Dizzy


Written by : Kristin Hersh

[define chords]
[these two variations of the D chord are used for the fingerpicking parts]
[otherwise just use a regular D chord for the rhythm/strumming parts]

      D7+9   Dsus4     
 e-----0------3------------------------------------------
 b-----3------3------------------------------------------
 g-----2------2------------------------------------------
 d-------------------------------------------------------
 a-------------------------------------------------------
 e-------------------------------------------------------

[riff]
 e-------------------------------------------------------
 b-------------------------------------------------------
 g---3-------------------3-------------------------------
 d-----5-3-5---3-5---3-5---5------[repeat]---------------
 a-------------------------------------------------------
 e-------------------------------------------------------


--- start ---

G C G - [riff 3x]

C                   D7+9
along the Palo Duro canyon
C                  Dsus4
Red River shows so many eyes
C                  Dsus4           C             Dsus4 - D
one eye squinting, shaded from the sun, shoot me
C                 D7+9
black as oil, his hair shone
C
lily white, his skin glistened
Dsus4           C                          Dsus4 - D
restless as the reed between his lips blew

C              G              D
it's just that mean old Texas sun
C           G             C           D
it makes me dizzy, dizzy, dizzy in my head

G C G - [riff 3x]

C                 D7+9
what day is this?   i, quiet, asked the sky
C                Dsus4
what time is it?   he asked me, sitting up

C         G              D   
love that villain on the run
C           G                   C             D    
he's got me spinning 'round and falling on my head

C               D7+9
what are you running from?  i asked the white boy
C                          Dsus4
from the guys who chase me there; come run
C
i need your dark skin
   Am                           D7+9
to sit beside me in my car, and light up my cigar
i'll light you


C              G              D
it's just that mean old Texas sun
C           G             C           D
it makes me dizzy, dizzy, dizzy in my head
C         G              D   
love that villain on the run
C           G                   C             D    
he's got me spinning 'round and falling on my head
C          G      C           D
and dizzy, dizzy, dizzy in my head


C                   D7+9
he said you're only Indian in Oklahoma
C                       Dsus4
you could be melting in America
C                  D7+9
white on red, melt with my skin
C                                    D7+9
these two hearts will beat along the walls of our hotel
C
i need your dark skin
   Am                           D7+9
to sit beside me in my car, and light up my cigar
i'll light you

C              G              D
it's just that mean old Texas sun
C           G             C           D
it makes me dizzy, dizzy, dizzy in my head

G C G - [riff 3x]

C                     D7+9
the last i saw of Oklahoma
C             Dsus4
a gas station fading in the dusk
C                    D7+9
goodbye my father, i thought, i'm carrying the light
C                 D7+9
the light of my Comanche
C
make sure the dog remebers me,
  Am
i dream the sand beneath your feet
D7+9
i hold the light


C              G              D
it's just that mean old Texas sun
C           G             C           D
it makes me dizzy, dizzy, dizzy in my head
C         G              D   
love that villain on the run
C           G                   C             D    
he's got me spinning 'round and falling on my head
    C     G     C     G     C     G     C
and dizzy dizzy dizzy dizzy dizzy dizzy dizzy 
      D
in my head

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