Haley's Comet
Dave AlvinVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
8 bars): |G```|D`C`| (played 4 times)
"Do you know who I am?" said Bill Haley
in a pancake house near the Rio Grande
the waitress said, "I don't know you from diddley"
"To me you're just another tired old man"
He walked alone down on Main street
a hot wind was blowing up from the south
there were two eyes staring in a pawn shop window
and a whiskey bottle was lifted up to his mouth
there was no moon shining on the Rio Grande
as a truck of migrants pulled through town
and the jukebox was busted at the bus de - pot
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when Haley's Comet hit the ground
He blacked out all the windows in his bedroom
he was talking to the ceiling and the walls
he closed his eyes and hit the stage in 1955
as the screams of the children filled the hall
(repeat CHORUS)
This cop walked into a pancake house in Texas
and ordered up a couple of cups to go
and he tells the waitress, "Hey, I just found the body
of some guy who was famous long ago"
(final CHORUS uses |G```|D`C`| pattern played 4 times - same as intro)
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Readable chord sheet for Haley's Comet by Dave Alvin
8 bars): |G```|D`C`| (played 4 times) "Do[G] you know who I am?" said Bill H[C]aley in [G]a pancake house near the Rio Grande[D] the[G] waitress said, "I don't know you from diddle[C]y" "To[G] me you're just another[D] tired old man" [G] [C] He walked alone down on Main street a hot wind was blowing up from the south there were two eyes staring in a pawn shop window and a whiskey bottle was lifted up to his mouth the[C]re was no moon shinin[D]g on the Rio Grand[G]e as [C]a truck of migran[D]ts pulled through town [G] and[C] the jukebox was busted[D] at the bus de - [G]pot [D/F#] [Em] [D] [C] [G]````| [D]` [C]`| [G]```| [D]` [C]`| when Haley's Comet hit the ground He blacked out all the windows in his bedroom he was talking to the ceiling and the walls he closed his eyes and hit the stage in 1955 as the screams of the children filled the hall (repeat CHORUS) This cop walked into a pancake house in Texas and ordered up a couple of cups to go and he tells the waitress, "Hey, I just found the body of some guy who was famous long ago" (final CHORUS uses |G```|D`C`| pattern played 4 times - same as intro)