Los Lobos – One Time One Night (Guitar)

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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: [email protected] (Raoul Villalpando) Subject: CRD: One Time, One Night (Los Lobos) One Time, One Night from the Album By the Light of the Moon. [Intro] D D D D D D D D A A A G D D D D [Pre-Chorus]
  D                               G
A wise man was telling stories to me

          A                             G               D
about the places he had been to and the things that had seen
[Chorus]
    D                                 G
A quiet voice is singing something to me

   A                                                G                D
An age old song 'bout the home of the brave in this land here of the free,

    G        A             D
One time one night in America 
[Verse 1]
  D     
A lady dressed in white with the man she loves 

                                         G
Standing along the side of their pick up truck

  D                    G 
A shot rang out in the night

          D                 G
Just when everything seemed right

        D                A            D
Another headline written down in America
[Verse 2]
    D
The guy that lived next door in three o five

                                                          G
took the kids to the park and disappeared 'bout half past nine 

D             G        D                   G
Who will ever know how much she loved them so

D                A            D
That dark night alone in America
[Chorus]
    D                                 G
A quiet voice is singing something to me

   A                                    G                D
An age old song 'bout the brave in this land here of the free,

    G        A             D
One time one night in America 
[Verse 3]
D
Four small boys playing ball in the parking lot

                                              G
A preacher, a teacher, and the other became a cop

  D                    G
A car skidded into the rain

           D                 G
Making the last little one a saint

D                   A           D
One more light goes out in America 
[Verse 4]
  D     
A young girl tosses a coin in the wishing well

                                                       G
She hopes for a heaven while for her there's just this hell

    D             G         D               G
She gave away her life to become somebody's wife

 D             A                D
Another wish unanswered in America
[Bridge]
A
People having so much faith

                   G                 D
Die too soon while all the rest come late

   A    
We write a song that no one sings

                              G                          A
On a cold black stone where a lasting peace will finally bring
[Solo] A A G D D D D D D D G A A G D A D D [Verse 5]
    D
The sunlight plays upon my window pane

                                      G
I wake up to a world that's still the same

   D                 G
My father said to be strong

       D                       G
That a good man could never do wrong

     D                A             D
In a dream I had last night in America
[Pre-Chorus]
  D                               G
A wise man was telling stories to me

          A                             G               D
about the places he had been to and the things that had seen
[Chorus]
    D                                 G
A quiet voice is singing something to me

   A                                    G                D
An age old song 'bout the brave in this land here of the free,

    G        A             D
One time one night in America 

D         G         A  
  One time one night in America

D         G         A
  One time one night in America 
[Outro] D (Until fadeout) Enjoy [email protected] Raoul Villalpando