I Awoke In Iowa chords by Uncle Bonsai

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Key: D

🎸 Intro:

D Daug D6 D7 D6 Daug (2X)



🎸 Verse 1:
D
Life passing by
        Daug
Staring up at the sky
     D6
In a corn field as high
      D7
As an elephant's eye
       D6
Though I don't know why
   Daug
An elephant might be in Iowa

D Daug D6 D7 D6 Daug (2X)

🎸 Verse 2:
D
I don't recall
     Daug
Ever feeling this small
D6
Eye on the ball
       D7
As it slows to a crawl
      D6
Surrounded by all
         Daug                       D
Of this merciless sprawl they call Iowa

🎸 Chorus:
Gm
Here's to the plow
Gm
Here's to the plowers
D
Here's to the quilting
Bm7
For hours and hours
Em
Here's to the tractors
Em
The children can drive
Em            F#m
Here's to the churches
G/A           A
That keep us alive

D Daug D6 D7 D6 Daug

🎸 Verse 3:
D
How does it feel
Daug
Standing out in a field
D6
With the women who kneel
D7
At the thought of chenille
D6
I'm nothing but veal
Daug
And I'm hardly a meal here in Iowa

🎸 Chorus 2:
Gm
There's Mrs. Mullins
Gm
And Mrs. Brown's rooster
D
There's Mrs. Billington
Bm7
Bradford and Brewster
Em
The Fullers and Fishers
Em
Are worried 'bout frost
Em            F#m
There's Mrs. Rosenberg
G/A         A
She must be lost

D Daug D6 D7 D6 Daug

🎸 Bridge:
     Bb
Now
I fell asleep to the sounds of the subway
     C
The pizzas and pretzels and cabbies and crime
F7
I fell asleep to the glow of excess
Bb
Of a greater Grand Central, a good Guggenheim
Bb
I fell asleep in the land of the famous
      C
Ain't that Jerry Seinfeld
Ain't that Robin Byrd
      F7
But I opened my eyes and my ears to the strangest
      Bb
Most deafening silence that I've ever heard
       Bb
'Cause when I awoke
C#
When I awoke
C#  C        D
I awoke in Iowa

D Daug D6 D7 D6 Daug

🎸 Verse 4:
D
It's hard to ignore
Daug
The God at the core
D6
While pacing the floor
D7
Of the general store
D6
Who could be bored
Daug
Touring this vortex called Iowa

🎸 Chorus 3:
Gm
Here's to the pious
Gm
Here's to their pity
D
Here's to the wonders
Bm7
Of Iowa City
Em
Here's to the prayer group
Em
That everyone joins
Em
Here's to the skyscraping
F#m
Sights of Des Moines

🎸 Bridge:
     Bb
Now
I fell asleep in the city of angels
      C
With buildings that buckle, and sidewalks that burn
F7
I fell asleep to the trail of exhaust
Bb
And fabulous people where ever you turn
Bb
I fell asleep in the land of the large
C
Angelika above me and stars left and right
F7
Then I opened my eyes to an infinite number
Bb
Of stars that have kept me awake half the night
Bb
'Cause when I awoke
C#
When I awoke
C#         F
I awoke in Iowa