north dakota
(In B_b  -  capo 6)

I love North Dakota cause you have never been there 
and the days go on forever and the towns all look the same
and I can ride the back roads and I can walk the main streets 
and show someone your picture but they would not know your name

       Em               C                Dm                    C
This city is so gloomy I could stay in bed for hours
            Em                            C       Em                C
maybe that's why I'm still lying here asking you for more
             Em                         C                   Em                           C
and this never would have happened if you hadn't touched my elbow 
              Em                  C                Em                        C
in that steamy crowded car heading down the western shore

And you take me to pieces your eye sees my favorite me 
and I don't know your word for it but you know what I mean
cause there's nothing I like better than to watch you flirting with the waitress 
Em                              C          Em               C - G/B -
that's the most inspiring thing that I have ever seen 

            A_sus                    C           A_sus                C     Em - C - Em - C
And those times when you fight it it's just the way I like it
             A_sus                   C           A_sus                C       Em - C - Em - C
And I wonder what I'm choosing I wonder what I'm losing

Cause at four o'clock this morning you told me the story 
of a friend who couldn't stomach all the love that came from you
and oh the straight up deep hurt of you 
and I don't think that I can handle anything so true
And that's why I am leaving and that's why I won't call you 
I am getting in the taxi and I'm heading for the plane 
but I still can feel you breathing I still can hear your fingers play
and I still can see you standing in the window pane

               A_sus                        C           Am         C             Em - C - Em - C
And I'm watching your goodbye and I'm trying to cry
                     A_sus              C                 A_sus        E(maj) - G - E - G - E - G - E - A - G
Guess I'm not built for this load guess it's back to the road

             E                        G     E                   G
So now Delaware is tollbooths Virginia is twilight
        E                           G     E              A - G
and Michigan's beef jerky in a small boy's hand
        E                           G    E                         G
and Arkansas' a skinny cop Oregon is purple hands 
        E                G        E           A - G
and Flagstaff Arizona is delirium at night

And I love North Dakota cause you have never been there
and the days go on for hours and the towns all look the same
and I can ride the back roads and I can walk the main streets
and I could show everyone your picture but they would not know your name
I love, I love, I love
North Dakota


lyrics & music by kris delmhorst
© 1998 big bean music/ASCAP