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E  E  E  E

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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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You zoomed up to Philly, they'd taught you to make maps
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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]
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   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

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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]
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    A#        A#            D#        A#  A#
You left olde Kentucky, and sailed to the west
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Stopped in Cincinnati, dined with all the best

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(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

                 D#            D#         Gm             C   C
        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

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Up to St Louis, Kaskaskia on the way
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Walking through the wilderness, sicker by the day

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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

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Up with the Mandan, you raised the Spanish flag
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Survived assassination, worked upon your maps

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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#

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Down in New Orleans, the church bells did trill
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The body of Don Juan Evans, is staying mighty still

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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