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Joanna Newsom
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Key: F major•
Verse 1
A
A

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D
D

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Twenty miles left to the show
F#
F#
2

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D
D

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Hel lo, my old country

Hello
A
A

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Stars are just beginning to appear
E
E

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And I have never, in my life
Bm
Bm
2

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Before been here
Verse 2
A
A

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And it's my heart, not me
D
D

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Who cannot drive
F#m
F#m
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D

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D

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At which conclusion you arrived
A
A

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Watching me sit here, bolt upright
E
E

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And cry for no good reason
Bm
Bm
2

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B
B
2

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At the Eastering sky
Verse 3
A
A

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And the tilt of this strange nation
G
G

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And the will to remain for

the duration
F#m
F#m
2

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(Waving the flag
G
G

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Feeling it drag)
A
A

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Like a bump on a bump on a log, baby
G
G

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Like I'm in a fistfight with the fog,

baby
F#
F#
2

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F#m
F#m
2

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Step, ball- change, and a- pirouette
Verse 4
G
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And I regret, I regret
E
E

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How I said to you

Honey, just open your heart
D
D

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When I've got trouble
A
A

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Even opening a honey jar

And that, right there,
F#m
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2

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A
A

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is where we are
Verse 5
A
A

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And I've been
D
D

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'fessing, double- fast
F#m
F#m
2

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D
D

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Addressing questions nobody asked
A
A

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I'll get this joy off of my chest, at last
E
E

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And I will love you
Bm
Bm
2

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B
B
2

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Till the noise has long since passed
Verse 6
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A

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D
D

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And I did not mean to shout

Just drive
F#m
F#m
2

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G
G

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D
D

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Just get us out, dead or alive
A
A

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The road's too long to mention

Lord, it's something to see
E
E

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Laid down by the Good Intentions
Bm
Bm
2

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B
B
2

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Paving Company

All the way to the thing
A
A

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We've been playing at, darling
G
G

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I can see that you're wearing

Your staying- hat, darling
Verse 7
F#m
F#m
2

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F#
F#
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F#m
F#m
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And for the time being, all is well
G
G

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Won't you love me a spell?
A
A

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This is blindness, beyond all conceiving
G
G

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While behind us, the road is leaving
F#
F#
2

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F#m
F#m
2

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And leaving, and falling back
G
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Like a rope gone slack
Verse 8
E
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And, I saw straightaway

That the lay was steep
D
D

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But I fell for you, honey
A
A

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Easy as falling asleep

And that, right there
G
G

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Is the course I keep
Verse 9
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G

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A
A

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B
B
2

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And no amount of talking
D
D

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A
A

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Is going to soften the fall
G
G

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But, like after the rain
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E
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F#
F#
2

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Step out of the overhang, that's all
A
A

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B
B
2

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It had a nice ring to it
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D

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A
A

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When the old opry house rang
G
G

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So, with a solemn auld lang
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D

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E
E

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Syne, sealed, delivered
F#m
F#m
2

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I sang
Verse 10
A
A

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B
B
2

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And there is hesitation
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D

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A
A

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And it always remains
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E

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G
G

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D
D

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(Concerning you, me
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F#m
F#m
2

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And the rest of the gang)
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A

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B
B
2

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And, in our quiet hour
D
D

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A
A

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I feel I see everything
G
G

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And am in love
D
D

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With the hook
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E

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F#m
F#m
2

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Upon which everyone hangs
Verse 11
A
A

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And I know you meant
B
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2

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To show the extent
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A
A

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To which you gave a goddang
G
G

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You ranged real hot and real cold
D
D

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But I'm sold
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2

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I am at home on that range
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D
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And I do hate to fold
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F#m
F#m
2

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Right here, at the top of my game

When I've been trying
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D
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With my whole heart and soul
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E

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To stay right here, in the right lane
F#m
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2

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G
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But it can make you feel over,
D
D

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and old
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(Lord, you know it's a shame)
F#
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2

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F#m
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G
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When I only want for you to pull over
D
D

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And hold me
E
E

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Till I can't remember my own name
Outro 1
F#m
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2

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An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • A

  • D

  • F#

    2

  • E

  • Bm

    2

  • F#m

    2

  • G

  • B

    2

Capo: 3

Transpose: 0

0

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The original key of Good Intentions Paving Co. by Joanna Newsom is F major.

The primary chords used in Good Intentions Paving Co. are C, F, A, G, Dm, Am.

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