Lipstick Sunset

The acoustic guitar here is in dropped-D tuning (DADGBE). NB A tip for

playing it - the top E string is mostly avoided apart from the motif

that connects the verses, which goes something like:

-----3---5---2-

-----3---5---3-

--/4--/6-------

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I had a go at tabbing the slide part, but I quickly realised I haven't

a clue about playing slide (which doesn't help when you're trying to

transcibe Ry Cooder!). Does anybody else want to try?- if it's any

help, I'd be reasonably certain that it's in either open D or open E

tuning.

Corrections and comments welcome, as always...

LIPSTICK SUNSET - John Hiatt

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There's a lipstick sunset smeared across the August sky

There's a bitter sweet perfume hanging in the fields

The creek is running high

And I left my love a-waiting in the dawn somewhere to wonder why

By the end of the day all her sweet dreams would fade

To a lipstick sunset

And the radio was playing and that old summer heat was on the rise

I just had to get away before some sad old song

Brought tears to my eyes

And Lord I couldn't tell her that her love was only killing me

By the end of the day all her sweet dreams would fade

To a lipstick sunset

<Slide solo>

Well it's pretty as a picture, red and blushing, just before the night

Maybe love's like that for me,

Maybe I can only see as you take away the light

But hold me in the darkness - we can dream about the cool twilight

Til the dawning of the day when I make my getaway

To a lipstick sunset

There will come another day, and I'll make my getaway

To a lipstick sunset

<Repeat last 2 lines>

<Slide solo>

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Chords used:

D 000232, G 550033, A x02220, Bm x24432,

F# 4x432x, E 222100, D/F# 40023x