This Empty Northern Hemisphere

 Bb                                
Smoke it flies from whisky mouths  
 /   vagabonds walk this suitcase 
  F
town
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summer left us beckoning   /   the 
                            F
cottonwoods were all worn out
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night comes fixing on the day   /  
                             F
 and the universe reigned again
            Dm     F             
while the wheels roll, to find a 
Bb         Dm
flickering light

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While you were sleeping I was the 
C           Gm
turning the dials
          Bb          F           
and I walled up your kingdom with 
        C     Gm
radio wires
           Bb          F          
and the bells of the choir came in
C      Gm
 low and rumbling
                           Bb
..aw, you should-a heard them...

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   Bb                            
Living here in this city on fire, 
                 F
well I’ve been fine
       Bb                          
just dancing drunk above the street
                            F
   /   me the ghost of Caroline
      Bb
and that was me, ya know, calling up
 above   /
                                 F
from the steeples in the church yard
             Dm    F        
watch the wheels roll to find 
   Bb           Gm
another place home

 Bb             F            C   
While you were sleeping, you bet 
              Gm
that I might
 Bb        F      C      Gm
walk this empty northern hemisphere 
wide
         Bb         F            
and the kingdom it came, well it 
C        Gm
all fell down
                Bb
it all fell to dust   /   and it all
 fell...

Dm  Bb  C  C  x6

 Bb              F                
While you were sleeping I was the 
C           Gm
turning the dials
 Bb        F     C      Gm      
walk this empty northern 
          Bb
hemisphere wide...