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witchita skyline
by: shawn colvin & john leventhal
CD: a few small repairs
note: play ( Dm   Dsus2   Dm  Dsus2) at the   *  symbol
intro: F Bb (play several times)
           F              Bb         F               Bb*
down at the train  they go to independence every day
            F          Bb                F              Bb*
but everyone else now  seems a like a million miles away
and i must have been Fhigh  to Dmbeleive  that i would Fever Gleave
now i'm just a Bbflat Ffine Cline  like the witchiFta skylBbineF  Bb  
          F           Bb                  F              Bb*
i rode the airstream  across the great lonesome afternoon
                 F         Bb           F                     Bb*
and i wished hard enough,  drove fast enough to catch the moon
but i must've been Fdreaming Dmagain
cause there's Fnothing around the Gbend
except for that Bbfine Fflat Cline  the witchiFta skylBbineF  Bb  
F  Bb (3x)   solo play chords (G#  G#-A#-G#)
         F                  Bb           F             Bb*
as far as salina  i can get that fine station from larue
i'm Fsearching the Bbdial
                      F                   Bb*
while i'm scanning the sky for a patch of blue
and i watch the Fblack clouds rool Dmin  Fchasing me back Gagain
back to the Bbflat Ffine Cline   the witchFita skylBbine
the witchFita skylBbine
                F      Bb(slide to)  C#   C   Bb   Ab  F____   (to end)
the witchita skyline
-neil peart                         |

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Witchita Skyline

by Shawn Colvin

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Dsus2

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witchita skyline

by: shawn colvin & john leventhal

CD: a few small repairs

Dm Dsus2 Dm Dsus2

note: play ( ) at the * symbol

intro: F Bb (play several times)

F Bb F Bb

down at the train they go to independence every day

F Bb F Bb

but everyone else now seems a like a million miles away

F Dm F G

and i must have been high to beleive that i would ever leave

Bb F C F Bb F Bb

now i'm just a flat fine line like the witchita skyline

F Bb F Bb

i rode the airstream across the great lonesome afternoon

F Bb F Bb

and i wished hard enough, drove fast enough to catch the moon

F Dm

but i must've been dreaming again

F G

cause there's nothing around the bend

Bb F C F Bb F Bb

except for that fine flat line the witchita skyline

F Bb (3x) solo play chords (G# G#-A#-G#)

F Bb F Bb

as far as salina i can get that fine station from larue

F Bb

i'm searching the dial

F Bb

while i'm scanning the sky for a patch of blue

F Dm F G

and i watch the black clouds rool in chasing me back again

Bb F C F Bb

back to the flat fine line the witchita skyline

F Bb

the witchita skyline

F Bb C# C Bb Ab F

(slide to) ____ (to end)

the witchita skyline

-neil peart |

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