FOREIGN AFFAIR (Tom Waits)
Album Foreign Affairs (1977)

Intro :C -Am7-Dm7-G7 / C -Am7-Dm7-G7-C

C (x32010@1)          Am7 (x02010@1)           Dm7            G7when (320001@1)traveling abroad in the continental style
              C (x32010@1)                  Dm7           G7 (320001@1)   C-Am7-Dm7-G7
it's my belief one must attempt to be discreet
        C (x32010@1)              Am7 (x02010@1)                  Dm7        G7and (320001@1)subsequently bear in mind your transient position
     C (x32010@1)               Dm7             G7 (320001@1)   Am7allows (x02010@1)you a perspective that's unique

Dm7          G7 (320001@1)          C (x32010@1)                 Am7and (x02010@1)though you'll find your itinerary's a blessing and a curse
        Dm7                 G7 (320001@1)                C (x32010@1)     Am7your (x02010@1)wanderlust won't let you settle down
                Dm7                G7 (320001@1)                     C (x32010@1)              Am7and (x02010@1)you'll wonder how you ever fathomed that you'd be content
             Dm7                           G7 (320001@1)     
to stay within the city limits of a small midwestern town
  
              C (x32010@1)      Am7 (x02010@1)                 Dm7                 G7most (320001@1)vagabonds i knowed don't ever want to find the culprit
           C (x32010@1)                   Am7 (x02010@1)            Dm7         G7that (320001@1)remains the object of their long relentless quest
         Am7 (x02010@1)             Am7 (x02010@1)         Dm7             G7the (320001@1)obsession's in the chasing and not the apprehending
           C (x32010@1)                   Dm7           G7 (320001@1) C-Am7-Dm7-G7
the pursuit you see and never the arrest

E7 (020130@1)                                 Am7 (x02010@1)               D7without (xx0212@1)fear of contradiction "bon voyage" is always hollered
         Dm7               G7 (320001@1)                       C (x32010@1)   Am7in (x02010@1)conjunction with a handkerchief from shore
E7 (020130@1)                                          Am7by (x02010@1)a girl that drives a rambler and furthermore
   D7 (xx0212@1)          Dm7                                        G7is (320001@1)overly concerned that she won't see him anymore
     
                          C (x32010@1)                 Am7planes (x02010@1)and trains and boats and buses
           Dm7   G7 (320001@1)C (x32010@1)                  Am7 (x02010@1)       Dm7 G7-E7
characteristically evoke a common attitude of blue
   Am7 (x02010@1)                Am7 (x02010@1)            Dm7             G7unless (320001@1)you have a suitcase and a ticket and a passport
            C (x32010@1)                     Dm7   G7 (320001@1)    C-Am7-Dm7-G7
and the cargo that they're carrying is you

C (x32010@1)name="chord_x02010@1">Am7    Dm7              G7a (320001@1)foreign affair juxtaposed with a stateside
          C (x32010@1)                                      Dm7 G7and (320001@1)domestically approved romantic fancy
       Am7 (x02010@1)      Am7 (x02010@1)             Dm7                G7is (320001@1)mysteriously attractive due to circumstances knowing
         C (x32010@1)           Am7 (x02010@1)        Dm7-G7-C
it will only be parlayed into a memory

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