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From: "Skel"
Date: Mon, 5 Feb 1996 16:31:43 MST7MDT
Subject: CHRD: Santa Fe by Jon Bon Jovi
SANTA FE
Written and performed by Jon Bon Jovi
Transcribed by L. Skelton---2/5/96
From the Blaze of Glory CD Track 5
*** To play along with the CD you will
need to tune down 1/2 step.
All of the chords are
just basic chords.
Intro:
G D Em
Am C D
G D Em
They say that no man is an island.
Am C D
And good things come to those who wait.
G D Em
But things I hear are there just to remind me.
C D Em
Every dog will have his day.
G D Em
The spirits, they intoxicate me.
Am C D
I watched them infiltrate my soul.
G D G D Am Em
They tried to say its too late for me.
C D Em
Tell my guns I'm coming home.
C D G
I swear I'm gonna live forever.
C D Em
Tell my maker he can wait.
C D G D Am Em
I'm riding somewhere south of heaven.
C D Em
Heading back to Santa Fe.
C D Em
Its Judgement Day in Santa Fe.
G D Em
Once I was promised absoulution.
Am C D
There's only one solution for my sins.
G D Em
You gotta face your ghosts and know with no illusions
C D Em
That only one of you is going home again.
G D Em
And I blame this world for making a good man evil.
Am C D
And its this world that can drive a good man mad.
G D G D Am Em
And its this world that turns a killer into a hero.
C D Em
Well I blame this world for making a good man bad.
C D G
Now I ain't gettin into heaven.
C D Em
If the devil has his way.
C D G D Am Em
I swear I'm gonna live forever.
C D Em
Heading back to Santa Fe.
C D G
Got debts to pay in Santa Fe.
C D Em
Its judgement day in Santa Fe.
*Lord have mercy*
Solo:
G D Em Am C D
G D Em C D Em
C D
So I save a prayer when I need it most
G Em
To the Father, Son and the Holy Ghost.
C D Em
And sign it from a sinner with no name.
C D
When I meet my maker will he close the book
G Em
On the hearts I broke and the lives I took?
C D Em
Will he walk away 'cause my soul's too late to save?
C D G Em
Now I ain't gettin' into heaven.
C D Em
If the devil has his way.
C D G D Am Em
I swear I'm gonna live forever.
C D Em
Heading back to Santa Fe.
C D G
I got debts to pay in Santa Fe.
C D Em
Its judgement day in Santa Fe.
Ending:
Same as Solo.
I finally got around to sending one in.
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