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last time slide
e-2-------2-------2-------2-3-5-3-0-2-----------------|-/10-----------------
B-3-------3-------3-------3---------3-----------------|---------------------
G-2-------2-------2-------2---------2----repeat this--|---------------------
D-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-----------------|---------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------|---------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------|---------------------
RE
I drive alone, home from work
SIm LA
And I always think of her
RE SIm LA
Late at night I call her, but I never say a word
SOL SIm LA RE SOL
But I can see her squeeze the phone between her chin and shoulder
SIm LA RE SOL RE SOL
And I can almost smell her breath, faint, with a sweet scent of decay
RE
She serves him mashed potatoes
SIm LA
She serves him peppered steak, and corn
RE SIm LA
Pulls the dress up over her head, lets it fall to the floor
SOL SIm LA RE SOL
And does she ever whisper in his ear, all her favorite fruit
SIm LA RE SOL
And all the most exotic places they are cultivated
RE SIm LA
And I'd like to take her there, rather than this train I'm on
RE SIm LA
And if I weren't a civil servant, I'd have a place in the colonies
SOL SIm LA RE SOL
We'd play croquet behind white-washed walls and drink our tea at four
SIm LA RE SOL
Within intervention's distance of the embassy
RE LA RE
The midday air grows thicker with the heat
SIm LA
And drifts towards the line of trees
RE LA RE SIm LA
When negroes blink their eyes, they sink into siesta
SOL SIm LA RE SOL
And we are rotting like a fruit underneath a rusting roof
SIm LA RE SOL
We dream our dreams and sing our songs of love - fecundity
RE SOL RE SOL RE SOL
Of life and love, of life and love, of life and love
(end with opening riff, then finish on D)
You may wish to play the G barred on the 3rd fret, and sometimes pick the
top three strings descending.
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