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LEAVING LAS VEGAS SHERYL CROW From: arabella@mail.utexas.edu (Arabella Clauson) Subject: CRD: "Leaving Las Vegas" by Sheryl Crow SONG: LEAVING LAS VEGAS Artist: Sheryl Crow Album: Tuesday Night Music Club (A&M 1993) Transcriber: Arabella Clauson (arabella@mail.utexas.edu) VERSE and CHORUS patterns follow: E ----3----3----3----3----2----- B ----3----3----3----3----3----- G ----0----0----0----2----2----- D ----0----0----0----0----0----- A ----2----3----2----0----x----- E ----3----x----x----x----x----- G G/C G/B Dsus D BRIDGE: E ----0----3----2- B ----0----3----3- G ----0----2----2- D ----2----0----0- A ----2----0----x- E ----0----x----x- Em Dsus D VERSE: Life springs eternal On a gaudy neon street Not that I care at all I spent the best part of my losing streak In an Army Jeep For what I can't recall Oh I'm begging my tv set And I check the odds And I place my bet Pour a drink And pull the blind And I wonder what I'll find CHORUS: Leaving Las Vegas Lights so bright Palm sweat blackjack On a Saturday night Leaving Las Vegas Leaving for good Leaving for good Used to be I could drive up to Barstow for the night Find some crossroad trucker to demonstrate his might But these days it seems nowhere is far enough away So I'm leaving Las Vegas today CHORUS BRIDGE: I'm standing in the middle of the desert Waiting for my ship to come in But no joker, no jack, no king Can take this loser hand and make it win CHORUS VERSE: I quit my job as a dancer at the Lido des Girls Dealing blackjack until one or two Such a muddly line between the things you want And the things you have to do CHORUS Please send corrections and comments. -- -- -- -- -- -- Arabella Clauson arabella@mail.utexas.edu http://ccwf.cc.utexas.edu/~arabella/index.html ***************************************************************************************** The above is solely MY INTERPRETATION of this great song, in a format aimed at learning guitarists. No attempt has been made to copy or reproduce the artist's or publisher's sheet music for the song, if such exists. It can be used for INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. To play the song as it should be played, you should purchase the official sheetmusic for the song. You should also purchase and listen to the song to learn the rhythm and timing of the song - this is essential if you wish to play the song with any degree of accuracy *****************************************************************************************