Ricky Nelson – One Night Stand (Guitar)

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One Night Stand:Ricky Nelson. #89 on BB Hot Country on MCA Records in 1974. INTRO: G F C #1.
G
Heard the call and I packed it all and 

    F            C
I'm on the road again.

   G                             F
If you can help to ease my load, I will 

        C
be your friend.

G       Am
But the morning brings the sunlight and 

    Em                 Bb
the sunlight brings my train.

F     C       Em     Am        G      F
So, I say goodbye to New York, I'm an L.A. 

     C
man again.
CHORUS:
          F                 C
One night stand in New York City, lights 

    F                        C
are bright and the girls are pretty.

         Am          G        F    Em Dm
Held her heart and I held her hand.........

C        F     C     Eb        C     Em F
goodbye, lady, I'm a one night stand.
#2.
G                  F               C
Oklahoma, Arizona, wish I knew for sure.

G            
Came to town and I stood my ground, that's 

F                C
what I came here for.

Em          Am
But there's voices in the distance and they're 

Em              Bb   F
calling me back home-ome.

        C       G      Am                F
I'll be leaving in the morning, guess my fate 

   Dm7    C
is not my own.
CHORUS:
          F                 C
One night stand in New York City, lights 

    F                        C
are bright and the girls are pretty.

         Am          G        F    Em Dm
Held her heart and I held her hand.........

C        F     C     Eb        C     Em F
goodbye, lady, I'm a one night stand.
INTERLUDE: G F C F G F C Am Em Bb F C Bm Am F D C Am #3.
G                           F              C
Gypsy queens and magazines, livin' off the land.

G                                    F
Don't make ties and don't tell lies, do the best 

    C
you can.

Em     Am                              Em
But of every place I've been to and of everything 

     Bb    F      C         Em   Am
I've seen, I feel lonesome among strangers,

G      F             C
I feel naked without strings.
CHORUS:
          F                 C
One night stand in New York City, lights 

    F                        C
are bright and the girls are pretty.

         Am          G        F    Em Dm
Held her heart and I held her hand.........

C        F     C     Eb        C     
goodbye, lady, I'm a one night stand.
OUTRO:
        F     Dm7             C
Goodbye lady, I'm a one night stand.
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