Chords for Los Lobos - One Time, One Night
Tempo:
93.4 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
A
F#m
Gm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
I can tell we're gonna have a good time tonight here.
[Gm] Yeah.
[D] Right on, right on.
Alright, this is called [E] One [D] Time One Night.
[G]
[D] [G] [Bm]
[D] [G]
[D] [A]
[G] [D]
Why is this [G] story mean?
[A] About the places he had been to and [G] the [D] things that he had seen.
Why is this something [G] mean?
[F#m] An [A] angel's song about the home of [G] the brave
and the glad [D] hero of the [G] free, [A] one time one night in [D] America.
Lady dressed in white with a mask of love
standing along the side of the [G] pickup truck.
[D] A shot rang [G] out in the night
[D] just when [G] everything seemed right.
[D] Another headline [F#m] written down [D] in America.
The guy that lived next door in 305
took the kids to the park and disappeared by [G] half past nine.
[D] [G] Who'll ever know [D] how much she [G] loved them so
[D] in that dark night [A] alone [D] in America.
Why is this something [G] mean?
[F#m] An angel's song about the [A] home of the [G] brave
and the glad hero [D] of the [G] free, [A] one time one night in [D] America.
One small boy standing by in the parking lot.
A preacher, a teacher and the other the [G] game of God.
[D] A car skidded [G] into the rain
[D] making the last little [G] boy say
[D] one more night [A] goes by in [D] America.
A young girl tossing the corn in the wishing well.
She hopes for a heaven while her husband's in [G] justice hell.
[D] She gave [G] away her life [D] to become [Em] smart and wise.
[D] Another [A] wish unanswered in [D] America.
[A] People laughing so much they
write this [G] song with all the [D] rest of their heads.
[A]
Write a song that no one sings
and a poem that's no [G] one else can read.
With my [A] living
the [G]
[D]
[G]
[D] [A] [G]
[A] [D] sunlight plays upon my windowpane.
I wake up to a world that's [G] still the same.
[D] My father said [G] to me,
[D] was that a good thing or was that [G] a good thing wrong?
[D] In a dream I had [A] last night in [D] America.
This wild man
said something to [G] me
[A] about the places he had been to and [G] the things that he [D] had seen.
This wild one
said [G] something to me
[A] and he just sung about the home of the [G] brave
and the slain hero of the free.
[A] One night in [D] America.
[G] [A] One night in [D] America.
[G] One [A]
night in [D] America.
[G] Thank
[Gm] Yeah.
[D] Right on, right on.
Alright, this is called [E] One [D] Time One Night.
[G]
[D] [G] [Bm]
[D] [G]
[D] [A]
[G] [D]
Why is this [G] story mean?
[A] About the places he had been to and [G] the [D] things that he had seen.
Why is this something [G] mean?
[F#m] An [A] angel's song about the home of [G] the brave
and the glad [D] hero of the [G] free, [A] one time one night in [D] America.
Lady dressed in white with a mask of love
standing along the side of the [G] pickup truck.
[D] A shot rang [G] out in the night
[D] just when [G] everything seemed right.
[D] Another headline [F#m] written down [D] in America.
The guy that lived next door in 305
took the kids to the park and disappeared by [G] half past nine.
[D] [G] Who'll ever know [D] how much she [G] loved them so
[D] in that dark night [A] alone [D] in America.
Why is this something [G] mean?
[F#m] An angel's song about the [A] home of the [G] brave
and the glad hero [D] of the [G] free, [A] one time one night in [D] America.
One small boy standing by in the parking lot.
A preacher, a teacher and the other the [G] game of God.
[D] A car skidded [G] into the rain
[D] making the last little [G] boy say
[D] one more night [A] goes by in [D] America.
A young girl tossing the corn in the wishing well.
She hopes for a heaven while her husband's in [G] justice hell.
[D] She gave [G] away her life [D] to become [Em] smart and wise.
[D] Another [A] wish unanswered in [D] America.
[A] People laughing so much they
write this [G] song with all the [D] rest of their heads.
[A]
Write a song that no one sings
and a poem that's no [G] one else can read.
With my [A] living
the [G]
[D]
[G]
[D] [A] [G]
[A] [D] sunlight plays upon my windowpane.
I wake up to a world that's [G] still the same.
[D] My father said [G] to me,
[D] was that a good thing or was that [G] a good thing wrong?
[D] In a dream I had [A] last night in [D] America.
This wild man
said something to [G] me
[A] about the places he had been to and [G] the things that he [D] had seen.
This wild one
said [G] something to me
[A] and he just sung about the home of the [G] brave
and the slain hero of the free.
[A] One night in [D] America.
[G] [A] One night in [D] America.
[G] One [A]
night in [D] America.
[G] Thank
Key:
D
G
A
F#m
Gm
D
G
A
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ I can tell we're gonna have a good time tonight here.
[Gm] Yeah.
_ _ _ _ [D] Right on, right on.
Alright, this is called [E] One [D] Time One Night. _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [D] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Why is _ this [G] story mean?
[A] About the places he had been to and [G] the [D] things that he had seen.
_ _ _ Why _ is this something [G] mean?
[F#m] An [A] angel's song about the home of [G] the brave
and the glad [D] hero of the [G] free, [A] one time one night in [D] America. _ _
_ Lady dressed in white with a mask of love _
_ standing along the side of the [G] pickup truck. _
[D] A shot rang [G] out in the night
[D] just when [G] everything seemed right.
[D] Another headline [F#m] written down [D] in America. _
_ The guy that lived next door in 305 _
took the kids to the park and disappeared by [G] half past nine.
_ [D] _ [G] Who'll ever know [D] how much she [G] loved them so
[D] in that dark night [A] alone [D] in America. _
_ Why is this something [G] mean?
[F#m] An angel's song about the [A] home of the [G] brave
and the glad hero [D] of the [G] free, [A] one time one night in [D] America. _ _ _ _
_ _ One small boy standing by in the parking lot.
_ A preacher, a teacher and the other the [G] game of God.
_ [D] A car skidded [G] into the rain
[D] making the last little [G] boy say
[D] one more night [A] goes by in [D] America.
_ _ A young girl tossing the corn in the wishing well.
_ She hopes for a heaven while her husband's in [G] justice hell.
_ [D] She gave [G] away her life [D] to become [Em] smart and wise.
[D] Another [A] wish unanswered in [D] America.
_ _ _ [A] People laughing so much they
write this [G] song with all the [D] rest of their heads.
_ _ [A]
Write a song that no one sings
and a poem that's no [G] one else can read.
With my [A] living
the _ _ [G] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
[D] _ _ _ [A] _ [G] _ _ _ _
[A] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ sunlight plays upon my windowpane.
_ I wake up to a world that's [G] still the same.
_ [D] My father said [G] to me,
[D] was that a good thing or was that [G] a good thing wrong?
[D] In a dream I had [A] last night in [D] America.
_ _ This wild man
said something to [G] me
[A] about the places he had been to and [G] the things that he [D] had seen. _ _
This wild one
said [G] something to me
[A] and he just sung about the home of the [G] brave
and the slain hero of the free.
[A] One night in [D] America.
[G] [A] One night in [D] America.
[G] One [A]
night in [D] America. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ Thank
_ _ I can tell we're gonna have a good time tonight here.
[Gm] Yeah.
_ _ _ _ [D] Right on, right on.
Alright, this is called [E] One [D] Time One Night. _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [D] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Why is _ this [G] story mean?
[A] About the places he had been to and [G] the [D] things that he had seen.
_ _ _ Why _ is this something [G] mean?
[F#m] An [A] angel's song about the home of [G] the brave
and the glad [D] hero of the [G] free, [A] one time one night in [D] America. _ _
_ Lady dressed in white with a mask of love _
_ standing along the side of the [G] pickup truck. _
[D] A shot rang [G] out in the night
[D] just when [G] everything seemed right.
[D] Another headline [F#m] written down [D] in America. _
_ The guy that lived next door in 305 _
took the kids to the park and disappeared by [G] half past nine.
_ [D] _ [G] Who'll ever know [D] how much she [G] loved them so
[D] in that dark night [A] alone [D] in America. _
_ Why is this something [G] mean?
[F#m] An angel's song about the [A] home of the [G] brave
and the glad hero [D] of the [G] free, [A] one time one night in [D] America. _ _ _ _
_ _ One small boy standing by in the parking lot.
_ A preacher, a teacher and the other the [G] game of God.
_ [D] A car skidded [G] into the rain
[D] making the last little [G] boy say
[D] one more night [A] goes by in [D] America.
_ _ A young girl tossing the corn in the wishing well.
_ She hopes for a heaven while her husband's in [G] justice hell.
_ [D] She gave [G] away her life [D] to become [Em] smart and wise.
[D] Another [A] wish unanswered in [D] America.
_ _ _ [A] People laughing so much they
write this [G] song with all the [D] rest of their heads.
_ _ [A]
Write a song that no one sings
and a poem that's no [G] one else can read.
With my [A] living
the _ _ [G] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
[D] _ _ _ [A] _ [G] _ _ _ _
[A] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ sunlight plays upon my windowpane.
_ I wake up to a world that's [G] still the same.
_ [D] My father said [G] to me,
[D] was that a good thing or was that [G] a good thing wrong?
[D] In a dream I had [A] last night in [D] America.
_ _ This wild man
said something to [G] me
[A] about the places he had been to and [G] the things that he [D] had seen. _ _
This wild one
said [G] something to me
[A] and he just sung about the home of the [G] brave
and the slain hero of the free.
[A] One night in [D] America.
[G] [A] One night in [D] America.
[G] One [A]
night in [D] America. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ Thank