Red Bandana

Written by: Randy Newman
From: “Land of Dreams” (1988)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Capo: 1st fret
Play: A
Key: Bb
For chords in original key transpose +1 (and “use flats”)

Intro

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  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

Chorus

                        A7/F#              A/B           A7/F#
  A  A/G    A   A7    A7/G A7/E     A  A/G   A/E  A7    A7/G A7/E
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

Chorus

         A/D            A7/F#
 A  A/G    A/C  A7    A7/G A7/E     N.C.
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

Chorus

                                    \ 3 / \ 3 /
CHORDS
        E-A-D-G-B-e
F#m7    2-x-2-2-2-x
A/G     3-x-2-2-2-x
A7      x-0-2-0-2-0
A7/G    3-x-2-0-2-0
A7/F#   2-x-2-0-2-0
A7/E    0-x-2-0-2-0
A/B     x-2-2-2-2-0
A7/D    x-x-0-2-2-x
A/C     x-3-2-2-2-x

Intro

| N.C. | % | % | % |
| A | F#m7 | Em | G |
| A | F#m7 | Em | G |

Verse 1

A         F#m7            Em         G
 Left Los Angeles a short while ago
A                F#m7            Em         G
 Flew 'cross the country back to Buffalo
A        F#m7              Em               G
 Walked around through the sleet and the snow
      A       F#m7       Em         G
With a red bandana on my head

Verse 2

A       F#m7     Em            G
 Saw my momma on 12th and Grand
A                F#m7           Em          G
 Standing in the alley with the junkyard man
A                 F#m7              Em           G
 They was both so loaded they could hardly stand
A              F#m7         Em       G
 Talkin' 'bout going to Mexico

Bridge

       A             C         F                 G
I said, "Momma I was born, out there I was born again
A              C              F       G
 Been clear to California and back
A                 C         F                     G
 Was out there so long many times I thought I was dead"
         F                                               E
She said, "Sonny what's that you got wrapped around your head?"

Chorus

       A   A/G A/G A    A7 A7 A7/G A7/F# A7/E
It's a red ban-da- na
       A   A/G A/B A/E  A7 A7 A7/G A7/F# A7/E
It's a red ban-da- na
       A   A/G A/D A/C  A7 A7 A7/G A7/F# A7/E
It's a red ban-da- na
              g f# e    e d c
And it's from Hollywood U S A
           (lower case letter: single notes NOT chords)

Interlude

| N.C. | % | % | % |

Verse 3

A               F#m7    Em          G
 Looked for the woman I used to love
A              F#m7        Em          G
 Seen her in a bar off the Harlem road
A             F#m7       Em          G
 Talking in a booth with Charley Hobbs
A                     F#m7        Em          G
 And this ugly little dude whom I didn't know

Bridge

        A              C        F         G
She said "Honey you're back I'm so glad
A             C          F       G
 When you was gone I was so sad
A            C            F       G
 You come in here lookin' so bad
         A       C            F       G
With that red bandana on your head
         A       C            F       G
With that red bandana on your head"   Yes!

Chorus

       A   A/G A/G A    A7 A7 A7/G A7/F# A7/E
It's a red ban-da- na
       A   A/G A/B A/E  A7 A7 A7/G A7/F# A7/E
It's a red ban-da- na
       A   A/G A/D A/C  A7 A7 A7/G A7/F# A7/E
It's a red ban-da- na
         g   f#   e    d    d     c
And it's red just like your blood is
           (lower case letter: single notes NOT chords)