Hot Afternoon (Arizona Desert) chords by 
Bobby Bare 
N/A
Key: A major•
Intro 1
A
Verse 1
A
Arizona Desert, three in the afternoon
No place for me to be,
twenty- eighth day of June
I see lizards crawling,
some things that are not there
Am
Sun is shining so damn hot. Lord,
I can't breathe this air
A
I'm on my
Verse 2
D
way from L.A., and
back to Tennessee
A
I'm stranded in the desert,
feels like the devil's got me
Am
F
Em
Con vertible is slowing down,
F
Em
looks like a Ca dillac
F
Em
A redhead is driv ing,
D
a blonde is sleeping in the back
A
A blonde's sleeping in
the back
Verse 3
A
(Arizona desert,
three in the afternoon)
Verse 4
She throws me the keys,
I put my guitar in the trunk
Would you like to drive? She said,
"I'm about half drunk"
D
A
She handed me a can of beer,
so cold it hurt my hand
D
A
Oas is in the desert, Lord,
I've found the promised land
Verse 5
D
So I struck out down the highway
with my big foot on the gas
A
My prayers have all been answered,
Am
now my bad luck's in the past
F
Em
Looking at that redhead,
F
Em
I can see she ain't no slouch
F
Em
And that blonde in the back seat,
D
come on now and shut my mouth
Come on now and shut
my mouth
A
D
A
Verse 6
Right down this hot rock silence,
Am
after a while
A
That's when I first noticed that
redhead's wicked smile
D
A
Why don't you pull off the road,
son? We'll find us a shade
Maybe when that scorching sun goes down,
better time can be made
Verse 7
D
Well that's how I spend the afternoon,
28th day of June
A
You can bet that's not one
I'll be forgetting soon
Am
F
Em
By the time the sun went down,
F
Em
me and the red head wrote a book
F
Em
When I looked around, Lord,
D
the blonde was waking up
Hey, the blonde was waking
A
up
(Arizona desert, three in the afternoon) oh
Verse 8
(Arizona desert,
A
three in the afternoon) oh my God
(Arizona desert,
D
A
three in the afternoon)
(Arizona desert,
three in the afternoon)
(Arizona desert,
Outro 1
three in the afternoon)
A
D
A
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ChordsA Am D F Em
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Capo: 2
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