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
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