################################################################ # The following is the author's own interpretation of the song # # to be used for studying or private use only. Downloaded from # # www.TabGuitarLessons.com. FREE GUITAR SOFTWARE + LOTS MORE! # # Home of the 60 minute fretboard memory technique. You'll # # memorise ALL the notes and positions on the fretboard in 60 # # minutes or less. visit www.TabGuitarLessons.com today. # ################################################################ Date: Tue, 28 Apr 1998 14:40:21 +0100 From: Benjamin Flynn Subject: m/magnetic_fields/when_the_open_road_is_closing_in.crd magnetic fields:charm of the highway strip song copyrighted 1993 by Stephin Merritt crd by Benjamin Flynn cflynn@haverford.edu when the open road is closing in intro: A ....2.3..2....2.3..2.. E 3...........3......... repeat G C G time - measured in dotted yellow lines has past you by G C G and I never said an honest thing to you in all my life D C hard times go slowly G D and the good times never come C G D the world is a motor inn in a iowa highway slum G D C when the open road is closing in Em D A and you can't say where it ends and you begin G D C B7 when every truck stop dive's another five years off your life G D C when the open road is closing in Em D A and the dotted yellow lines begin to spin G D C B7 when the sky begins to fall on everything you like at all Am D Am D G you won't be coming home again ciao you keep on drowning in the roads between the towns now i have been closing all the shutters in the house well i know you'll be back when every tree is turning brown you'll find the house is empty and the swingset's fallen down