Foreign Affair Chords by Tom Waits

[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]