Foreign Affair
Tom WaitsVersion1
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Chords in this song
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D-DU-UDU
when traveling abroad in the continental style
it's my belief one must attempt to be discreet
and subsequently bear in mind your transient position
allows you a perspective that's unique
and though you'll find your itinerary's a blessing and a curse
your wanderlust won't let you settle down
and you'll wonder how you ever fathomed that you'd be content
to stay within the city limits of a small midwestern town
most vagabonds i knowed don't ever want to find the culprit
that remains the object of their long relentless quest
the obsession's in the chasing and not the apprehending
the pursuit you see and never the arrest
without fear of contradiction "bon voyage" is always hollered
in conjunction with a handkerchief from shore
by a girl that drives a rambler and furthermore
is overly concerned that she won't see him anymore
planes and trains and boats and buses
characteristically evoke a common attitude of blue
unless you have a suitcase and a ticket and a passport
and the cargo that they're carrying is you
a foreign affair juxtaposed with a stateside
and domestically approved romantic fancy
is mysteriously attractive due to circumstances knowing
it will only be parlayed into a memory
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Readable chord sheet for Foreign Affair by Tom Waits
[C] [Am7] [Dm7] [G7] [C] [Am7] [Dm7] [G7] [C] when tra[C]veling abroad[Am7] in the continen[Dm7]tal style [G7] it's my belief[C] one must attempt to [Dm7]be discreet [G7] [C] [Am7] [Dm7] [G7] and subs[C]equently bear in [Am7]mind your transient pos[Dm7]ition [G7] allow[C]s you a perspectiv[Dm7]e that's unique [G7] [Am7] and though you'll find [Dm7]your itinerar[G7]y's a blessing[C] and a curse [Am7] your wan[Dm7]derlust won't let yo[G7]u settle down [C] [Am7] and you'll wonde[Dm7]r how you ever fath[G7]omed that you'd be conten[C]t [Am7] to stay withi[Dm7]n the city limits of a small m[G7]idwestern town most vagabonds[C] i knowed[Am7] don't ever want to fi[Dm7]nd the culprit [G7] that remain[C]s the object of their [Am7]long relentless q[Dm7]uest [G7] the obses[Am7]sion's in the chas[Am7]ing and not th[Dm7]e apprehending [G7] the pursuit[C] you see and never the[Dm7] arrest [G7] [C] [Am7] [Dm7] [G7] without fea[E7]r of contradiction "bon voyage" is al[Am7]ways hollered [D7] in conjun[Dm7]ction with a handk[G7]erchief from shore [C] [Am7] [E7]by a girl that drives a rambler and furthermor[Am7]e is [D7]overly concern[Dm7]ed that she won't see him anymore [G7] planes and trains and boat[C]s and buses [Am7] characteris[Dm7]ticall[G7]y ev[C]oke a common attitude[Am7] of blue [Dm7] [G7] [E7] unl[Am7]ess you have a suitca[Am7]se and a ticket a[Dm7]nd a passport [G7] and the carg[C]o that they're carrying [Dm7]is you[G7] [C] [Am7] [Dm7] [G7] a foreign affai[C]r [Am7]juxtapo[Dm7]sed with a states[G7]ide and domest[C]ically approved romantic fancy [Dm7] [G7] is myst[Am7]eriously at[Am7]tractive due to ci[Dm7]rcumstances knowing[G7] it will o[C]nly be parlaye[Am7]d into a memo[Dm7]ry [G7] [C] [C] [Am7] [Dm7] [G7] [C]