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Intro Riff (played with a 12 strings guitar...) (play it 3 times, the last time, play F# in background)|------------------|-----------------||------------------|-----------------||--4-------4-------|--4-------4--7---||-------4-----4----|-------4---------||------------------|-----------------|Verse 1: F#I was cruising' in my Stingray late one night, BWhen an XKE pulled up on the right F#He rolled down the window of his shiny new Jag, C#And challenged me then and there to a drag F#I said "You're on buddy -- my mill's running fine, BLet's come off the line now at Sunset and Vine F#But I'll go you one better, if you've got the nerve, G#m C# F#Let's race all the way -- to Dead Man's Curve"Chorus:D#mDead man's curveBDead man's curveEnd of Chorus:"Won't come back from dead man's curve" (for the rhythm, follow the lyrics...)|-------------------------------------||-------------------------------------||--6--6--7--7--4-4--6-----------------||--6--6--7--7--4-4--6-----------------||--4--4--5--5--2-2--4(let it ring)----||-------------------------------------|Bass Riff: (to return to verse)|--------------------------||--------------------------||--------------------------||--------------------------||--4--4--2--2--1--1--------||--------------------4--4--|Verse 2: F#The street was deserted late Friday night; BWe were buggin' each other while we sat out the light F#We both popped the clutch when the light turned green, C#You shoulda heard the whine from my screaming' machine! F#I flew past La Brea, Schwab's and Crescent Heights, BAnd all the Jag could see were my six taillights F#He passed me at Doheny then I started to swerve, G#m C# F#But I pulled her out and there we were - at Dead Man's CurveRiff Before Interlude:|--------------------------------||--------------------------------||--2-------2-----2(let it ring)--||-------2-----2------------------||--------------------------------||--------------------------------|Interlude (Spoken part) (HOLD all the chords):D "Well, the last thing I remember, Doc, I started to swerveBm And then I saw the Jag slide into the curveG I know I'll never forget that horrible sight,C I guess I found out for myself that everyone was right""Won't come back from dead man's curve"|----------------------|--------------|-------------------||----------------------|--------------|-------------------||--6--6--7--7--4-4--6--|--6--6--6--6--|-------------------||--6--6--7--7--4-4--6--|--6--6--6--6--|-------------------||--4--4--5--5--2-2--4--|--4--4--4--4--|--4-4-2-2-1-1------||----------------------|--------------|--------------4-4--|F#Dead man's curve, Dead man's curve,D#mDead man's curve, Dead man's curve,BDead man's curve, Dead man's curve."Won't come back from dead man's curve"|----------------------|-------------------|-------------------||----------------------|-------------------|-------------------||--6--6--7--7--4-4--6--|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|-------------------||--6--6--7--7--4-4--6--|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|-------------------||--4--4--5--5--2-2--4--|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|--4-4-2-2-1-1------||----------------------|-------------------|--------------4-4--|
