E (022100@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D A (x02220@1)name="chord_320003@1">G B (x2444x@1)name="chord_022100@1">E
E5/C: x 3 2 4 4 0
Cadd9: x 3 2 0 3 0
Cmaj7: x 3 2 0 0 0
Cmaj7*:x 3 2 0 3 x
E5/C*: x 3 2 0 0 x
Am: x 2 2 1 x x
Esus4: x 2 2 0 x x
Dsus2: x 2 2 3 x x
For the verse, strum each chord once.
INTRO
(E5/C Cadd9 Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7*)x2
VERSE 1
E5/C Cadd9 Cadd9
On the lam
Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C
From the law
Cadd9 (x32030@1)name="chord_x32030@1">Cadd9
On the steps of
Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C
The capital
Cadd9 (x32030@1)name="chord_x32030@1">Cadd9
You shot a plainclothes
Cmaj7 Cmaj7
Cop on the
Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C
Ten o' clock
Cadd9 Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7 Am Esus4 Dsus2
Esus4 Am Esus4 Am Esus4 Dsus2 Am Esus4
And I saw momentarily
Esus4 (022200@1)name="chord_x02210@1">Am Esus4 (022200@1)name="chord_xx0230@1">Dsus2 Am (x02210@1)name="chord_022200@1">Esus4 E5/C
They flashed a photograph, It couldn't be you
Cadd9 Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7*
Esus4 Am Esus4 Am Esus4 Dsus2 Am Esus4
You'd been abused so horribly
Esus4 Am Esus4 Dsus2 Am Esus4 (E5/C
But you were there in some anonymous room
Cadd9 Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7*)x2
VERSE 2
E5/C Cadd9 Cadd9
And I recall that
Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C
Fall
Cadd9 (x32030@1)name="chord_x32030@1">Cadd9
I was working for the
Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C
Government
Cadd9 (x32030@1)name="chord_x32030@1">Cadd9 Cmaj7 (x32000@1)name="chord_x32000@1">Cmaj7
And in a bathroom stall
Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C
Off the national mall
Cadd9 Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7 Am Esus4 Dsus2
Esus4 Am Esus4 Am Esus4 Dsus2 Am Esus4
How we kissed so sweetly
Esus4 Am Esus4 Dsus2 Am Esus4 E5/C
How could I refuse a favor or two
Cadd9 Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7*
Esus4 Am Esus4 Am Esus4 Dsus2 Am Esus4
And for a tryst in the greenery
Esus4 Am Esus4 Dsus2 Am Esus4 (E5/C
I gave you documents and microfilm too
Cadd9 Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7*)x2
CHORUS
GAnd (320003@1)from my ten floor tenement
AmWhere (x02210@1)once our bodies lay
CHow (x32010@1)I longed to hear you say
Cm (x3101x@1) G"No (320003@1)they'll never catch me now
CmNo (x3101x@1)they'll never catch me
Am (x02210@1) FNo (133211@1)they cannot catch me now
E (022100@1) FWe (133211@1)will escape somehow
FmSomehow, (133111@1)oh"
(E5/C Cadd9 Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7*)x2
VERSE 3
E5/C Cadd9 Cadd9
It was late
Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C
One night
E5/C Cadd9 Cadd9
I was awoken by the
Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C
Telephone
Cadd9 (x32030@1)name="chord_x32030@1">Cadd9
I heard a strangled
Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C
Cry on the end of the line
Cadd9 Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7 Am Esus4 Dsus2
Esus4 Am Esus4 Am Esus4 Dsus2 Am Esus4
Purloined in Petrograd
Esus4 (022200@1)name="chord_x02210@1">Am Esus4 (022200@1)name="chord_xx0230@1">Dsus2 Am (x02210@1)name="chord_022200@1">Esus4 E5/C
They were suspicious of where your loyalties lay
Cadd9 Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7*
Esus4 Am Esus4 Am Esus4 Dsus2 Am Esus4
So I paid off a bureaucrat
Esus4 (022200@1)name="chord_x02210@1">Am Esus4 (022200@1)name="chord_xx0230@1">Dsus2 Am (x02210@1)name="chord_022200@1">Esus4 (E5/C
To convince your captors there to secret you away
Cadd9 Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7*)x2
CHORUS
GAnd (320003@1)at the gate of the embassy
AmOur (x02210@1)hands met through the bars
CAs (x32010@1)your whisper stilled my heart
Cm (x3101x@1) G"No (320003@1)they'll never catch me now
CmNo (x3101x@1)they'll never catch me
Am (x02210@1) FNo (133211@1)they cannot catch me now
E (022100@1) FWe (133211@1)will escape somehow
FmSomehow, (133111@1)oh"
BRIDGE
C (x32010@1)name="chord_x2444x@1">B C (x32010@1)name="chord_x2444x@1">B G (320003@1)GAnd (320003@1)I dreamt one night
F#You (244322@1)were there in form
GHands (320003@1)held high
F#In (244322@1)uniform
GOh (320003@1)F#Oh (244322@1)
(E5/C Cadd9 Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7*)x2
OUTRO
E5/C Cadd9 Cadd9
It was ten
Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C
Years on
E5/C Cadd9 Cadd9
When you resurfaced
Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C
In a motorcar
Cadd9 (x32030@1)name="chord_x32030@1">Cadd9 Cmaj7 (x32000@1)name="chord_x32000@1">Cmaj7
And with the wave of an arm
Cmaj7* Cmaj7* E5/C* E5/C* Cmaj7* Cmaj7*
You were there and gone