Derby Day
Jerry Jeff Walker
I call it an "C/A" because I dont know what it really is, but this is what I mean by it:
C/A
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D--1---
G---2---
D--0---
A---3---
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When you switch from C to C/A, you can hammer your second finger
Intro:
C C/A C C/A C C/B Am G F G C
VERSE 1
C C/A C C/A
Oh Ya Well Suzanne you are a jewel, 'bout the rarest I've ever seen
C C/B Am G F G C
And I wish I could polish off all the edges of my craziest dreams
C C/A C C/A
But you know the way I am, there's nothing you can do
C C/B Am G F G C
'Cause anything you dont want me to do, I said go ahead and tell me to
CHORUS
F G C
Yeah it must have been one hell of a starry night
F G C C/B Am G
Yeah the moon was so bright, guess it must have knocked out all of your lights
F G C
Guess that's the night that you fell for the silvery light
VERSE 2
C C/A C C/A
Yeah will everything you do is backwards, you know it ain't a lie
You love, I love, you love I, you know ya know I love your beautiful eyes
C C/A C C/A
Well, I cant pay you back. No, cant make it up in a song
Guess I'm here just tryin' to tell you that I missed you so while you were gone
CHORUS
VERSE 3
C C/A C C/A
Well, you always picked the winner, in every derby race
C C/B Am G F G C
I guess you just picked on me for a little bit of change-of-pace
C C/A C C/A
So go on shake your hair let it loose, run 'till you pass the wind
C C/B Am G F G C
I'll be running right in front of you just tryin' to make yourself win
CHORUS
C C/A C C/A
Suzanne you are a jewel, 'bout the rarest I've ever seen
C C/B Am G F G C
I wish I could polish off all the edges of my craziest dreams
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