Biography:
Rickie Lee Jones (born November 8, 1954) is a two-time Grammy Award-winning vocalist, musician, songwriter, and producer from the United States. Over the course of a three-decade career, Jones has recorded in various musical styles including R&B, blues, pop, soul, and jazz standards. Rickie Lee Jones is a singer songwriter whose style leans on jazz and pop/R&B timing and personification.
Jones settled in LA at the age of nineteen, doing the classic waiting tables stuff until she landed a recording contract with Warners.
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[Intro]
G D G
[Verse]
G D G
Wrote a letter to my father
D G
I thought I'd tell him where I am
D G
I knew that he was hoping
D G
I'd come home again
[Verse]
G D G
I'm standing in the doorway
But I'm happy living here
D
Everybody always tries so hard
G D
To sing a song no one can hear
C D
And yes, my heart was broken
C D G
Yeah but I made it through the night
D C
Little Janis Joplin she's got a job on the corner bar
D G
So I guess where doing alright
[Instrumental]
D G (x2)
[Verse]
G D
I got used to all that swimming
G A D G
I said come on in the water's fine
And I know you don't remember me
But I've seen you, seen you many times
[Instrumental]
D C
[Bridge]
G D C
Yes my heart was opened
D
No, no I don't look back
G D C
Because I'm riding around heaven
D G
In Elvis Cadillac
D C
Riding around in heaven
D
In Elvis Cadillac
[Instrumental]
G C
[Outro]
G D
Yes my heart was opened
C D G
And no, I never look back
D C
Hey, I'm riding around heaven
D G
In my Elvis cadillac
D G C
Riding around in heaven
D G
In Elvis Cadillac
C D G
In Elvis Cadillac
C D G
In Elvis Cadillac
G D G
[Verse]
G D G
Wrote a letter to my father
D G
I thought I'd tell him where I am
D G
I knew that he was hoping
D G
I'd come home again
[Verse]
G D G
I'm standing in the doorway
But I'm happy living here
D
Everybody always tries so hard
G D
To sing a song no one can hear
C D
And yes, my heart was broken
C D G
Yeah but I made it through the night
D C
Little Janis Joplin she's got a job on the corner bar
D G
So I guess where doing alright
[Instrumental]
D G (x2)
[Verse]
G D
I got used to all that swimming
G A D G
I said come on in the water's fine
And I know you don't remember me
But I've seen you, seen you many times
[Instrumental]
D C
[Bridge]
G D C
Yes my heart was opened
D
No, no I don't look back
G D C
Because I'm riding around heaven
D G
In Elvis Cadillac
D C
Riding around in heaven
D
In Elvis Cadillac
[Instrumental]
G C
[Outro]
G D
Yes my heart was opened
C D G
And no, I never look back
D C
Hey, I'm riding around heaven
D G
In my Elvis cadillac
D G C
Riding around in heaven
D G
In Elvis Cadillac
C D G
In Elvis Cadillac
C D G
In Elvis Cadillac
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