Mesa Az

[Intro Lick]
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G                           C    
We passed 800 miles talking 
                      G
circles about living with loss
C                            
You said your sense of humor's 
                                  G
always helped you get above & across
G                              
Every hurdle, every chasm, every 
     C                    G
shocking & unspeakable blow
C
Just proves the universe is chaos so
 you laugh to clear the lump from 
your
  G       G/F#
throat

Em                              A*
But if you're fixed on being bitter
         G            A7
Go be bitter on your own
                  C
We're still two hours from El Paso
Continúa después del anuncio
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Arizona's such a long way to go

G                                 
The chemicals were coursing 
      C                    
through our bloodstreams at 
        G
incongruous rates
C                                 
I was time-traveling inward 
                           G
through a past life I can never 
erase
G                                 
You were hanging out the window, 
         C                      
you said: 'We're just a beggar's 
           G
banquet in space'
C                                 
You were laughing at the moon, you
 were cursing it for wearing your 
G        G/F#
face

Em                       A*
Me & New Mexico are orphans
         G                 A7
Or is it bastards? Either way:
            C
I know a guy in Roswell
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We'll hitch a moonride, steal you 
           G
back your face

Interlude, Repeat Verse

Em                                
You sleep and whistle 'Blackbird' 
    A*
backwards
           G                    A7
while my eyes cut her name in clay.
              C
You wake to Mesa, Arizona
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Say, 'Let it go. She'll change her 
        G
mind someday.'
              C
You took the wheel in Mesa, Arizona.
              D*
Said, 'I got the rest, man.
               G
You can drift away.'