Foreign Affair

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FOREIGN AFFAIR (Tom Waits)
Album Foreign Affairs (1977)
C Am7Dm7G7 C Am7Dm7G7C
Intro : --- / ----
C Am7 Dm7 G7
when traveling abroad in the continental style
C Dm7 G7 CAm7Dm7G7
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it's my belief one must attempt to be discreet
C Am7 Dm7 G7
and subsequently bear in mind your transient position
C Dm7 G7 Am7
allows you a perspective that's unique
Dm7 G7 C Am7
and though you'll find your itinerary's a blessing and a curse
Dm7 G7 C Am7
your wanderlust won't let you settle down
Dm7 G7 C Am7
and you'll wonder how you ever fathomed that you'd be content
Dm7 G7
to stay within the city limits of a small midwestern town
C Am7 Dm7 G7
most vagabonds i knowed don't ever want to find the culprit
C Am7 Dm7 G7
that remains the object of their long relentless quest
Am7 Am7 Dm7 G7
the obsession's in the chasing and not the apprehending
C Dm7 G7 CAm7Dm7G7
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the pursuit you see and never the arrest
E7 Am7 D7
without fear of contradiction "bon voyage" is always hollered
Dm7 G7 C Am7
in conjunction with a handkerchief from shore
E7 Am7
by a girl that drives a rambler and furthermore
D7 Dm7 G7
is overly concerned that she won't see him anymore
C Am7
planes and trains and boats and buses
Dm7G7C Am7 Dm7G7E7
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characteristically evoke a common attitude of blue
Am7 Am7 Dm7 G7
unless you have a suitcase and a ticket and a passport
C Dm7G7 CAm7Dm7G7
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and the cargo that they're carrying is you
C Am7 Dm7 G7
a foreign affair juxtaposed with a stateside
C Dm7 G7
and domestically approved romantic fancy
Am7 Am7 Dm7 G7
is mysteriously attractive due to circumstances knowing
C Am7 Dm7G7C
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it will only be parlayed into a memory
CAm7Dm7G7C
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FOREIGN AFFAIR (Tom Waits)
Album Foreign Affairs (1977)
Intro :C -Am7-Dm7-G7 / C -Am7-Dm7-G7-C
C-Am7-Dm7-G7-C

Foreign Affair Chords by Tom Waits

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