Mel Tillis

Send Me Down To Tucson

Mel Tillis


Tom: A

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   [Intro]
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   [Verse 1]
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No one wants to go down to Tucson in the summer
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So this time the boss chose me
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I've been sort of restless yes he thought it might help if
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I got away from my wife and family


   [Verse 2]
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There's been no other woman since the mother of my children
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And in each and every way she's a lady
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Now there's one that I'll remember a sultry night we spent together
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And she satisfied the love inside of me


   [Chorus]
E7        A               C#m7       F#m          C#m
Go on and send me down to Tucson and I'll get the job done
    A           C#m7              Bm7   E7
And call up the one whose love is free
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She may be easy and I love my lady
        Bm              C#m7   E7             A   A6
But the lady don't satisfy the love inside of me


   [Verse 3]
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I know the lady's not to blame cause they raised her prime and proper
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While another takes her pleasures where she can
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The one in Tucson she don't hide it and when she gets excited
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She makes you feel your every inch a man


   [Verse 4]
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But if I could have a wish that I knew would be granted
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Don't you know that one wish would be
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Just to lay beside my lady and she'd be the kind of lady
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To satisfy the love inside of me


   [Chorus]
E7        A               C#m7       F#m          C#m
Go on and send me down to Tucson and I'll get the job done
    A           C#m               Bm7   E7
And call up the one whose love is free
D          E7         C#m     F#m
She may be easy and I love my lady
        Bm              C#m7   E7             A   A6
But the lady don't satisfy the love inside of me


   [Outro]
E7        A               C#m7       F#m          C#m       A   C#m  Bm7
Go on and send me down to Tucson and I'll get the job done
E7        A               C#m7       F#m          C#m
Go on and send me down to Tucson and I'll get the job done