The acoustic guitar here is in dropped-D tuning (DADGBE). NB A tip for playing it - the top E string is mostly avoided apart from the motif that connects the verses, which goes something like: -----3---5---2- -----3---5---3- --/4--/6------- -----------0--- --------------- --------------- I had a go at tabbing the slide part, but I quickly realised I haven't a clue about playing slide (which doesn't help when you're trying to transcibe Ry Cooder!). Does anybody else want to try?- if it's any help, I'd be reasonably certain that it's in either open D or open E tuning. Corrections and comments welcome, as always...
LIPSTICK SUNSET - John Hiatt ---------------------------- D G D A G There's a lipstick sunset smeared ... A D Bm There's a bitter sweet perfume ... A The creek is ... G D F# Bm E And I left my love a-waiting in the ... D D/F# G By the end of the day all her ... A D G A D To a ... And the radio was playing and that .... Well it's pretty as a picture, red and ... Maybe love's like th... Maybe I can only see as you take ... But hold me in the darkness - we can ... Til the dawning of the day ... To a lipstick sunset G D D/F# G There will come another day, .... A D To a .... ----- Chords used: D 000232, G 550033, A x02220, Bm x24432, F# 4x432x, E 222100, D/F# 40023x