The Ambassador chords by
The Hold Steady

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Intro 1

Verse 1

While you were in Michigan

She was pretty much living in

A 3.2 bars a stretch to call a club.

Verse 2
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It was called The Ambassador
She was pretty much crashing
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there.
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The space between the skin
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and all her blood.

Verse 3
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The nights were hot an
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d hissing like an iron.
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The days spent climbing
walls like a vine.
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Verse 4

A Bay City tire shop.

It's just a temporary stop.

A touchdown on a trip

Verse 5
that was mostly undefined.
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While you were still staying there.
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All the halls smelled like burning hair.
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In the end it made you sick
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but at first you didn't mind.

Verse 6
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The nights were hot and
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hissing like an iron.
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The day were cold and crushed
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you like a can.
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Years spent faking pain
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and making plans.

Verse 7
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I'm pretty sure you'd recognize
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these guys.
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That were asking around for you
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just the other night.
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There was blood on the bed
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And the lights in their eyes.
If you came around the back
We could take them by surprise.
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Verse 8
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Your friend from the tire shop.
He keeps talking about some rock
Like he wants something
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hard to hit his head on.

Verse 9

You said he's a mystic.

Well I know he's not Catholic.

He's got a cross all upside

down carved in his arm.

Verse 10
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The nights were hot and
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hissing like an iron.
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The days were cold and crushed
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you like a can.
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Years spent faking pain
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and making plans.

Verse 11
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I'm pretty sure you'd recognize
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these guys.
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That were asking around for you
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just the other night.
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There was blood on the bed
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And the lights in their eyes.

Verse 12
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When you came back to us
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In South Minneapolis
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You said revenge exists outside
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of space and time.
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Back behind The Ambassador.
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Man it feels kind of magical.
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I guess your friend can really move
things with his mind.
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Verse 13

It was called The Ambassador

There wasn't much diplomatic there.

The space between the skin and all the blood.

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