Almost Round The World Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
I took [D]a photo [G]of my mother
with a [C]puzzle on [G]her face
She was [C]lost in concentra[G]tion
next to tulips in [D]a vase
And I [C]framed it good with [G]maple
wood and I [Em]hung it in its [D]place
I [G]called it: "Almost [C]round the world
[D]in less than eighty days"

[Interlude 1]
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[Verse 2]
[G]Once I wrote a song about
a par[C]rot and [G]a pig
It was [C]mostly about [G]the way
I wish I said the things [D]I think
And I [C]played once for [G]people
in the [Em]Netherlands [D]to see
If it [G]made the same strange [C]sense to them as
[D]the sense it made to me
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[Verse 3]
[G]
There was a writer from the paper
there and he [C]wrote a nice review
[G]That got pri[C]nted with a pho
[G]to in the local music news
[D]But the cap[C]tion read: "A
[G]cowboy poet [Em]sings about ab[D]use
Of [G]animals in [C]Texas and the [D]things they're

[Interlude 2]
made to do."
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[Verse 4]
[G]Well I laughed at bad translations and I
[C]showed it to my friend[G]s
And they [C]posted it [G]online just for
the fun and for [D]the fans
And I [C]didn't think much [G]of it till one
[Em]day a message [D]came
That said [G]the vegans were [C]erupt
ing and the [D]hunters were inflamed
[G]

[Interlude 3]
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[Verse 5]
So I [G]went and read the boards
where all [C]the flames were being thrown
[G]And my nam[C]e was being dou[G]sed
about like fuel upon [D]the coals
The [C]righteous and [G]the roustabouts,
the [Em]shepherds and the troll[D]s
They were [G]passing around pe[C]titions,
raising [D]hell and forming [G]folds
[D]

[Verse 6]
[G]
And soon the loudest of the louds
became the [C]busiest [G]of bees
And it was [C]hard [G]to understand at all,
but it was harder to believe
[D]When they som[C]ehow woke the[G]
NRA like a [Em]giant from its [D]sleep
And the [G]beanstalk came [C]crashing down
and [D]letters fell like leaves
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[Verse 7]
[G]
I've got an aunt in Arizona,
she's [C]crazy but [G]she's kind
She's the [C]kind to open [G]all
her mail and to easily subscribe
[D]To the pun[C]dits and the[G]ir politics,
the [Em]lobbies and their [D]lies
She [G]reads them all like [C]gospel and
[D]she eats them up like pie
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[Verse 8]
[G]
So imagine if you will the day
[C]she called my mom [G]to see
If it's [C]true that I love [G]terrorists and
communists [D]and thieves
Cause it said [C]so in the let[G]ter
that she'd so [Em]easily re[D]ceived
And I [G]rushed to get my [C]camera
before my [D]mom could call retreat
[G]

[Interlude 4]
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[Verse 9]
So I've got this [G]photo of
my mother with a [C]puzzle on [G]her face
With the [C]phone against her [G]shoulder
and my means against her [D]ways
And the [C]tulips on [G]the table
danced in [Em]circles while I [D]played
I [G]called [C]it: [D]"Al[G]most round [C]the world
in less than [D]eighty [G]days"

[Outro 1]
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