:

    Loretta

  • Artist:

    Steve Earle

  • Album:

    Townes

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)
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