Mesa Az

[Intro Lick]
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G                           C                          G
We passed 800 miles talking circles about living with loss
C                                                              G
You said your sense of humor's always helped you get above & across
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Every hurdle, every chasm, every shocking & unspeakable blow
C
Just proves the universe is chaos so you laugh to clear the lump from your
  G       G/F#
throat

Em                              A*
But if you're fixed on being bitter
         G            A7
Go be bitter on your own
                  C
We're still two hours from El Paso
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Arizona's such a long way to go

G                                       C                            G
The chemicals were coursing through our bloodstreams at incongruous rates
C                                                            G
I was time-traveling inward through a past life I can never erase
G                                          C                                 G
You were hanging out the window, you said: 'We're just a beggar's banquet in space'
C                                                                   G        G/F#
You were laughing at the moon, you were cursing it for wearing your face

Em                       A*
Me & New Mexico are orphans
         G                 A7
Or is it bastards? Either way:
            C
I know a guy in Roswell
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We'll hitch a moonride, steal you back your face

Interlude, Repeat Verse

Em                                    A*
You sleep and whistle 'Blackbird' backwards
           G                    A7
while my eyes cut her name in clay.
              C
You wake to Mesa, Arizona
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Say, 'Let it go. She'll change her mind someday.'
              C
You took the wheel in Mesa, Arizona.
              D*
Said, 'I got the rest, man.
               G
You can drift away.'