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Mesa Az by Bad Books
Mesa Az
A -X- (Basically slide up from G) A7 -0-
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G C G
We passed 800 miles talking circles about living with loss
C G
You said your sense of humor's always helped you get above & across
G C G
Every hurdle, every chasm, every shocking & unspeakable blow
C
Just proves the universe is chaos so you laugh to clear the lump from your
G G/f#
throat
E A
But if you're fixed on being bitter
G A7
Go be bitter on your own
C
We're still two hours from El Paso
D G
Arizona's such a long way to go
The chemicals were coursing through our bloodstreams at incongruous rates
I was time-traveling inward through a past life I can never erase
You were hanging out the window, you said: 'We're just a beggar's banquet in space'
You were laughing at the moon, you were cursing it for wearing your face
Me & New Mexico are orphans
Or is it bastards? Either way:
I know a guy in Roswell
We'll hitch a moonride, steal you back your face
Interlude, Repeat Verse
E A
You sleep and whistle 'Blackbird' backwards
G A7
while my eyes cut her name in clay.
C
You wake to Mesa, Arizona
C G
Say, 'Let it go. She'll change her mind someday.'
C
You took the wheel in Mesa, Arizona.
D
Said, 'I got the rest, man.
G
You can drift away.'
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