Port Authority chords by Sara Jaffe

SimplifiedAm · D · F

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Intro 1

Verse 1
Am 
Taking my own pulse
by the highway
Chasing my own ghost down the subways
Got my native streak as
a letter of introduction
It's that kind of birthright
prohibition or induction
They give the subways letters
They give the highways numbers
They show the new way's favor
They give the old way's cover
Catch a glimpse of city skyline
Memorize it for a lifeline
Got my bus fare packed as
a method of escaping
Tollways, habits,
or just haunts of our own
making
They paint the subways colors
They draw the highways higher, and still an old voice whispers,
D 
and calls your new voice liar.
Am 
D 
Am 
F 
Am 
F 
So
Am 
If you've got a map to guide you
Hope it's opaque enough to hide you
I'm tour guide seductive,
and I'm buying what he's selling
I learn the streets like math,
and I learn their names like spelling
I ride the subways deeper,
I take the highways faster.
Old roads and new still falter,
what I have yet to master.
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