Intro: F#5 C#5 F#5 C#5 (only keyboards and lead guitar)
Verse 1: (rythm guitar enters)
[F#5] Make me a deal and make it straight
[C#5] All signed and sealed, I'll take it
[F#5] To Robert E. Lee I'll show it
[C#5] I hope and pray he don't blow it 'cause
[B5] We've been around a long time
G#5 (once) C#5 (once)
Just try to try, just try to make the big time
Verse 2:
[F#5] Take me on a roller coaster
[C#5] Take me for an airplane ride
[F#5] Take me for a six-day wonder but don't you
[C#5] Don't you throw my pride aside besides
[B5] What's real and make believe
[G#5]Baby Jane's in Acapulco, [C#5]we are flyin' down to Rio
Solo: F#5 C#5 F#5 C#5 B5 G#5 C#5
Verse 3:
[F#5] Throw me a line I'm sinking fast
[C#5] Clutching at straws can't make it
[F#5] Havana sound we're trying
[C#5] A hard edge a hipster jiving oh
[B5] Last picture shows down the drive-in
[G#5]You're so sheer, you're so chic
[C#5]Teenage rebel of the week
Verse 4:
[F#5] Flavours of the mountain streamline
[C#5] Midnight blue casino floors
[F#5] Dance the cha-cha through till sunrise
[C#5] Opens up exclusive doors oh wow!
[B5] Just like flamingos look the same
So [G#5]me and you, just we two, [C#5]got to search for something new
C#5 C#5 C#5 (play once each chords)
F#5 C#5 x6 (play once each chords)
[F#5] [C#5]
Verse 5:
[F#5] Far beyond the pale horizon
[C#5] Some place near the desert strand
[F#5] Where my Studebaker takes me
[C#5] That's where I'll make my stand but wait
[B5] Can't you see that Holzer mane?
[G#5]What's her name? Virginia Plain
Verse 1: (rythm guitar enters)
[F#5] Make me a deal and make it straight
[C#5] All signed and sealed, I'll take it
[F#5] To Robert E. Lee I'll show it
[C#5] I hope and pray he don't blow it 'cause
[B5] We've been around a long time
G#5 (once) C#5 (once)
Just try to try, just try to make the big time
Verse 2:
[F#5] Take me on a roller coaster
[C#5] Take me for an airplane ride
[F#5] Take me for a six-day wonder but don't you
[C#5] Don't you throw my pride aside besides
[B5] What's real and make believe
[G#5]Baby Jane's in Acapulco, [C#5]we are flyin' down to Rio
Solo: F#5 C#5 F#5 C#5 B5 G#5 C#5
Verse 3:
[F#5] Throw me a line I'm sinking fast
[C#5] Clutching at straws can't make it
[F#5] Havana sound we're trying
[C#5] A hard edge a hipster jiving oh
[B5] Last picture shows down the drive-in
[G#5]You're so sheer, you're so chic
[C#5]Teenage rebel of the week
Verse 4:
[F#5] Flavours of the mountain streamline
[C#5] Midnight blue casino floors
[F#5] Dance the cha-cha through till sunrise
[C#5] Opens up exclusive doors oh wow!
[B5] Just like flamingos look the same
So [G#5]me and you, just we two, [C#5]got to search for something new
C#5 C#5 C#5 (play once each chords)
F#5 C#5 x6 (play once each chords)
[F#5] [C#5]
Verse 5:
[F#5] Far beyond the pale horizon
[C#5] Some place near the desert strand
[F#5] Where my Studebaker takes me
[C#5] That's where I'll make my stand but wait
[B5] Can't you see that Holzer mane?
[G#5]What's her name? Virginia Plain
