John Hiatt – Lipstick Sunset (Ukulele)

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## From: Paul Hutchinson ([email protected]) The acoustic guitar here is in dropped-D tuning (DADGBE). NB A tip for playing it - the top E string is mostly avoided apart from the motif that connects the verses, which goes something like:

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I had a go at tabbing the slide part, but I quickly realised I haven't a clue about playing slide (which doesn't help when you're trying to transcibe Ry Cooder!). Does anybody else want to try?- if it's any help, I'd be reasonably certain that it's in either open D or open E tuning. Corrections and comments welcome, as always... LIPSTICK SUNSET - John Hiatt ---------------------------- D

          G        D      A         G
There's a lipstick sunset smeared across the August sky

          A               D            Bm
There's a bitter sweet perfume hanging in the fields

    A
The creek is running high

      G              D      F#                Bm          E
And I left my love a-waiting  in the dawn somewhere to wonder why

                  D       D/F#      G
By the end of the day all her sweet dreams would fade

     A        D        G  A  D
To a lipstick sunset

And the radio was playing and that old summer heat was on the rise I just had to get away before some sad old song Brought tears to my eyes And Lord I couldn't tell her that her love was only killing me By the end of the day all her sweet dreams would fade To a lipstick sunset <Slide solo> Well it's pretty as a picture, red and blushing, just before the night Maybe love's like that for me, Maybe I can only see as you take away the light But hold me in the darkness - we can dream about the cool twilight Til the dawning of the day when I make my getaway To a lipstick sunset

G                        D             D/F#    G
 There will come another day, and I'll make my getaway

     A        D
To a lipstick sunset

<Repeat last 2 lines> <Slide solo> ----- Chords used: D 000232, G 550033, A x02220, Bm x24432, F# 4x432x, E 222100, D/F# 40023x