Hot Afternoon (Arizona Desert) chords by Bobby Bare

SimplifiedG · Gm · C · Eb · Dm

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Intro 1

Verse 1
G 
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
Gm 
Sun is shining so damn hot. Lord,
I can't breathe this air
G 
I'm on my

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Verse 2
C 
way from L.A., and
back to Tennessee
G 
I'm stranded in the desert,
feels like the devil's got me
Gm 
Eb 
Dm 
Convertible is slowing down,
Eb 
Dm 
looks like a Cadillac
Eb 
Dm 
A redhead is driving,
C 
a blonde is sleeping in the back
G 
A blonde's sleeping in
the back

Verse 3

(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"
C 
G 
She handed me a can of beer,
so cold it hurt my hand
C 
G 
Oasis in the desert, Lord,
I've found the promised land

Verse 5
C 
So I struck out down the highway
with my big foot on the gas
G 
My prayers have all been answered,
Gm 
now my bad luck's in the past
Eb 
Dm 
Looking at that redhead,
Eb 
Dm 
I can see she ain't no slouch
Eb 
Dm 
And that blonde in the backseat,
C 
come on now and shut my mouth
Come on now and shut
my mouth
G 
C 
G 

Verse 6
Right down this hot rock silence,
Gm 
after a while
G 
That's when I first noticed that
redhead's wicked smile
C 
G 
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
C 
Well that's how I spend the afternoon,
28th day of June
G 
You can bet that's not one
I'll be forgetting soon
Gm 
Eb 
Dm 
By the time the sun went down,
Eb 
Dm 
me and the redhead wrote a book
Eb 
Dm 
When I looked around, Lord,
C 
the blonde was waking up
Hey, the blonde was waking
G 
up
(Arizona desert, three in the afternoon) oh

Verse 8
(Arizona desert,
G 
three in the afternoon) oh my God
(Arizona desert,
C 
G 
three in the afternoon)
(Arizona desert,
three in the afternoon)
(Arizona desert,