Tom: C#m
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You set foot in America, one fine October day
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Sailing into Baltimore, well everything's OK
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New buttons on your jacket, shining like they're brand-new dimes
E E | A B | E E
Glistening in the sunlight, blistering my eyes
A A C#m F# F#
When you said that you love me, I knew it wasn't true
E E | A B | E E
I've one hundred unread messages, but not a single note from you
[Verse 2]
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F# F# B F# F#
You zoomed up to Philly, they'd taught you to make maps
F# F# B C# C#
They commissioned you in piety, and pitied any lapse
F# F# B F# F#
So you stormed into Pittsburgh, and waited for the waters to rise
F# F# | B C# | F# F#
And set sail down the Ohio, with a lost tribe on your mind
B B D#m G# G#
When you said that you love me, I knew it wasn't true
F# F# | B C# | F# F#
I've two hundred unread messages, but not a single note from you
[Verse 3]
G# G# G# G#
G# G# C# G# G#
As hurricane Charlie was gathering pace
G# G# C# D# D#
At night instead of eyelids, I saw pictures of your face
G# G# C# G# G#
Smiling in the moonlight, shining in a golden hour
G# G# | C# D# | G#
Bluffing 'round America, seizing every hour
C# C# Fm A# A#
When you said that you love me, I knew it wasn't true
G# G# | C# D# | G# G#
I've three hundred unread messages, but not a single note from you
[Verse 4]
A# A# A# A#
A# A# D# A# A#
You left olde Kentucky, and sailed to the west
A# A# D# F F
Stopped in Cincinnati, dined with all the best
A# A# D# A# A#
(You) reached the Mississippi, took an oath in New Madrid
A# A# | D# F | A#
Fell into a maiden's arms, malaria on your lips
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When you said that you love me, I knew it wasn't true
A# A# | D# F | A# A#
I've four hundred unread messages, but not a single note from you
[Verse 5]
C C C C
C C F C C
Up to St Louis, Kaskaskia on the way
C C F G G
Walking through the wilderness, sicker by the day
C C F C C
Imaginary volcanoes, and reptiles crawl around
C C | F G | C C
Your mind was baked just like a cake, as trouble gathered round
F F Am D D
When you said that you love me, I knew it wasn't true
C C | F G | C C
I've five hundred unread messages, but not a single note from you
[Verse 6]
D D D D
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Defected to the Spanish, you joined the mighty crown
D D G A A
Up the Missouri, flags were coming down
D D G D D
You traded with the Omaha, the Ponca and the Sioux
D D | G A | D
But missed the lost Padoucas, after all the ballyhoo
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When you said that you love me, I knew it wasn't true
D D | G A | D D
I've six hundred unread messages, but not a single note from you
[Verse 7]
E E E E
E E A E E
Up with the Mandan, you raised the Spanish flag
E E A B B
Survived assassination, worked upon your maps
E E A E E
But the lost tribe was a lost cause, so you cried a silent tear
E E | A B | E E
And fled back to St Louis, to a familiar frontier
A A C#m F# F#
When you said that you love me, I knew it wasn't true
E E | A B | E E
I've seven hundred unread messages, but not a single note from you
[Verse 8]
F# F# F# F#
F# F# B F# F#
Down in New Orleans, the church bells did trill
F# F# B C# C#
The body of Don Juan Evans, is staying mighty still
F# F# B F# F#
You annexed North Dakota, you surveyed by the stars
F# F# | B C# | F# F#
But here lies your body, by these disease-ridden bars
B B D#m G# G#
When you said that you love me, I knew it wasn't true
F# F# | B C# | F# F#
I've eight hundred unread messages, but not a single note from you
