One Time One Night - Los Lobos
Tuning: D, E A D G B E
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From: rmvillal@nyx.cs.du.edu (Raoul Villalpando)
Subject: CRD: One Time, One Night (Los Lobos)
One Time, One Night from the Album By the Light of the Moon.
[Intro]
[Pre-Chorus]
A wise man was
telling stori
es to me
about the plac
es he had been
to and the th
ings that had
seen
[Chorus]
A quiet voice
is singing som
ething to me
An age old son
g 'bout the ho
me of the brav
e in this land
here of the f
ree,
One time one n
ight in Americ
a
[Verse 1]
A lady dressed
in white with
the man she l
oves
Standing along
the side of t
heir pick up t
ruck
A shot rang ou
t in the night
Just when ever
ything seemed
right
Another headli
ne written dow
n in America
[Verse 2]
The guy that l
ived next door
in three o fi
ve
took the kids
to the park an
d disappeared
'bout half pas
t nine
Who will ever
know how much
she loved them
so
That dark nigh
t alone in Ame
rica
[Chorus]
A quiet voice
is singing som
ething to me
An age old son
g 'bout the br
ave in this la
nd here of the
free,
One time one n
ight in Americ
a
[Verse 3]
Four small boy
s playing ball
in the parkin
g lot
A preacher, a
teacher, and t
he other becam
e a cop
A car skidded
into the rain
Making the las
t little one a
saint
One more light
goes out in A
merica
[Verse 4]
A young girl t
osses a coin i
n the wishing
well
She hopes for
a heaven while
for her there
's just this h
ell
She gave away
her life to be
come somebody'
s wife
Another wish u
nanswered in A
merica
[Bridge]
People having
so much faith
Die too soon w
hile all the r
est come late
We write a son
g that no one
sings
On a cold blac
k stone where
a lasting peac
e will finally
bring
[Solo]
[Verse 5]
The sunlight p
lays upon my w
indow pane
I wake up to a
world that's
still the same
My father said
to be strong
That a good ma
n could never
do wrong
In a dream I h
ad last night
in America
[Pre-Chorus]
A wise man was
telling stori
es to me
about the plac
es he had been
to and the th
ings that had
seen
[Chorus]
A quiet voice
is singing som
ething to me
An age old son
g 'bout the br
ave in this la
nd here of the
free,
One time one n
ight in Americ
a
One time one
night in Amer
ica
One time one
night in Amer
ica
[Outro]
D (Until fadeout)
Enjoy rmvillal@nyx.cs.du.edu
Raoul Villalpando