Iowa chords by Mal Blum

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: C majorC

Difficulty: Novice

Verse 1:

e|--------------------------------------------------|
BB|----------------------------------------------3p0-|
G+G|------0-0-----------------------------------------|
D MajorD|----------------0-0-----------------------0-------|
A augmentedA|--3--------------------------------2-2------------|
E MajorE|------------3------------------0------------------|
  Winter is listless and I'm a little bit like it

e|------------------------------------------------------|
BB|------------------------------------4-4----------4-4--|
G+G|------0-0---------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|------------------0-0---------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--3---------------------------2-------------2---------|
E MajorE|--------------3---------------------------------------|
I can't seem to sit still but I can't seem to move

e|------------------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------------3p0-|
G+G|------0-0---------------------------------|
D MajorD|----------------0-0---------------0-------|
A augmentedA|--3------------------------2-2------------|
E MajorE|------------3----------0------------------|
And everyone I meet is a little bit like me

e|----------------------------------------------0--|
BB|-------1----------0-----------------------------0|
G+G|---------0----------0--------------2p0-----------|
D MajorD|-------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---3---------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------3-------------0-------------3------|
Keep selling me something you don't need to prove

e|-----------0---------------------------------|
BB|-------------3--------0----------------------|
G+G|------------------------0------------2p0-----|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-------3-------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------3------------0------------|
                        D MajorD
You keep selling me something you don't need to prove


Chorus:
  C majorC     G+G    E minorEm      D MajorD
And if I don't like it, I'll move to Iowa
    C majorC      G+G      BB
‘cause I've got no problem with places unseen
     C majorC       G+G       E minorEm       D MajorD
it's the ones that I've loved like the curve of your collar bone
C majorC       G+G        E minorEm       D MajorD
careful, now, careful or they don't let you leave
C majorC       G+G        E minorEm       D MajorD
careful, now, careful or they don't let you leave

Verse 2:
  C majorC       G+G        E minorEm    D MajorD
it keeps getting better but some days it feels worse
    C majorC      G+G     BB
I don't know what to conquer to determine my worth
   C majorC      G+G     E minorEm       D MajorD
I try roadways and I mark the map where I've been

e|--------0--------------------------------------|
BB|----------3----------0-------------0-----------|
G+G|-----------------------0-------------0---------|
D MajorD|--------------------------------------------0--|
A augmentedA|----3------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------3-----------0----------------|
in my doorway but I always come back here again

e|--------0--------------------------------------|
BB|3---------3----------0-------------0-----------|
G+G|-----------------------0-------------0---------|
D MajorD|--0--------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-----3-----------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------3-------------0---------------|
                     D MajorD
in my doorway but I always come back here again


Chorus:
     C majorC     G+G    E minorEm      D MajorD
singing: if I don't like it, I'll move to Iowa
    C majorC      G+G      BB
‘cause I've got no problem with places unseen
     C majorC     G+G        E minorEm    D MajorD
it's the ones that I've lost like a New York apartment
     C majorC     G+G        E minorEm     D MajorD
you walked down the staircase still looking at me
     C majorC     E minorEm
you walked down the staircase
  D MajorD    E minorEm
and I let you leave
     D MajorD
I let you leave


Bridge:
 C majorC        G+G     E minorEm       D MajorD
I don't think they notice how lonesome I've gotten
 C majorC      G+G     BB
I learn about fashion to dress up my self-loathing
      C majorC       G+G       E minorEm     D MajorD
but in the morning how I wake up and I give it my best
   C majorC     G+G      E minorEm   D MajorD
to be honest and kind and try not to regress
      C majorC       G+G     E minorEm     D MajorD
besides, I know that the solace in sadness is talk
    C majorC     G+G     BB
whether singing or sobbing or swearing it off
   C majorC      G+G      E minorEm     D MajorD
so I keep my eyes open, keep a hand on my heart
    C majorC       G+G         E minorEm    D MajorD
say I'm bold brave and forthright, and it isn't my fault
    C majorC      G+G
no it's not (my fault)
    C majorC      D MajorD
no it's not (my fault)


Chorus:
  C majorC     G+G    E minorEm      D MajorD
and if I don't like it I'll move to Iowa
    C majorC      G+G      BB
‘cause I've got no problem with places unseen
     C majorC       G+G      E minorEm    D MajorD
it's the ones that I've known like a cold city winter
C majorC      G+G       E minorEm     D MajorD
blow like a blizzard (the wind in the trees)
C majorC      G+G     E minorEm    D MajorD
blow like a blizzard (me and my needs)
C majorC             D MajorD         E minorEm
blow like a blizzard and please, pass over me
D MajorD
pass over me


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