Arlo Guthrie – Coming Into Los Angeles (Guitar)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arlo_Guthrie [Intro] Am C F C E E7 [Verse 1]
Am             C           F
Coming in from London from over the pole,

C                  E  E7
flying in a big airliner

Am             C           F
Chicken flying everywhere around the plane;

C                       E  E7
could we ever feel much finer?
[Chorus]
Am          C        D
Coming into Los Angeles,

Am            C         F
bringing in a couple of keys

Am             C           D           
Don't touch my bags if you please,

       F       C   E E7
Mister customs man
[Verse 2]
Am                   C         F
There's a guy with a ticket to Mexico,

C                         E    E7
no, he couldn't look much stranger

Am             C             F
Walking in the hall with his things and all,

C                            E  E7
smiling said he was the Lone Ranger
[Chorus]
Am          C        D
Coming into Los Angeles,

Am            C         F
bringing in a couple of keys

Am             C           D           
Don't touch my bags if you please,

       F       C   E E7
Mister customs man
(solo) [Verse 3]
Am        C              F
Hip woman walking on the moving floor,

C                   E  E7
tripping on the escalator

Am                   C              F
There's a man in the line and she's blowing his mind;

C                          E    E7
thinking that he's already made her
[Chorus]
Am          C        D
Coming into Los Angeles,

Am            C         F
bringing in a couple of keys

Am             C           D           
Don't touch my bags if you please,

       F       C   E E7
Mister customs man
[Verse 4]
Am             C           F
Coming in from London from over the pole,

C                  E  E7
flying in a big airliner

Am             C           F
Chicken flying everywhere around the plane;

C                       E  E7
could we ever feel much finer?
[Chorus]
Am          C        D
Coming into Los Angeles,

Am            C         F
bringing in a couple of keys

Am             C           D           
Don't touch my bags if you please,

       F       C   
Mister customs man
* Alternates: Capo III Am = F#m F = D C = A E = C# E7 = C#7 D = B Open (These chords are not in the original key) Am = Em F = C C = G E = B E7 = B7 D = A Open (These chords are not in the original key) Am = Dm F = Bb C = F E = A E7 = A7 D = G Set8