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Foreign Affair Chords by Tom Waits

  • Key: C
  • BPM: 136
  • Capo: no capo

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FOREIGN AFFAIR CHORDS

[Start]

[Intro]
G Cmaj7 Am7 Dm7 Gsus4 C
                 
Am7 Dm7 G7
       


[Verse]
G7   C          Am7           Dm7         Gsus4 G
When travelling abroad in the continental style 
C                       Dm7        C  G C        Am7 Dm7
It's my belief one must attempt to be  discreet      
G                          Am        Dm7       Gsus4   
 And subsequently bear in mind your transient position
G C              Dm7         G      C     
  Allows you a perspective that's unique
Am7               Dm7       Gsus4         C              Am7  
   Though you'll find your itinerary's a blessing and a curse
Dm7             Gsus4                C   
Your wanderlust won't let you settle down


[Chorus]
Am7 Am            Dm7            Gsus4 G        C             Am     
     And you'll wonder how you ever  fathomed that you'd be content
   Dm7                         Gsus4                     
To stay within the city limits of a small midwestern town
G7   C                  Am            Dm7              Gsus4   G
Most vagabonds I knowed   don't ever want to find the culprit 
C                Am7       Am    Dm7  Gsus4           
That remains the object of their long relentless quest
    Am                 C               Dm7 Gsus4        G7
The obsession's in the chasing and not the apprehending  
    C                   Dm7   G C         
The pursuit you see and never  the arrest
Am7 Am Dm Gsus4
           


[Verse]
Bm7                           E7 Am7           D7             
Without fear of contradiction   bon voyage is always hollered
Dm7                 Gsus4          G Gsus4 C     Am7
In conjunction with a handkerchief  from  shore   
     Bm7                E7          Am7        
By a girl that drives a rambler and furthermore
Dm D7     Dm7                              Gsus4  
Is overly concerned that she won't see him anymore
G7                    C         Am    Dm7                Gsus4
Planes and trains and boats and buses characteristically     


[Chorus]
G C              Am       Dm7    
 Evoke a common attitude of blue
Am                C              Dm7          Gsus4   
Unless you have a suitcase and a ticket and a passport
C                  Dm7     C        G  C   Am
And the cargo that they're carrying is you  
Dm Gsus4   C              Am7 Am         Dm7  Gsus4 G        
       A foreign affair    juxtaposed with a     stateside
    Gsus4        C Am                Dm7   Gsus4
And domestically  approved romantic fancy     
   Am           Am7               Dm7           Gsus4  
Is mysteriously attractive due to circumstances knowing
C               Am       Am7        Dm7   
It will only be parlayed    into a memory


[Outro]
Gsus4 G C Am Am7 Dm7 Gsus4 C
                    


[End]
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