Misc Originals – Audra Brown - South Of Santa Fe (Guitar)
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"South of Santa Fe"
based on the recording by Brooks & Dunn
modified arrangement by and for Audra Brown (v1.0; authored: 07162025; updated: 07162025)
[Intro]
Bm Bm A G F#m7
Bm A G G F#7
[Verse 1]
Bm Where the rain don't fall and the grass don't grow A G The only part of New Mexico Bm I drifted into town one day A G Stumbled in on a lost cafe G The shades were pulled and the door was locked A F# 7 Something made me knock Bm Time stood still when she opened the door [VII] A G I didn't know where I was anymore Bm And we were lost in each others eyes A G Where loneliness meets paradise G F# Something in my heart broke free F#7 A F# F#7 F#7 Blowing wild as a tumble weed
[Chorus]
G/D Bm Somewhere north of Heaven A G Where eagles fear to fly Bm The sun burns hot as the Devil's gaze A F# And desert meets the sky D G A Bm Tattooed on my memory is the image of an angels face Bm A F# F#7 Bm North of Heaven, south of Santa Fe
[turnaround]
Bm Bm A G F#m7
Bm Bm A G F#7 F# F# F#7 F#7 (F#7 ) (F#7 ) Bm
[Verse 2]
Bm Bad news tends to travel fast Bm A G And I was running from my past Bm I left her when the morning broke Bm A G The truth is I never let her go G F# Now I'm still running free F#7 A F# F#7 F#7 But in my heart I'll always be
[Chorus]
G/D Bm Somewhere north of Heaven A G Where eagles fear to fly Bm The sun burns hot as the Devil's gaze A F# And desert meets the sky D G A Bm Tattooed on my memory is the image of an angels face Bm A F# F#7 Bm North of Heaven, south of Santa Fe
Bm Bm A G F#7 Bm;
[end]
[VERSION/ARRANGEMENT NOTES: While a simpler chord set works, I kept hearing more chords that could be and now,
having chased those pesky little nuances for a few hours, this is an arrangement that satisfies my ears
and my fingers and matches my preferred vocals more closely. Enjoy--or not. IDK.]
[NOTATION NOTES: F#7 is the 2nd fret, full bar chord, but with the 4th finger off the B-string.
It's an in-between chord that I have found to be very useful.
A chord led by a hat, (i.e. A) specifies an up-strum for the first hit when changing to that chord.
Lasty, I used an idiosyncratic (as far as I know) fret movement notation to indicate/specify
fretboard movement/momentum directions and specific chord forms/positions.
For example, Bm is the common barred Am form that indexes off the II (2nd) fret.
Similarly, Bm is the F-form (or barred open E) variant that indexes off the VII (7th) fret.
When changing between variants of the same chord, I can use just the [fNUMERAL] alone
for a position/form change sans an actual change of chord.]