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[Verse 1]
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Tucson, Arizona
                             Fmaj7
Rising in the heat like a mirage 
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Tony keeps his Chevy
                               Fmaj7
Like a virgin, locked in his garage 
   C                G
He brings it out at midnight
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And cruises down the empty boulevards
       C                   G
And he prowls the darkened alleys
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That snake between the city's thirsty yards 
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The lonely desert skies reflect the anger in his eyes, and it is dawn

 
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[Verse 2]
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His father died of drinking
                                         Fmaj7
And left five children, sinking with his mom 
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His older brother, Bobby
                            Fmaj7
Never made it back from Vietnam 
     C                  G
With high school well behind him
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He lives at home and works this shitty job 
       C              G
And he thinks his '60 Chevy
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Is the only true amigo that he's got 
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His heart is filled with sadness and his soul is like some ugly vacant lot
 
 
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[Verse 3]
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Mary Estelle Hanna
                                Fmaj7
Came out from Louisiana for the sun 
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A deal gone bad in Dallas
                                     Fmaj7
Left her burned and broke and on the run 
C                     G
To make the rent and groceries
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She takes this job at 3.15 an hour 
C                G
Serving shots of whiskey
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And tequila in some smoky red-neck bar 
         Am                    G               F          E7          Esus4
And she dreams some day she'll make her way to L.A. and become a movie star 
 
 
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[Verse 4]
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Tony saw her working
                                      Fmaj7
He swallowed hard and asked her for a date 
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Mary laughed and answered,
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"I would, but every night I'm working late" 
C                    G
He said he had some cocaine
     Dm7               Am              G
That she could have if she'd just ride along 
         C                  G
She said, "What the hell, I may as well
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I haven't had no fun in so damn long" 
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He picked her up at closing time
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They pulled out on the road and they were gone 
 
 
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[Verse 5]
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Tony's mom got frantic
                                    Fmaj7
When she found her son had not come home 
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Mary's roommate panicked
                                     Fmaj7
And called the sheriff from a public phone 
                       G
They asked her lots of questions
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She tried her best to tell them what she saw 
    C                    G
And late that night they found poor Mary
Dm7            Am            G      E
Lying in some narrow, dusty draw
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The coroner reported, that she hadn't been deceased for very long 
 
 
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[Verse 6]
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Two weeks on they found it
                                Fmaj7
Buried to the windshield in the sand 
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There inside lay Tony
                             Fmaj7
With a small revolver in his hand 
    C              G
The papers simply stated
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It must have been the drugs that drove him mad 
    C               G 
The neighbours speculated
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What could make a good boy go so bad 
         Am                  G         
Well, it might have been the desert heat
   F                   E7            Esus4
It might have been the home he never had