{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1056307,"song":"Foreign Affair","artist":"Tom Waits","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1056307-foreign-affair-chords-by-tom-waits/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1056307?type=chord","rating":4.93317,"votes":10,"content":"FOREIGN AFFAIR (Tom Waits)\r\nAlbum Foreign Affairs (1977)\r\n\r\nIntro :[ch]C[/ch] -[ch]Am7[/ch]-[ch]Dm7[/ch]-[ch]G7[/ch] / [ch]C[/ch] -[ch]Am7[/ch]-[ch]Dm7[/ch]-[ch]G7[/ch]-[ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Am7[/ch]             [ch]Dm7[/ch]            [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nwhen traveling abroad in the continental style[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]Dm7[/ch]           [ch]G7[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]-[ch]Am7[/ch]-[ch]Dm7[/ch]-[ch]G7[/ch]\r\nit's my belief one must attempt to be discreet[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Am7[/ch]                    [ch]Dm7[/ch]        [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nand subsequently bear in mind your transient position[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Dm7[/ch]             [ch]G7[/ch]     [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nallows you a perspective that's unique [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                       [ch]Dm7[/ch]          [ch]G7[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nand though you'll find your itinerary's a blessing and a curse[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm7[/ch]                 [ch]G7[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nyour wanderlust won't let you settle down[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Dm7[/ch]                [ch]G7[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nand you'll wonder how you ever fathomed that you'd be content[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Dm7[/ch]                           [ch]G7[/ch]       \r\nto stay within the city limits of a small midwestern town[/tab]\r\n  \r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Am7[/ch]                   [ch]Dm7[/ch]                 [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nmost vagabonds i knowed don't ever want to find the culprit[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]Am7[/ch]              [ch]Dm7[/ch]         [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nthat remains the object of their long relentless quest[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am7[/ch]               [ch]Am7[/ch]           [ch]Dm7[/ch]             [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nthe obsession's in the chasing and not the apprehending[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]Dm7[/ch]           [ch]G7[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]-[ch]Am7[/ch]-[ch]Dm7[/ch]-[ch]G7[/ch]\r\nthe pursuit you see and never the arrest [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]E7[/ch]                                   [ch]Am7[/ch]                 [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nwithout fear of contradiction \"bon voyage\" is always hollered[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Dm7[/ch]               [ch]G7[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nin conjunction with a handkerchief from shore[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]                                            [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nby a girl that drives a rambler and furthermore[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D7[/ch]            [ch]Dm7[/ch]                                        [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nis overly concerned that she won't see him anymore[/tab]\r\n     \r\n[tab]                          [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nplanes and trains and boats and buses[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Dm7[/ch]   [ch]G7[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]Am7[/ch]         [ch]Dm7[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch]-[ch]E7[/ch]\r\ncharacteristically evoke a common attitude of blue[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am7[/ch]                  [ch]Am7[/ch]              [ch]Dm7[/ch]             [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nunless you have a suitcase and a ticket and a passport[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]Dm7[/ch]   [ch]G7[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]-[ch]Am7[/ch]-[ch]Dm7[/ch]-[ch]G7[/ch]\r\nand the cargo that they're carrying is you[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]               [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am7[/ch]    [ch]Dm7[/ch]              [ch]G7[/ch]\r\na foreign affair juxtaposed with a stateside[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                                        [ch]Dm7[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nand domestically approved romantic fancy[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am7[/ch]        [ch]Am7[/ch]               [ch]Dm7[/ch]                [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nis mysteriously attractive due to circumstances knowing[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Am7[/ch]          [ch]Dm7[/ch]-[ch]G7[/ch]-[ch]C[/ch]\r\nit will only be parlayed into a memory  [/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch]-[ch]Am7[/ch]-[ch]Dm7[/ch]-[ch]G7[/ch]-[ch]C[/ch]","plain_text":"FOREIGN AFFAIR (Tom Waits)\nAlbum Foreign Affairs (1977)\n\nIntro :C -Am7-Dm7-G7 / C -Am7-Dm7-G7-C\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n     \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nC-Am7-Dm7-G7-C","chords":["C","Am7","Dm7","G7","E7","D7"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,0,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"Dm7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,1]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}