Viva Las Vegas Chords

by ZZ Top
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This has been tabbed on acoustic,but it is best played on electric with Fuzz/SlapBack effects using power chords as listed at top of tab.You tube link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOoKzw3JSCM.Was this info helpful?
Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: 1st fret
Author motoclangers [tm] 49,679. Last edit on Oct 1, 2023

Chords

A5
A
D5
D
F#5
F#m
E5
Em
C5
C
F#m7
B
E

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ZZ Top - Viva Las Vegas
 
Alternative Power Chords
A5  X02200   for A
D5  XX023X   for D
F#5 244XXX   for F#m
E5  022XXX   for Em
C5  X35XXX   for C
                                            You Tube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOoKzw3JSCM
 
   [Intro]
N.C.
Y'all still want me to come with you?
 
A   D  A  D   A   D   A   D
A   D  A  D
 
   [Verse 1]
A                 D     A      D
Bright light city gonna set my soul, 
      A      D       A
gonna set my soul on fire
                             D               A
There's a whole lot of money that's ready to burn
D   A               D   A
So get those stakes up  higher.
          F#m                          F#m7        F#m
There's a thousand pretty women just a-waiting out there,
F#m                    F#m7      F#m
And they're all livin' devil-may-care.
F#m                       F#m7    F#m
I'm just the devil with a love to spare.
 
   [Chorus]
D        A     A5
Viva Las Vegas.
D        A     A5
Viva Las Vegas.
 
   [Link]
A
N.C.
A
Ah, thank-ya very much baby.
 
   [Verse 2]
A         D          A         D
And how I wish that there were more
      A          D            A
Than twenty-four hours in the day.
                  D     A
But even if there were forty more,
D      A             D     A
I wouldn't sleep a minute away.
            F#m                       F#m7     F#m
Oh, there's blackjack and poker and a roulette wheel.
F#m                    F#m7     F#m
A fortune won and lost on every deal.
F#m                                F#m7      F#m
All you need's a strong heart and a nerve of steel.
 
   [Chorus]
D        A     A5
Viva Las Vegas.
D        A     A5
Viva Las Vegas.
D        A     A5
Viva Las Vegas.
D        A     A5
Viva Las Vegas.
 
   [Bridge]
D                        D5    D
Viva Las Vegas with your neon flashin',
D                      D5   D
And your one-armed bandits crashin'
N.C.
All those hopes down the drain.
D                          D5   D
Viva Las Vegas turnin' day into nighttime,
D
Turn the night into daytime,
       B                                    Em
If you see it once, you'll never come home again.
 
   [Instrumental]
A   A5   A   A5
A   A5   A   A5
A   A5   A   Em
N.C.     C
 
   [Verse 3]
          A
I'm gonna keep on the run,
    D     A
I'm gonna have me some fun,
D     A                D    A
If it costs me my very last dime.
A
If I wind up broke,
D         A               D      A         D     A
Then I'll always remember that I had a swingin' time
          F#m          F#m7       F#m
I'm gonna give it everything I've got.
F#m                      F#m7      F#m
Lady Luck please let the dice stay hot.
F#m                  F#m7       F#m
Let me shoot a seven with every shot.
 
   [Chorus]
D        A     A5
Viva Las Vegas.
D        A     A5
Viva Las Vegas.
D        A     A5
Viva Las Vegas.
D        A     A5
Viva Las Vegas.
D     E
Viva, Viva.
 
   [Outro]
N.C
A    A5     A    A5
A    A5     A    A5
F#m  F#m7   F#m  F#m7
 
 
 
Mark W
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