Safe Side

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 From: "Kean, John"  
  
   
 Subject: CRD: Safe Side - James McMurtry 
 Date: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 09:29:23 +1300 
  
 Safe Side  - James McMurtry 
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 >From "Candyland" 
  
 Transcribed by John Kean. 
  
 Open-D tuning (DADF#AD). 
  
  
 INTRO: (strum) 
     D                                                               G/A 
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 ||*-0--0----------7-|--7---7---5---0---|-0---0---------7-|--7---7---5-------| 
 ||--0--0-------0----|--0---0---0---0---|-0---0-------0---|--0---0---0-------| 
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   D                                                           G   A 
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 |-------0-------7-|-h8---7---5---0---|-------0---7h8-7-|-h8---5---7------*|| 
 |-0--0----------7-|--7---7---5---0---|-0---0-----7-7-7-|--7---5---7------*|| 
 |-0--0-------0----|--0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0---|--0---5---7-------|| 
 |-0----------0----|------------------|-0-------0-------|------5---7-------|| 
  
  
 VERSE 1: 
 D                D6sus4 
  Down in Piedras Negras 
 D                    D6sus4 
  You gotta watch yourself 
 D                             D6sus4 
  There's a whole lotta hungry people 
 D                      D6sus4 
  Looking to share some wealth 
 D                         D6sus4 
  And when the oil field's busted 
 D                     D6sus4 
  And the peso takes a dive 
 D             D6sus4 
  Stay off the side streets 
 D                    D6sus4 
  If you want to come back alive 
  
  
 CHORUS 1: 
 A11/E 
  Yo no busco nada 
 A11/E 
  I'm just standing here 
 A11/E 
  Minding my own business 
 A11/E 
  Gonna get back out of here 
 D (intro riff) 
  Back to the safe side 
  
  
 VERSE 2: 
  At the base of the bar stool 
  There's a drain in the floor 
  You better not go in there 
  If you don't know what that's for 
  It's no place to take a lady 
  She'll get the evil eye 
  Sizing up their prospects 
  Sharpening up their knives 
  
  
 CHORUS 2: 
  No me gusta nada 
  Yo no quiero ver 
  Once I get across this river 
  I'm never gonna go back there 
  I'm staying on the safe side 
  Staying on the safe side 
  
  
 SOLO: (chords as for chorus) 
  
  
 CHORUS 3: 
  Yo no fumo mota 
  No lo quiero ver 
  Once I get across this river 
  I'm never gonna go back there 
  
  
 VERSE 3: 
  Up in San Antonio 
  All the pretty people know 
  They better stay off the west side 
  Where the black tar flows 
  So they hide in sheltered enclaves 
  Up around Olmos Park 
  They've got their own policemen 
  So they can stay out after dark 
  Back down in Piedras Negras 
  The children play with dirt 
  We keep our pistols loaded 
  So we don't get hurt 
  
  
 CHORUS 4: (repeat and fade) 
  No importa a nadie 
  It's always been that way 
  It's never gonna get no different 
  Long as we've got our say 
  We stay on the safe side 
  
  
 CHORDS: 
 D       000000 
 G/A     x0555x 
 G       5555xx 
 A       7777xx 
 D6sus4  020100 
 A11/E   202100 
  
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  John Kean 
  keanj@agresearch.cri.nz 
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