Scenic Routes

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[verse]
A               E
Auto shakes his blinders off
      G             D
plows up the common streets
    A                  E
The lost dogs bark the Nicene creed
    G                 D
and dream of bones to eat
       A               E
Praise eglantines, hot joe and beans
    G              D
The sea, the desert heat

[chorus]
      A              D      E    
Yeah, we'll take the scenic 
   D
routes (stop and smell the roses)
  A                D     E        
Find out what it's all about (with 
 D
eyes wide open)
          A                  D
Paint the common things with mystery
     E           D
and renovate our history
     A           D      E       D
When we take the scenic routes

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[verse]
A             E
Auto rides Narragansetts
   G                 D
on back the westward wind
   A              E
to pecan logs and shopping malls
    G           D
and illustrated men
      A                     E
loves Christ the Lamb, mom, eggs and
 ham
        G             D
and the tattoo on his skin says

[chorus]
      A              D      E    
Yeah, we'll take the scenic 
    D
routes (stop and smell the roses)
  A               D    E          
Imagine what it's all about (with 
D
wide-eyed wonder)
    A              D
The cloud-enfolded Trinity
  E                 D
Unpacks the ancient tapestry
     A           D      E     D
When we take the scenic routes

[bridge]
G                 A
Pigs in a blanket, nice and hot
G          A
Wax museums, mystery spot
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Great balls of string
B                    D
Neat shrunken heads
    E
The Penguin Boy says

[solo]
A   D   E   D x4

[chorus]
      A              D      E    
Yeah, we'll take the scenic 
    D
routes (stop and smell the roses)
 A                D    E          
Imagine what it's all about (with 
D
eyes wide open)
      A              D      E    
Yeah, we'll take the scenic 
   D
routes (stop and smell the roses)
 A                D     E         
Imagine what it's all about (with 
D
wide-eyed wonder)