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Magnetic Fields Papa Was a Rodeo 69 Love Songs [Verse 1]

^GI like your ^G/F#twisted point of ^Emview, Mike ^Em7 ^CI like your ^C/Bquestioning eyebr^Am7ows ^D ^GYou've made it ^G/F#pretty clear what ^Emyou like ^Em7 ^CIt's only ^C/Bfair to tell you ^Am7now ^D

[Verse 2]

^Emthat I leave ^Em7early in the ^Cmorning ^C/B ^Am7and I won't be back till ^Dnext year^Dsus ^D ^EmI see that ^Em7kiss-me pucker ^Cforming^C/B ^Am7but maybe you should plug it with a ^Dbeer, ^Dsuscause ^D

[Chorus]

^GPapa was a ^G/F#rodeo - ^EmMama was a rock'n'roll b^Em7and I could ^Gplay guitar and ^G/F#rope a steer ^Cbefore I learned to s^Dtand ^GHome was anywhere with ^G/F#diesel gas - ^CLove was a trucker's h^Gand ^GNever stuck around ^G/F#long enough for a ^Cone night ^C/Bstand ^Am7Before you kiss me you should ^Gknow ^CPapa ^Dwas a rode^Go

[Bridge] G G/F# Em Em7 C D Dsus D [Verse 1] The light reflecting off the mirror ball looks like a thousand swirling eyes They make me think I shouldn't be here at all You know, every minute someone dies [Verse 2] What are we doing in this dive bar How can you live in a place like this Why don't you just get into my car and I'll take you away I'll take that kiss now, but [Chorus] [Bridge](X2) [Verse](2) And now it's 55 years later We've had the romance of the century After all these years wrestling gators I still feel like crying when I think of what you said to me [Chorus]

…^CPapa ^Dwas a rode^Go ^G/F# [Outro] ^Em7What a coi^Dncidence, your P^Capa was a ^Drodeo ^Gtoo.

The Magnetic Fields - Papa was a rodeo