Nebraska chords by Bruno Green

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Verse 1
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A state of desperation
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Esus4 
bound by artificial     lines
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C 
No one seeks its borders,
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they present themselves in time
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As the creep that one must jump through
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Esus4 
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To gain is       just re  ward
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Ill -equipped and wanting
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Just a thermos on the floor
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And a half pack of cigarettes
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Is food for thought and   soul
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Em 
C 
Her brainchild ends
After birth
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Her run down the road
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To a motel east to north black,
Em 
erected as a reprieve
C 
For the beaten and the weary,
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she expresses she's in need
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To the desk clerk at the counter,
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Em 
indifferent to the pain he sees
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He says, I   pulled off the road
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here back in 1963
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She says, I gotta make it through Nebraska,
yeah
C 
Take it through Nebraska, hey, hey
Em 
Get out of Nebraska
G 
Before my heart explodes
Am 
She says, I gotta make it through Nebraska,
yeah
C 
Take it through Nebraska, hey, hey
Em 
Get out of Nebraska
G 
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Em 
Before I fall victim to the road
A hundred -counting family
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out on a Sunday drive
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Incognizant of her disdain
D 
as the fair lane passes by
Em 
She kicks it down to 70
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Em 
right past the state patrol
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As the lights come on,
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she realizes she ain't in control
Em 
So she pulls up to the shoulder
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Esus4 
Em 
and the trigger moves    up  slow
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Em 
He says, hey, where you going, missy?
D 
She says, I don't know
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So she calls upon the architect,
Em 
the master of design
C 
She says if all the world's a stage,
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tell me which part is mine
G 
But he gives her no acknowledgement,
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Em 
her answers are denied
Am 
She kicks it down to 80 now,
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goddamn your own reply
Am 
She says I gotta make it through Nebraska,
yeah
C 
Take it through Nebraska, hey, hey
Em 
Get out of Nebraska,
G 
before my heart explodes
Am 
She says I gotta make it
through Nebraska
C 
Yeah, take it through Nebraska
Em 
Hey, hey, get out of Nebraska
G 
D 
Em 
Esus4 
Before I fall victim to the road
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Am 
C 
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Em 
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Esus4 
Oh
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Em 
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She says, I gotta make it through Nebraska,
C 
yeah, take it through Nebraska, hey, hey.
Em 
Get out of Nebraska
G 
before my heart explodes.
Am 
She says, I gotta make it through Nebraska, yeah,
C 
take it through Nebraska, hey, hey.
Em 
Get out of Nebraska
G 
D 
Em 
before I fall victim to the road
A mile east of Bridgeport
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and her engine's run      ning red
C 
With no cash in her pocket
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she might as well have been left for dead
Em 
Like an apple in  the autumn
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Em 
that's fallen from its tree
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She's riding in Nebraska,
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praying for her seeds
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That they'll make it through Nebraska,
yeah
C 
Take it through Nebraska, hey, hey
Em 
Get out of Nebraska
G 
before your heart explodes
Am 
She says you gotta make it
through Nebraska
C 
Yeah, take it through Nebraska
Em 
Hey, hey, get out of Nebraska
G 
D 
Em 
Before you fall victim to the road you