Los Lobos – One Time One Night (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: [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 (11 measures) G (1 measure) D (4 measures) Verse 1

  C					F
A wise man was telling stories to me

 	  G				       F	C
about the places he had been to and the things that had seen

Chorus

    C					F
A quiet voice is singing something to me

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

        F	  G	    C
One time one night in America

Verse 2

  C	
A lady dressed in white with the man she loves 

					  F
Standing along the side of their pick up truck

      C			     F 
A shot rang out in the night

	  C			 F
Just when everything seemed right

	  C		     G		C
Another headline written down in America

Verse 3

    C
The guy that lived next door in three o five

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

   C		  F	   C			F
Who will ever know how much she loved them so

C		     G		C
That dark night alone in America

Chorus Verse 4

C
Four small boys playing ball in the parking lot

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

     C			   F
A car skidded into the rain

	   C			  F
Making the last little one a saint

C		       G	  C
One more light goes out in America

Verse 5

  C	
A young girl tosses a coin in the wishing well

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

	C	      F	    C			F
She gave away her life to become somebody's wife

  C		G		  C
Another wish unanswered in America

*Bridge*

G
People having so much faith

		      F			 C
Die too soon while all the rest come late

   G	
We write a song that no one sings

				F				G
On a cold black stone where a lasting peace will finally bring

Guitar Solo A (3 measures) G (1 measure) D (7 measures) G (1 measure) D (1/2 measure) G (1/2 measure) A (1 measure) D (1 measure) Verse 6

    C
The sunlight plays upon my window pane

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

   C			   F
My father said to be strong

	C			    F
That a good man could never do wrong

       C		   G	      C
In a dream I had last night in America

Verse 1 Chorus

C         F         G  
  One time one night in America

C	  F	    G
  One time one night in America

Outro: D (Until fadeout) Enjoy [email protected] Raoul Villalpando