I Awoke In Iowa chords by Uncle Bonsai

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Key: D MajorD

🎸 Intro:

D MajorD D augmentedDaug D6D6 D7D7 D6D6 D augmentedDaug (2X)


🎸 Verse 1:
D MajorD
Life passing by
    D augmentedDaug
Staring up at the sky
   D6D6
In a corn field as high
   D7D7
As an elephant's eye
    D6D6
Though I don't know why
  D augmentedDaug
An elephant might be in Iowa

D MajorD D augmentedDaug D6D6 D7D7 D6D6 D augmentedDaug (2X)

🎸 Verse 2:
D MajorD
I don't recall
   D augmentedDaug
Ever feeling this small
D6D6
Eye on the ball
    D7D7
As it slows to a crawl
   D6D6
Surrounded by all
     D augmentedDaug            D MajorD
Of this merciless sprawl they call Iowa

🎸 Chorus:
G minorGm
Here's to the plow
G minorGm
Here's to the plowers
D MajorD
Here's to the quilting
Bm7Bm7
For hours and hours
E minorEm
Here's to the tractors
E minorEm
The children can drive
E minorEm      F# minorF#m
Here's to the churches
G/AG/A      A augmentedA
That keep us alive

D MajorD D augmentedDaug D6D6 D7D7 D6D6 D augmentedDaug

🎸 Verse 3:
D MajorD
How does it feel
D augmentedDaug
Standing out in a field
D6D6
With the women who kneel
D7D7
At the thought of chenille
D6D6
I'm nothing but veal
D augmentedDaug
And I'm hardly a meal here in Iowa

🎸 Chorus 2:
G minorGm
There's Mrs. Mullins
G minorGm
And Mrs. Brown's rooster
D MajorD
There's Mrs. Billington
Bm7Bm7
Bradford and Brewster
E minorEm
The Fullers and Fishers
E minorEm
Are worried 'bout frost
E minorEm      F# minorF#m
There's Mrs. Rosenberg
G/AG/A     A augmentedA
She must be lost

D MajorD D augmentedDaug D6D6 D7D7 D6D6 D augmentedDaug

🎸 Bridge:
   Bb majorBb
Now
I fell asleep to the sounds of the subway
   C majorC
The pizzas and pretzels and cabbies and crime
F7F7
I fell asleep to the glow of excess
Bb majorBb
Of a greater Grand Central, a good Guggenheim
Bb majorBb
I fell asleep in the land of the famous
   C majorC
Ain't that Jerry Seinfeld
Ain't that Robin Byrd
   F7F7
But I opened my eyes and my ears to the strangest
   Bb majorBb
Most deafening silence that I've ever heard
    Bb majorBb
'Cause when I awoke
C#C#
When I awoke
C#C# C majorC    D MajorD
I awoke in Iowa

D MajorD D augmentedDaug D6D6 D7D7 D6D6 D augmentedDaug

🎸 Verse 4:
D MajorD
It's hard to ignore
D augmentedDaug
The God at the core
D6D6
While pacing the floor
D7D7
Of the general store
D6D6
Who could be bored
D augmentedDaug
Touring this vortex called Iowa

🎸 Chorus 3:
G minorGm
Here's to the pious
G minorGm
Here's to their pity
D MajorD
Here's to the wonders
Bm7Bm7
Of Iowa City
E minorEm
Here's to the prayer group
E minorEm
That everyone joins
E minorEm
Here's to the skyscraping
F# minorF#m
Sights of Des Moines

🎸 Bridge:
   Bb majorBb
Now
I fell asleep in the city of angels
   C majorC
With buildings that buckle, and sidewalks that burn
F7F7
I fell asleep to the trail of exhaust
Bb majorBb
And fabulous people where ever you turn
Bb majorBb
I fell asleep in the land of the large
C majorC
Angelika above me and stars left and right
F7F7
Then I opened my eyes to an infinite number
Bb majorBb
Of stars that have kept me awake half the night
Bb majorBb
'Cause when I awoke
C#C#
When I awoke
C#C#     FF
I awoke in Iowa