Safe Side  - James McMurtry
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Transcribed by John Kean.

Open-D tuning (DADF#AD).

INTRO: (strum)
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                                                               G/AG/A Piano Chord 

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DD Piano Chord 
                                                           GG Piano Chord 
   AA Piano Chord 

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VERSE 1:
DD Piano Chord 
                D6sus4
Down in Piedras Negras
DD Piano Chord 
                    D6sus4
You gotta watch yourself
DD Piano Chord 
                             D6sus4
There's a whole lotta hungry people
DD Piano Chord 
                      D6sus4
Looking to share some wealth
DD Piano Chord 
                         D6sus4
And when the oil field's busted
DD Piano Chord 
                     D6sus4
And the peso takes a dive
DD Piano Chord 
             D6sus4
Stay off the side streets
DD Piano Chord 
                    D6sus4
If you want to come back alive

CHORUS 1:
A11/E
Yo no busco nada
A11/E
I'm just standing here
A11/E
Minding my own business
A11/E
Gonna get back out of here
D (intro riff)
Back to the safe side

VERSE 2:
At the base of the bar stool
There's a drain in the floor
You better not go in there
If you don't know what that's for
It's no place to take a lady
She'll get the evil eye
Sizing up their prospects
Sharpening up their knives

CHORUS 2:
No me gusta nada
Yo no quiero ver
Once I get across this river
I'm never gonna go back there
I'm staying on the safe side
Staying on the safe side

SOLO: (chords as for chorus)

CHORUS 3:
Yo no fumo mota
No lo quiero ver
Once I get across this river
I'm never gonna go back there

VERSE 3:
Up in San Antonio
All the pretty people know
They better stay off the west side
Where the black tar flows
So they hide in sheltered enclaves
Up around Olmos Park
They've got their own policemen
So they can stay out after dark
Back down in Piedras Negras
The children play with dirt
We keep our pistols loaded
So we don't get hurt

CHORUS 4: (repeat and fade)
No importa a nadie
It's always been that way
It's never gonna get no different
Long as we've got our say
We stay on the safe side

CHORDS:
DD Piano Chord 
       000000
G/A     x0555x
G       5555xx
A       7777xx
D6sus4  020100
A11/E   202100

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John Kean
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