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When The Open Road Is Closing In by The Magnetic Fields

When The Open Road Is Closing In chords by The Magnetic Fields

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magnetic fields:charm of the highway strip

song copyrighted 1993 by Stephin Merritt

crd by Benjamin Flynn
[email protected]


when the open road is closing in


intro:
Chord diagramA augmentedA ....2.3..2....2.3..2..
Chord diagramE MajorE 3...........3.........
repeat

Chord diagramG+G                                Chord diagramC majorC                  Chord diagramG+G
time - measured in dotted yellow lines has past you by
Chord diagramG+G                                   Chord diagramC majorC             Chord diagramG+G
and I never said an honest thing to you in all my life
     Chord diagramD MajorD        Chord diagramC majorC
hard times go slowly
             Chord diagramG+G           Chord diagramD MajorD
and the good times never come
               Chord diagramC majorC              Chord diagramG+G            Chord diagramD MajorD
the world is a motor inn in a iowa highway slum
Chord diagramG+G             Chord diagramD MajorD               Chord diagramC majorC
when the open road is closing in
Chord diagramE minorEm                         Chord diagramD MajorD            Chord diagramA augmentedA
and you can't say where it ends and you begin
     Chord diagramG+G                Chord diagramD MajorD              Chord diagramC majorC                   Chord diagramB7B7
when every truck stop dive's another five years off your life
Chord diagramG+G             Chord diagramD MajorD               Chord diagramC majorC
when the open road is closing in
Chord diagramE minorEm                    Chord diagramD MajorD              Chord diagramA augmentedA
and the dotted yellow lines begin to spin
         Chord diagramG+G             Chord diagramD MajorD            Chord diagramC majorC                 Chord diagramB7B7
when the sky begins to fall on everything you like at all
Chord diagramA minorAm           Chord diagramD MajorD            Chord diagramA minorAm   Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramG+G
you won't be coming home again

ciao you keep on drowning in the roads between the towns
now i have been closing all the shutters in the house
well i know you'll be back when every tree is turning brown
you'll find the house is empty and the swingset's fallen down

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