magnetic fields:charm of the highway strip
song copyrighted 1993 by Stephin Merritt
crd by Benjamin Flynn
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when the open road is closing in
intro:
A augmentedA ....2.3..2....2.3..2..
E MajorE 3...........3.........
repeat
G+GC majorCG+G
time - measured in dotted yellow lines has past you by
G+GC majorCG+G
and I never said an honest thing to you in all my life
D MajorDC majorC
hard times go slowly
G+GD MajorD
and the good times never come
C majorCG+GD MajorD
the world is a motor inn in a iowa highway slum
G+GD MajorDC majorC
when the open road is closing in
E minorEmD MajorDA augmentedA
and you can't say where it ends and you begin
G+GD MajorDC majorCB7B7
when every truck stop dive's another five years off your life
G+GD MajorDC majorC
when the open road is closing in
E minorEmD MajorDA augmentedA
and the dotted yellow lines begin to spin
G+GD MajorDC majorCB7B7
when the sky begins to fall on everything you like at all
A minorAmD MajorDA minorAmD MajorDG+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
A augmentedA ....2.3..2....2.3..2..
E MajorE 3...........3......... repeat
G+G
C majorC
D MajorD
E minorEm
B7B7 when every truck stop dive's another five years off your life
A minorAm
