The Magnetic Fields – When The Open Road Is Closing In (Guitar)

[Intro]
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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
you won't be coming home again

[Interlude]
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G                                 C                G
ciao you keep on drowning in the roads between the towns

G                                C              G
now i have been closing all the shutters in the house

       D              C                G              D      
well i know you'll be back when every tree is turning brown

       D                 C                  G            D       
you'll find the house is empty and the swingset's fallen down

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