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



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


when traCveling abroadAm7 in the continenDm7tal styleG7
it's my beliefC one must attempt to Dm7be discreetG7[C-Am7-Dm7-G7]
and subsCequently bear in Am7mind your transient posDm7itionG7
allowCs you a perspectivDm7e that's unique G7Am7

and though you'll find Dm7your itinerarG7y's a blessingC and a curseAm7
your wanDm7derlust won't let yoG7u settle downCAm7
and you'll wondeDm7r how you ever fathG7omed that you'd be contenCtAm7
to stay withiDm7n the city limits of a small mG7idwestern town

most vagabondsC i knowedAm7 don't ever want to fiDm7nd the culpritG7
that remainCs the object of their Am7long relentless qDm7uestG7
the obsesAm7sion's in the chasAm7ing and not thDm7e apprehendingG7
the pursuitC you see and never theDm7 arrest G7[C-Am7-Dm7-G7]

without feaE7r of contradiction "bon voyage" is alAm7ways holleredD7
in conjunDm7ction with a handkG7erchief from shoreCAm7
E7by a girl that drives a rambler and furthermorAm7e
is D7overly concernDm7ed that she won't see him anymoreG7

planes and trains and boatCs and busesAm7
characterisDm7ticallG7y evCoke a common attitudeAm7 of blueDm7[G7-E7]
unlAm7ess you have a suitcaAm7se and a ticket aDm7nd a passportG7
and the cargCo that they're carrying Dm7is youG7[C-Am7-Dm7-G7]

a foreign affaiCr Am7juxtapoDm7sed with a statesG7ide
and domestCically approved romantic fancyDm7G7
is mystAm7eriously atAm7tractive due to ciDm7rcumstances knowingG7
it will oCnly be parlayeAm7d into a memo[Dm7-G7-C]ry

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