Chords for Tom Pacheco at Home - 1980
Tempo:
140.9 bpm
Chords used:
A
D
G
C#
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D] [A] [C#] This is based on a lot of local legend that's going on around places like [B] Arkansas.
I just wrote [A] this.
[G]
[D] [A] [G]
[D] [A]
[G]
[D] [A] It was snowing at midnight, [G] I was driving alone to [D] the night shift at the [A] factory.
I had a thermos full of coffee, [G] a couple dollars on [D] me, and a lot of troubles [A] troubling me.
As I drove around a curb [G] near a cold, empty church, [D] I saw a man by the side [A] of the road.
I said, friends, you need a lift?
[G] The snow is getting thick.
[D] He said, sure, I'll ride a little [A] bit with you.
He got into the car, [G] I didn't even hear the door.
[D] I said, where you headed for this [A] bitter night?
He said, everywhere I'll go, I [G] got so much to show [D] and there's so little hope left [A] in sight.
As we drove by the gas [G] stations, diners and bars, [D] through the neon [A] American dream,
I put on the new stage and [G] there was war in two nations [D] in a killer loose in New [A] Orleans.
As my windshield blades [G] fought the flakes away, I saw [D] the stranger had [A] tears in his eyes.
Then he opened his mouth [G] and he spoke out so loud [D] in a voice that shook me by [A] surprise.
He said, Jesus is coming [G] any day [D] to save us all, wait [A] and see.
Jesus is coming, [G] coming this way, [D] reading in the [A] prophecy.
Jesus is coming, [G] coming this way, [D] filling his [A] destiny.
Jesus is coming, [G] coming this way, [D] coming from [A] Calvary.
[G]
[D] [A] [G]
[D] [A]
I said, well, you really did it [G] this time, Tom.
You [D] got a nut from a [A] hospital bed.
I wondered, did he have [G] a gun or a blade?
[D] I started to pray, then [A] he said, I mean you no harm, [G] please don't be alarmed.
It [D] was the news that made me [A] upset.
Then we rounded a bend, there [G] were lights flashing red and [D] police cars around a [A] bad wreck.
I turned to the rider, but [G] he wasn't there.
[D] The seat had a [A] luminous glow.
The car door was closed.
Where [G] the hell did he go?
[D] The cop waved me on [A] down the road.
When I got to my job, I [G] heard the early reports [D] of the wrecker past moments [A] ago
and of a man who appeared like [G] a saint on the scene and [D] brought the driver back to life in [A] the snow.
When the trooper approached him, he [G] smiled, then he vanished.
[D] No footprints or [A] tracks could they find.
I needed my coffee.
[G] I opened my thermos [D] and the coffee had all turned to wine.
[A] [E]
I just wrote [A] this.
[G]
[D] [A] [G]
[D] [A]
[G]
[D] [A] It was snowing at midnight, [G] I was driving alone to [D] the night shift at the [A] factory.
I had a thermos full of coffee, [G] a couple dollars on [D] me, and a lot of troubles [A] troubling me.
As I drove around a curb [G] near a cold, empty church, [D] I saw a man by the side [A] of the road.
I said, friends, you need a lift?
[G] The snow is getting thick.
[D] He said, sure, I'll ride a little [A] bit with you.
He got into the car, [G] I didn't even hear the door.
[D] I said, where you headed for this [A] bitter night?
He said, everywhere I'll go, I [G] got so much to show [D] and there's so little hope left [A] in sight.
As we drove by the gas [G] stations, diners and bars, [D] through the neon [A] American dream,
I put on the new stage and [G] there was war in two nations [D] in a killer loose in New [A] Orleans.
As my windshield blades [G] fought the flakes away, I saw [D] the stranger had [A] tears in his eyes.
Then he opened his mouth [G] and he spoke out so loud [D] in a voice that shook me by [A] surprise.
He said, Jesus is coming [G] any day [D] to save us all, wait [A] and see.
Jesus is coming, [G] coming this way, [D] reading in the [A] prophecy.
Jesus is coming, [G] coming this way, [D] filling his [A] destiny.
Jesus is coming, [G] coming this way, [D] coming from [A] Calvary.
[G]
[D] [A] [G]
[D] [A]
I said, well, you really did it [G] this time, Tom.
You [D] got a nut from a [A] hospital bed.
I wondered, did he have [G] a gun or a blade?
[D] I started to pray, then [A] he said, I mean you no harm, [G] please don't be alarmed.
It [D] was the news that made me [A] upset.
Then we rounded a bend, there [G] were lights flashing red and [D] police cars around a [A] bad wreck.
I turned to the rider, but [G] he wasn't there.
[D] The seat had a [A] luminous glow.
The car door was closed.
Where [G] the hell did he go?
[D] The cop waved me on [A] down the road.
When I got to my job, I [G] heard the early reports [D] of the wrecker past moments [A] ago
and of a man who appeared like [G] a saint on the scene and [D] brought the driver back to life in [A] the snow.
When the trooper approached him, he [G] smiled, then he vanished.
[D] No footprints or [A] tracks could they find.
I needed my coffee.
[G] I opened my thermos [D] and the coffee had all turned to wine.
[A] [E]
Key:
A
D
G
C#
B
A
D
G
[D] _ _ [A] _ [C#] This is based on a _ _ lot of local legend that's going on around places like [B] Arkansas. _
_ I just wrote [A] this.
_ [G] _ _
[D] _ [A] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [A] It _ _ was snowing at midnight, [G] I was driving alone to [D] the night shift at the [A] factory.
_ I had a thermos full of coffee, [G] a couple dollars on [D] me, and a lot of troubles [A] troubling me.
_ As I drove around a curb [G] near a cold, empty church, [D] I saw a man by the side [A] of the road.
I said, friends, you need a lift?
[G] The snow is getting thick.
[D] He said, sure, I'll ride a little [A] bit with you.
_ He got into the car, [G] I didn't even hear the door.
[D] I said, where you headed for this [A] bitter night?
He said, everywhere I'll go, I [G] got so much to show [D] and there's so little hope left [A] in sight.
As we drove by the gas [G] stations, diners and bars, [D] through the neon [A] American dream,
I put on the new stage and [G] there was war in two nations [D] in a killer loose in New [A] Orleans. _ _ _ _
As my windshield blades [G] fought the flakes away, I saw [D] the stranger had [A] tears in his eyes.
Then he opened his mouth [G] and he spoke out so loud [D] in a voice that shook me by [A] surprise.
He said, _ Jesus is coming [G] any day [D] to save us all, wait [A] and see. _ _
Jesus is coming, [G] coming this way, [D] reading in the [A] prophecy. _ _ _
Jesus is coming, [G] coming this way, [D] filling his [A] destiny. _ _ _
Jesus is coming, [G] coming this way, [D] coming from [A] Calvary.
_ _ [G] _
_ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [G] _
_ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ I said, well, you really did it [G] this time, Tom.
You [D] got a nut from a [A] hospital bed.
_ _ I wondered, did he have [G] a gun or a blade?
[D] I started to pray, then [A] he said, _ I mean you no harm, [G] please don't be alarmed.
It [D] was the news that made me [A] upset.
Then we rounded a bend, there [G] were lights flashing red and [D] police cars around a [A] bad wreck.
_ I turned to the rider, but [G] he wasn't there.
[D] The seat had a [A] luminous glow.
The car door was closed.
Where [G] the hell did he go?
[D] The cop waved me on [A] down the road.
When I got to my job, I [G] heard the early reports [D] of the wrecker past moments [A] ago
and of a man who appeared like [G] a saint on the scene and [D] brought the driver back to life in [A] the snow.
_ When the trooper approached him, he [G] smiled, then he vanished.
[D] No footprints or [A] tracks could they find.
I needed my coffee.
[G] I opened my thermos [D] and the coffee had all turned to wine.
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ I just wrote [A] this.
_ [G] _ _
[D] _ [A] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [A] It _ _ was snowing at midnight, [G] I was driving alone to [D] the night shift at the [A] factory.
_ I had a thermos full of coffee, [G] a couple dollars on [D] me, and a lot of troubles [A] troubling me.
_ As I drove around a curb [G] near a cold, empty church, [D] I saw a man by the side [A] of the road.
I said, friends, you need a lift?
[G] The snow is getting thick.
[D] He said, sure, I'll ride a little [A] bit with you.
_ He got into the car, [G] I didn't even hear the door.
[D] I said, where you headed for this [A] bitter night?
He said, everywhere I'll go, I [G] got so much to show [D] and there's so little hope left [A] in sight.
As we drove by the gas [G] stations, diners and bars, [D] through the neon [A] American dream,
I put on the new stage and [G] there was war in two nations [D] in a killer loose in New [A] Orleans. _ _ _ _
As my windshield blades [G] fought the flakes away, I saw [D] the stranger had [A] tears in his eyes.
Then he opened his mouth [G] and he spoke out so loud [D] in a voice that shook me by [A] surprise.
He said, _ Jesus is coming [G] any day [D] to save us all, wait [A] and see. _ _
Jesus is coming, [G] coming this way, [D] reading in the [A] prophecy. _ _ _
Jesus is coming, [G] coming this way, [D] filling his [A] destiny. _ _ _
Jesus is coming, [G] coming this way, [D] coming from [A] Calvary.
_ _ [G] _
_ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [G] _
_ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ I said, well, you really did it [G] this time, Tom.
You [D] got a nut from a [A] hospital bed.
_ _ I wondered, did he have [G] a gun or a blade?
[D] I started to pray, then [A] he said, _ I mean you no harm, [G] please don't be alarmed.
It [D] was the news that made me [A] upset.
Then we rounded a bend, there [G] were lights flashing red and [D] police cars around a [A] bad wreck.
_ I turned to the rider, but [G] he wasn't there.
[D] The seat had a [A] luminous glow.
The car door was closed.
Where [G] the hell did he go?
[D] The cop waved me on [A] down the road.
When I got to my job, I [G] heard the early reports [D] of the wrecker past moments [A] ago
and of a man who appeared like [G] a saint on the scene and [D] brought the driver back to life in [A] the snow.
_ When the trooper approached him, he [G] smiled, then he vanished.
[D] No footprints or [A] tracks could they find.
I needed my coffee.
[G] I opened my thermos [D] and the coffee had all turned to wine.
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _