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FOREIGN AFFAIR (Tom Waits) Album Foreign Affairs (1977) Intro :C -Am7-Dm7-G7 / C -Am7-Dm7-G7-C C Am7 Dm7 G7 when traveling abroad in the continental style C Dm7 G7 C-Am7-Dm7-G7 it's my belief one must attempt to be discreet C Am7 Dm7 G7 and subsequently bear in mind your transient position C Dm7 G7 Am7 allows you a perspective that's unique [ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/t/tom-waits/277179.html ] Dm7 G7 C Am7 and though you'll find your itinerary's a blessing and a curse Dm7 G7 C Am7 your wanderlust won't let you settle down Dm7 G7 C Am7 and you'll wonder how you ever fathomed that you'd be content Dm7 G7 to stay within the city limits of a small midwestern town C Am7 Dm7 G7 most vagabonds i knowed don't ever want to find the culprit C Am7 Dm7 G7 that remains the object of their long relentless quest Am7 Am7 Dm7 G7 the obsession's in the chasing and not the apprehending C Dm7 G7 C-Am7-Dm7-G7 the pursuit you see and never the arrest E7 Am7 D7 without fear of contradiction "bon voyage" is always hollered Dm7 G7 C Am7 in conjunction with a handkerchief from shore E7 Am7 by a girl that drives a rambler and furthermore D7 Dm7 G7 is overly concerned that she won't see him anymore C Am7 planes and trains and boats and buses Dm7 G7 C Am7 Dm7 G7-E7 characteristically evoke a common attitude of blue Am7 Am7 Dm7 G7 unless you have a suitcase and a ticket and a passport C Dm7 G7 C-Am7-Dm7-G7 and the cargo that they're carrying is you C Am7 Dm7 G7 a foreign affair juxtaposed with a stateside C Dm7 G7 and domestically approved romantic fancy Am7 Am7 Dm7 G7 is mysteriously attractive due to circumstances knowing C Am7 Dm7-G7-C it will only be parlayed into a memory C-Am7-Dm7-G7-C |