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Not So Far To Go

Kelly Joe Phelps
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 Ginger dyed her hair  red  to fit her name
Burny  pocked his arms  with a pack  of camel lights
 long sleeves outdoors  to keep  the kids from crying
 and Ginger  climbed the high  wire just  to make them cheer.
trapeze  float in a buttercup  parade
 with clowns  and plastic parachutes  three  red the same
clutched  arms fire  dropped in a bar  in New York City
 and it’s  not so far to go
 no it’s  not so far to go  to find trouble
 A bus  rattles downstairs,  downtown flying
 with a green  seat empty  and a window  cracked
sleepung  John snores  dreaming oceans  and whores
 all the while  gluing title  on basement  doors.
 He’s Burny  Arm’s brother, Ginger’s  other mate
 and it’s too  late to tap the till, the  money’s gone
arm  holes long  locks a house  with nothing in it
 and it’s  not so far to go  to find trouble.
 and it’s  not so far to go  to find trouble.
 A thousand  mile handhold  might  keep the party still
 if the holes  heal well  and the air  stays red
 we’ll climb  another  roof top and  scare the crooks away
 a gypsy  and a singer  in the bone  yard.
 we walking  the moonlight,  losing the sign
sleeping  John wakes,  he doesn’t  know where he is
 a bus  stop in up  state a bar  in New York City
 it’s not  so far to go
 it’s not  so far to go
 no, it’s  not so far to go
  it’s not  so far to go  to find trouble.

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Readable chord sheet for Not So Far To Go by Kelly Joe Phelps

[F#m]  [E]  [F#m]  [E]  [A]  [Asus4]  [A]

[A]   Ginger dyed her [E]hair red      [F#m]     to fit her name  [A]
[F#m]Burny pocked his a[A]rms with a p[E]ack of camel lights [E]
[A]     long sleeves out[E]doors to [F#m]keep the kids from cry[A]ing
and [F#m]Ginger climbed the [A]high wire [E]just to make them c[A]heer.

[E]trapeze float in a [F#m]buttercup par[A]ade
with [F#m]clowns and plastic [A]parachutes t[E]hree red the same
[A]clutched arms [E]fire dropped in a [F#m]bar in New York C[A]ity
and it’s[F#m] not so far to go  [A]           [E]                     [A]
no it’s[F#m] not so far to [A]go to find t[E]roubl[A]e

A b[A]us rattles [E]downstairs,   [F#m]  downtown flyin[A]g
with a [F#m]green seat e[A]mpty and a [E]window cracked      [E]
[A]sleepung John s[E]nores dreaming [F#m]oceans and whores[A]
all the [F#m]while gluing [A]title on b[E]asement d[A]oors.

He’s [E]Burny Arm’s brother, [F#m]Ginger’s other mat[A]e
and it’s t[F#m]oo late to tap the [A]till, [E]the money’s gone
[A]arm holes [E]long locks a h[F#m]ouse with nothing in i[A]t
and it’s[F#m] not so far to [A]go to find [E]troubl[A]e.
and it’s[F#m] not so far to [A]go to find [E]troubl[A]e.

A t[A]housand mile [E]handhold might[F#m] keep the party st[A]ill
if the [F#m]holes heal [A]well and the [E]air stays red       [E]
we’ll c[A]limb anothe[E]r roof top and  [F#m]      scare the crooks a[A]way
a gyp[F#m]sy and a s[A]inger in the [E]bone y[A]ard.

we wal[E]king the moonlight,[F#m] losing the [A]sign
[F#m]sleeping  John w[A]akes, he doesn’t[E] know where he is     [E]
a bu[A]s stop in [E]up state a b[F#m]ar in New York Ci[A]ty
it’s no[F#m]t so far to g[A]o        [E]                  [A]
it’s n[F#m]ot so far to g[A]o        [E]                  [A]
no, it[F#m]’s not so far to [A]go       [E]                 [A]
 it’s n[F#m]ot so far to g[A]o to find [E]troubl[A]e.