One Night Stand:Ricky Nelson.
#89 on BB Hot Country on MCA
Records in 1974.
INTRO: G F C
#1.
G
Heard the call and I packed it all and
F C
I'm on the road again.
G F
If you can help to ease my load, I will
C
be your friend.
G Am
But the morning brings the sunlight and
Em Bb
the sunlight brings my train.
F C Em Am G F
So, I say goodbye to New York, I'm an L.A.
C
man again.
CHORUS:
F C
One night stand in New York City, lights
F C
are bright and the girls are pretty.
Am G F Em Dm
Held her heart and I held her hand.........
C F C Eb C Em F
goodbye, lady, I'm a one night stand.
#2.
G F C
Oklahoma, Arizona, wish I knew for sure.
G
Came to town and I stood my ground, that's
F C
what I came here for.
Em Am
But there's voices in the distance and they're
Em Bb F
calling me back home-ome.
C G Am F
I'll be leaving in the morning, guess my fate
Dm7 C
is not my own.
CHORUS:
F C
One night stand in New York City, lights
F C
are bright and the girls are pretty.
Am G F Em Dm
Held her heart and I held her hand.........
C F C Eb C Em F
goodbye, lady, I'm a one night stand.
INTERLUDE: G F C F G F C Am Em Bb F C Bm Am
F D C Am
#3.
G F C
Gypsy queens and magazines, livin' off the land.
G F
Don't make ties and don't tell lies, do the best
C
you can.
Em Am Em
But of every place I've been to and of everything
Bb F C Em Am
I've seen, I feel lonesome among strangers,
G F C
I feel naked without strings.
CHORUS:
F C
One night stand in New York City, lights
F C
are bright and the girls are pretty.
Am G F Em Dm
Held her heart and I held her hand.........
C F C Eb C
goodbye, lady, I'm a one night stand.
OUTRO:
F Dm7 C
Goodbye lady, I'm a one night stand.
A seventies smash from Kraziekhat.