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The Needle Has Landed

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[Verse 1]
EmHere I am in traffic's Cslow Emflow (Where the needle touched down)
EmCarbon planes draw a Ccage around the Emair force base (where the needle touched down)
EmMy foot on the brake it's oCk to fly Emlow
Over Cpoor SpanaFway
[Verse 2]
An Ceagle swooped down from a Fsemi-trailer
Took the Cname of your town from a Fshark-toothed freighter
The Cneedle's the same it reFcorded and played
When you Cleft me at the greyhound the Fyear I moved away
And Cif I knew then what's so Fobvious now
GYou'd still be here Cbaby
My Fbaby, Fmbaby
[Bridge]
C F C F
[Verse 3]        
So Cthat's why I never come Fback here
CThat's why they spit out my Fname
Your Cexes have clawed up the Fbible
GTrying to keep me aCway
With the Csledge of tectonic Ffever
The Gneedle has landed aCgain
Let it GplaCy
[Verse 4]
And the Emneedle touched GdowCn
The needle has Flanded
And the Emneedle touched GdowCn
The needle has Flanded
[Verse 5]
An Ceagle swooped down from a Fsemi-trailer
Took the Cname of your town from a Fshark-toothed freighter
And Cif I knew then what's so Fobvious now
GYou'd still be here Cbaby
[Outro]
 C   F   Fm(repeat)

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The Needle Has Landed

by Neko Case

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[Verse 1]

Em C Em

Here I am in traffic's slow flow (Where the needle touched down)

Em C Em

Carbon planes draw a cage around the air force base (where the needle touched down)

Em C Em

My foot on the brake it's ok to fly low

C F

Over poor Spanaway

[Verse 2]

C F

An eagle swooped down from a semi-trailer

C F

Took the name of your town from a shark-toothed freighter

C F

The needle's the same it recorded and played

C F

When you left me at the greyhound the year I moved away

C F

And if I knew then what's so obvious now

G C

You'd still be here baby

F Fm

My baby, baby

[Bridge]

C F C F

[Verse 3]

C F

So that's why I never come back here

C F

That's why they spit out my name

C F

Your exes have clawed up the bible

G C

Trying to keep me away

C F

With the sledge of tectonic fever

G C

The needle has landed again

G C

Let it play

[Verse 4]

Em G C

And the needle touched down

The needle has landed

Em G C

And the needle touched down

The needle has landed

[Verse 5]

C F

An eagle swooped down from a semi-trailer

C F

Took the name of your town from a shark-toothed freighter

C F

And if I knew then what's so obvious now

G C

You'd still be here baby

[Outro]

C F Fm

(repeat)

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