Foreign Affair chords by Tom Waits
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Intro 1
(C major) (A minor) (D minor) (Gsus4) (C major) (A minor) (D minor)
(G major)
Verse 1
When traveling (C major)
abroad (A minor) in the con (D minor) tinental style, (G major)
It's my (C major) belief one must (D minor) attempt to (G major) be dis (C major) creet,
(A minor) (D minor) (G major)
And subsequently bear (A minor) in mind
(D minor) your transient position
(G major) Allows you (C major) a perspect
(D minor) ive (G major) that's unique
(C major)
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Verse 2
(A minor)
And though you'll (D minor) find your it
(G major) inerary a blessing (C major) and a curse, (A minor)
Your (D minor) wanderlust won't (G major) let
you settle down (C major) (A minor)
And you'll wonder (D minor) how you (G major) ever fathomed
(C major) that you'd be content (A minor)
To stay within (D minor) the city limits
of a small (Gsus4) midwestern (G major) town
Verse 3
Most vagabonds (G major) (C major) I knowed (A minor) don't
ever want (D minor) to find the cul (G major) prit
That (C major) remains the object (A minor) of their
long re (D minor) lentless quest (Gsus4)
(A flatdim) The (A minor) obsession's in the chas (C major) ing
and (D minor) not the apprehend (G major) ing
The pur (C major) suit, you see, (D minor) and never the (G major) arrest
(C major) (A minor) (D minor)
Verse 4
(G major) Without fear of (B minor) con tradiction,
(E major) bon (A minor) voyage is always (D major) hollered
In con (D minor) junction with a (G major) handkerchief from shore,
(C major) (A minor)
By a girl (B minor) who drives a Ram (E major) bler and
(A minor) furthermore is (D major) overly con (D minor) cerned
That she won't see him anymore
(Gsus4)
Verse 5
(G major) Planes and trains and boats (C major) and buses
(A minor) characterist (D minor) ically (Gsus4) (G major)
Evoke a (C major) common (A minor) attitude of
(D minor) blue (Gsus4) (A flatdim)
(E major) Unless you (A minor) have a suitcase (C major)
and a ticket (D minor) and a pass (Gsus4) port
(G major) And the (C major) cargo that they're car
(D minor) rying (G major) is (C major) you
(A minor) (D minor)
Verse 6
(G major)
A foreign af (C major) fair,
(A minor) juxta (D minor) posed with a (G major) stateside
And do (C major) mestically approved (A minor) romantic (D minor) fancy,
(Gsus4)
(A flatdim) Is mys (A minor) teriously attractive
due to (D minor) cir cumstances,
Know (Gsus4) ing (G major) it will only (C major) be (A minor) parlayed in (D minor) to a
Outro 1
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(D minor) (G major) (C major) (A minor) (D minor) (Gsus4) (G major) (Gsus4) (C major)
Foreign Affair
Tom Waits
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