Ooh Las Vegas

# # # #Emmylou Harris Ooh Las Vegas written by Rick Grech # Gram Parsons # #Hank DeVito steel guitar #James Burton guitar #Glen D Hardin piano #Emory Gordy bass/vocals #John Ware drums #Rodney Crowell acoustic guitar/vocals #Byron Berline fiddle # #http://www.nashville.net/~kate/ # #taken from #http://staff-www.uni-marburg.de/~settler/ # # A E Ooh, Las Vegas ain't no place for a poor boy like me A E Ooh, Las Vegas ain't no place for a poor boy like me D Ev'ry time I hit your crystal city A E You know you're gonna make a wreck out of me E Well, the first time I lose a drink of whiskey And the second time I lose a drink of gin, Third time I lose a drink of anything Cause I think I'm gonna win. A E Ooh, Las Vegas ain't no place for a poor boy like me A E Ooh, Las Vegas ain't no place for a poor boy like me D Ev'ry time I hit your crystal city A E You know you're gonna make a wreck out of me A Well, the queen of spades is a friend of mine The queen of hearts is a bitch A Some day when I clean up my mind A I'll know which one is which A E Ooh, Las Vegas ain't no place for a poor boy like me A E Ooh, Las Vegas ain't no place for a poor boy like me D Ev'ry time I hit your crystal city A E You know you're gonna make a wreck out of me SOLO A Spend all night with a dealer Just trying to get ahead, Spend all day at the Holiday Inn Just trying to get out of bed A E Ooh, Las Vegas ain't no place for a poor boy like me A E Ooh, Las Vegas ain't no place for a poor boy like me D Ev'ry time I hit your crystal city A E You know you're gonna make a wreck out of me SOLO D Ev'ry time I hit your crystal city A E You know you're gonna make a wreck out of me D Ev'ry time I hit your crystal city A E You know you're gonna make a wreck out of me From Emmylou Harris "Elite Hotel" Reprise Records 1975 Wait & See Music/Casserole Music Corp/Carbert Music(BMI)