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Bobby Bare – Hot Afternoon Arizona Desert Chords on Piano & Ukulele

ChordsA D F Em

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[Intro]
A

[Verse 1]
A
Arizona Desert, three
 in the afternoon
A
No place for me to be,
twenty-eighth day of June
A
I see lizards crawling,
some things that are not there
A
Sun is shining so damn hot.
Lord, I can't breathe this air

[Chorus]
          D
I'm on my way from L.A.,
and back to Tennessee
    A
I'm stranded in the desert,
 feels like the devil's got me
   F           Em
Convertible is slowing down,
       F          Em
 looks like a Cadillac
  F          Em
A redhead is driving,
             D
a blonde is sleeping
in the back
                           A
A blonde's sleeping in the back

[Verse 2]
A
She throws me the keys,
 I put my guitar in the trunk
A
Would you like to drive?
She said, "I'm about half drunk"
A
She handed me a can of beer,
so cold it hurt my hand
A
Oasis in the desert, Lord,
I've found the promised land

[Chorus]
            D
So I struck out down the
highway with my big foot on the gas
   A
My prayers have all been answered,
 now my bad luck's in the past
F               Em
Looking at that redhead,
        F                Em
I can see she ain't no slouch
         F             Em
And that blonde in the backseat,
         D
come on now and shut my mouth
                        A
Come on now and shut my mouth

[Verse 3]
A
Right down this hot rock
silence, after a while
A
That's when I first noticed
 that redhead's wicked smile
A
Why don't you pull off the road,
son? We'll find us a shade
A
Maybe when that scorching
 sun goes down,
better time can be made

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[Chorus]
            D
Well that's how I spend
 the afternoon, 28th day of June
        A
You can bet that's not one
 I'll be forgetting soon
       F                 Em
By the time the sun went down,
            F               Em
 me and the redhead wrote a book
F              Em
When I looked around, Lord,
     D
the blonde was waking up
                           A
Hey, the blonde was waking up

[Outro]
A
(Arizona desert,
three in the afternoon) oh my God
A
(Arizona desert,
three in the afternoon)
A
(Arizona desert,
 three in the afternoon)
A
(Arizona desert,
three in the afternoon)

How to play Hot Afternoon Arizona Desert: key, chords and progression

These are Hot Afternoon Arizona Desert chords by Bobby Bare on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

Hot Afternoon Arizona Desert by Bobby Bare is built around E minor (one sharp: F♯), with 4 chords in all: A, D, F and Em.

Most of the song cycles through A – D – A – F (IV – VII – IV – ♭II in E minor). Get these 4 changes smooth and the rest comes quickly.

Good to know: F is played as barre or movable shapes on guitar. Practise the change into it slowly; on piano and ukulele the same chords are easier.