Turn Right Next Corner chords by Allen Ginsberg
Intro 1
C
Fm
C
Fm
C#
Em
C
Am
Em
Verse 1
G
Em
Wichita Vortex Sutra,
D
Em
1, Wichita, Kansas to Lincoln, Nebraska.
America.
Turn right next corner,
the biggest little town in Kansas,
McPherson.
D
Red sun setting flat planes west
Em
streaked with gauzy veils.
Fm
Chimney mist spread around
Em
Christmas tree bulb refineries.
Aluminum white tank
squat beneath winking
Fm
C
signal towers bright plane lights.
G
Orange gas flares beneath pillows of smoke.
Em
Flames in machinery.
D
A
Transparent towers
Em
at dusk.
In advance of the cold waves,
Em
snow was spreading eastward to
ward the Great Lakes.
C
News broadcasts and old clarinets.
Em
D
Water tower dome
lighted on the flat plain.
Em
Car radio speeding
across railroad tracks.
Kansas! Kansas!
Bm
Shuddering at last.
A
Em
Person appearing
in Kansas.
Angry telephone calls to the
A
university.
Police dumbfounded leaning
C
Em
A
on their radio car hoods,
D
Em
while po ets chant to Allah
Bm
in the roadhouse showboat.
Em
C
Blue -eyed children dance an
d hold thy hand,
Am
A
D
O aged Walt, who came from Lawrence to Topeka to
Am
A
envision iron interlaced upon the city plain,
Em
telegraph wires strung from city to city,
O Melville, television bright
A
C
ening thy rills of Kansas lone.
G
C
Em
I come, lone man from the void,
riding a bus,
B
Em
hypnotized by red taillights
Bm
G
on the straight space road ahead,
Fm
G
and a Methodist minister with
Em
cracked eyes
leaning over the table quoting
Kierkegaard.
Bm
Death of God.
Em
D
Em
A million dollars in his bank.
A
D
Owns all West Wichita.
C
Come to nothing.
D
Em
Prajnaparamita Sut ra over coffee.
C
Vortex of telephone, radio, aircraft,
assembly frame, ammunition, petroleum,
nightclub, newspaper,
Em
streets illuminated by bright emptiness.
Turn Right Next Corner
Allen Ginsberg
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