Al Stewart – Electric Los Angeles Sunset (Guitar)

Capo 5
Key
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Chords

Intro: Am G Em(7) G
Am                               G
Shots split the night, a bullet lodged in his brain

   E7                            F   G   Am
He must have died instantly, he felt no pain

                                 G
A crowd quickly gathered to the feast of the gun

E7                            F    G   Am
Waiting for the ambulance and cops to come

F          C            G    E7                   Am
Hm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm  Sirens wail in the concrete

F           C           G
Hm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm

E7                   Am          Am/G        Am/F#   F   E7sus4 E7
Electric Los Angeles sunset, the sunset, the sunset, oh-o-oh

Am                               G
Headlight lit the faces by the tabernacle door

   E7                              F   G   Am
Gazing at the bloodstains on the damp sidewalk

          Am                  G
As the crowd turned to go, a man was heard to say

     E7                            F G Am
"He must have had it comin' to him anyway"

F           C           G    E7                             Am
Hm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm  Blood wagon rolls through the dragnet

F           C           G
Hm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm

E7                   Am          Am/G        Am/F#   F   E7sus4 E7
Electric Los Angeles sunset, the sunset, the sunset, oh-o-oh

Fmaj7                      Cmaj7
Cadillacs roll through the smoggy perfume

    Fmaj7                     Cmaj7
The buildings are choking on oxygen fumes

Fmaj7                     Cmaj7                 Esus4  E
Evangelists praying in rented rooms, in the afternoon

Am       G          F           Am
   Which way do the signposts read

         G           F              Am
African eyes in the sunrise

                  G        F       Am       F         E7
The gates of the city are rusted over and mouldering

      Am                       G
The violence of the evening decays into the night

        E7                                  F G   Am
While shadows press like moths against the neon light

Am                               G
Movie queues diffuse into the Cinerama haze

        E7                            F     G   Am
While libertines read pornozines in street cafes

F           C           G    E7                        Am
Hm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm  The madman swings in the pulpit

F           C           G
Hm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm

E7                   Am          Am/G        Am/F#   F   E7sus4 E7
Electric Los Angeles sunset, the sunset, the sunset, oh-o-oh
Am G Em7 G Am