C#m         Abm       A         B
   She came in on the redeye to dallas-fort 

E               Abm      A        B
worth.  All the way from sunny taipei.

E           Abm        A      B
   Skin the color of a walnut shell, And a

E            Abm          A              B
baseball cap      holding down her black hair. And she came

A    A        B         B
here    after midnight.

E            E                E             E
     The hot weather made her feel right at home. Come on

E       E       A                 A
in,          we haven't slept for weeks. Drink some of

E       E         A             B
this.   it'll put color in your cheeks.



C#m               Abm         A     B
    He drove from in from mexicali, no worse for wear.

E            Abm   A          B
    Money to burn,    time to kill. but

E       Abm     A              B
   five minutes looking in his eyes and we all

E           Abm           A          B
knew he was broken pretty bad, so we gave him what we 

A                  A                B                B
had.  We cleared a space for him to sleep in, and we let the

E                  E                E                 E
silence that's our trademark        make its presence felt. Come on

E       E       A                 A
in,          we haven't slept for weeks. Drink some of

E       E         A             B
this.   it'll put color in your cheeks.


Bridge:
C#m Abm A   B
E (One octave Up)   B


C#m             Abm       A       B
      They came in by the dozens, walking or crawling.

E              Abm           A             B
     Some were bright-eyed.      Some were dead on their feet.

E                 Abm        A              B
    And they came in from zimbabwe, Or from soviet, 

E                    Abm            A              B
georgia.  East saint louis, or from paris, or they lived across the street.

A             A                     B                B
     But they came, and when they'd finally made it here, It was the 

E                   E     E                E
least that we could do to make our welcome clear.  Come on

E       E       A                 A
in,          we haven't slept for weeks. Drink some of

E       E         A             B
this.   it'll put color in your cheeks.