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From: Schof26@aol.com
Date: Fri, 3 Nov 1995 23:57:47 -0500

The following are what I believe to be the chords for Jimmy Bufett's
"Distantly in Love."

D:        000232
Dsus2: 000230
Dsus4: 000233
A:        002220
Asus2: 002200
G:        320033
E:        221000


Intro: D (xx0232@1)Dsus2 (xx0230@1)D (xx0232@1) Dsus4 (xx0233@1)D (xx0232@1)Dsus2 (xx0230@1)D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) Asus2 (x02200@1)A (x02220@1)D (xx0232@1)                         G (320003@1)                 A (x02220@1)                       DPayphones (xx0232@1)all were ringing as the crowd went roaring by,

D (xx0232@1)                   G (320003@1)               A (x02220@1)        DLovely (xx0232@1)dancers swayin' to an island lullaby

D (xx0232@1)                          G (320003@1)                A (x02220@1)                        DBeside (xx0232@1)the southern ocean, taking thought of what's to be

D (xx0232@1)                    G (320003@1)                   A (x02220@1)              DWriting (xx0232@1)you this letter that you'll prob'ly never see

     G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1)  A (x02220@1)             G (320003@1)   D (xx0232@1)     A (x02220@1)                G (320003@1)         D (xx0232@1)         A (x02220@1)             DBut (xx0232@1)I can't help but be ruled by inconsistancies, now you need this distantly
in love.

D (xx0232@1)                         G (320003@1)                 A (x02220@1)                   DTried (xx0232@1)to phone from Paris, thinking things could be arranged

D (xx0232@1)                        G (320003@1)                     A (x02220@1)                         DMe (xx0232@1)and you would roundez-vous, but I found your number changed

D (xx0232@1)                      G (320003@1)                      A (x02220@1)                DSo (xx0232@1)I drove to San Ramos where the crazy painter dwells

D (xx0232@1)                    G (320003@1)                   A (x02220@1)                    DToasted (xx0232@1)our old photographs still up there on the shelves

      G (320003@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D     A (x02220@1)             G (320003@1)       D (xx0232@1)   A (x02220@1)         G (320003@1)         D (xx0232@1)           A (x02220@1)            DBut (xx0232@1)I can't help but be ruled by my intiguities, now you need this distantly
in love

Instrumental
|D  G (320003@1)  A (x02220@1)D:| (xx0232@1)
A (x02220@1)                G (320003@1)                A (x02220@1)                       GI (320003@1)can't be the one to fill your times and all your places

A (x02220@1)                G (320003@1)                  E (022100@1)                     AI (x02220@1)can't be the one to fill your blanks and empty spaces

D (xx0232@1)                   G (320003@1)                 A (x02220@1)                 DI (xx0232@1)heard it from a friend of ours I saw in Timber Bay

D (xx0232@1)                  G (320003@1)                 A (x02220@1)            DYou (xx0232@1)had a new lover who had stolen you away

D (xx0232@1)                      G (320003@1)               A (x02220@1)            DThat (xx0232@1)could be the reason that I never got in touch

D (xx0232@1)                     G (320003@1)               A (x02220@1)                      DHe (xx0232@1)presents like problems if he loves you half as much

G (320003@1)         D (xx0232@1)          A (x02220@1)             G (320003@1)       D (xx0232@1)    A (x02220@1)         G (320003@1)        D (xx0232@1)          A (x02220@1)            D'Cause (xx0232@1)I who can't help but be ruled by my intiguities now you need this
distantly in love

Dsus4  D  Dsus2

               G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1)  A (x02220@1)            G (320003@1)           D (xx0232@1)   A (x02220@1)               G (320003@1)          D (xx0232@1)          AYou (x02220@1)know I can't help but be part of my own philosophies, now you need this
distantly in

Dlove (xx0232@1)
I've been playing this song for years, but I never actually wrote it down to
send it in until now.  The best memory I have of this song is when Jimmy did
it acoustic both nights at Irvine Meadows in Irvine, CA on the '94 Fruitcakes
tour.  Anyhoo, Enjoy!

Bill Schofield (and Caroline)
Schof26@aol.com