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]