Close Calls
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: DCapotraste: Sem capotraste
As recorded by Jimmy Buffett
(From the 2023 Album EQUAL STRAIN ON ALL PARTS)
[Intro]
C G F C G
F G C
[Chorus]
C G
Close calls, close calls
F G C
I will survive
G
Brick walls, big balls
F G
Lucky just to be alive
C
I fought Buford Pusser in a honky-tonk joint
F D
He whipped my ass, that's beside the point
C G
Close calls, close calls
F G C F G C
Lucky just to be alive
[Verse 1]
C G
Been in lots of tight spots
F G C
So many that I can't explain
G
Big shots, bon mots
F G
I don't always use my brain
C
Scuba divin' Pensacola
C
Hundred twenty feet down
F
I'm so glad Jack buddy-breathed me
D
Or I guess I would have drowned
C G
Close calls, close calls
C
I don't always use my brain
[Bridge]
E7
Life can be a pickle
E7
Or a stalk of sugar cane
F
One day you're wrestlin' 'gators
D G
Next day you're singing "Never Been to Spain"
A D
In Spain in Spanish!
[Fiddle Solo]
A G A D A G A D
G E7 D A G A D
[Chorus]
D A
Close calls, close calls
G D
I will survive
A
Brick walls, big balls
G A
Lucky just to be alive
D
I fought Buford Pusser in a honky-tonk joint
G E7
He whipped my ass, that's beside the point
D A
Close calls, close calls
G A D
Lucky just to be alive
A
Close calls, close calls
G D
I will survive
A
Close calls, close calls
G A D
Lucky just to be alive
[Outro]
D G E7 D A G A D
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Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
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