Heart Of The Continent Chords by John K. Samson

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_ _ _ _ _ _ The north wind sings the fence [C#] around a lot full of debris
_ [B] Near the corner of Memorial and me _
_ _ _ _ _ We're [G#m]
resurrected, [B] _ brick and dry [C#] while I leap back into place
_ [B] There's a _ terrified reflection of my [C#] face _
_ _ _ _ [F#] All alone at the gleaming knife display [B] in the Army surplus [E] sales
As the dusk descends [B] and my inspiration [F#] _ fails
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Ghosts fill [C#] the _ discount _ _ parkas
_ Sleeping [G#m] bags, _ _ _ _ they peer at [F#] me from the _ [B] crumpled dark _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ Inky bruises punched into the [C#] sky by bolts of light
And [B] then leak across the body of [C#] tonight _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] Rain and thunder drop and roll [C#] then stop short of a storm
_ _ [B] Leave the air stuck with this waiting to be born _ _
_ _ _ _ As I stand before an _ _ unresponsive [G#] _
automatic [E] door
_ _ Just another door that [B] won't open for [F#] me anymore
The _ _ _ [B] _ _
exit [C#] red _ [F#] gets _ brighter _ then [G#m] blinks off _
_ _ _ _ [F#] Presses me _ into the _ [B] crumpled dark
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_ _ _ [G#m] _ _ [E] _ _ _
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_ _ [C#] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
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_ _ [G#m] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D#] There's a _ billboard by the highway [E] that says welcome to _ _ _ the [Em] avenue
But _ _ [B] no sign to show you when you go [F#] away _
And _ _ _ [B] our _ _
_ [C#] _ _ demolitions _ _ _ punctuate
_ _ [B] All we mean to [C#] _ save then leave too late
_ _ _ [B] So I make my _ [C#] _ shaky _ _ _ _ _ _ exclamation [G#m] mark _
_ _ _ _ [F#] With a hand _ _ _ _ _ _ of _ _ _ _ [B] crumpled dark _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _