West Of Rome chords by Cowboy Junkies

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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West of Rome, just east of the border
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In a static- y Ramada Inn
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Polishing his boots and
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pummeling his liver
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Steeped in the dark isolation
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Just what business does
he have around here
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Credentials are wearing out
with each little bit of cheer
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Yes it's a bad scene we're
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convening
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Verse 2
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Brushing his teeth and milking his ulcer
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Preparing to waste another
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wily morning
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Stroking himself and them
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phoning up his sister
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He tells her their life would make
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one whale of a  movie
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Yes a childhood full of dry
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goods and wet neglect
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The father they now sponge off they
have no absorbing respect
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Yes he's a glad boy to
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have  such a void
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Yes he's a mar tyr crawling
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accross cobble stones
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From his cozy cottages
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just west of Rome
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Yes its a sad state for   great suffering