Chords for Gillian Welch - 50 miles of elbow room
Tempo:
91.55 bpm
Chords used:
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B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[E] [B] [A]
Twelve hundred miles is length and breadth, [E] the four square cities [A] stacked.
Its gem-set walls of jasper shine, not [E] made with [A] human hands.
[D] One half [A] the gates are wide, [D] abundant [A] entrance there.
[D] With fifteen [A] miles of elbow room on either side to spare.
When the gates swing wide on the other side, just [D] beyond the sunset [A] sea,
there'll be room to spare as we enter there.
Room for you [E] and room for me.
For the gates are wide on the other side [D] where the flowers [A] ever bloom.
[D] On the right [A] hand, on the left hand, fifty miles of elbow room.
[D] [A]
Sometimes I'm cramped and crowded here [E] and long for [A] elbow room.
I want to reach for altitude [E] where fair [A] flowers bloom.
[D] It won't be [A] long till I shall [D] pass into that city [A] fair.
[D] With fifteen [A] miles of elbow room on either side to spare.
When the gates swing wide on the other side, [D] just beyond the [A] sunset sea,
there'll be room to spare as we enter there.
Room for you and room for me.
For the gates are wide on the other side where [D] the flowers ever bloom.
On [D] the right [A] hand, on the left hand, fifty miles [E] of elbow [A] room.
On [D] the right [A] hand, on the left hand, fifty [E] miles of elbow
Twelve hundred miles is length and breadth, [E] the four square cities [A] stacked.
Its gem-set walls of jasper shine, not [E] made with [A] human hands.
[D] One half [A] the gates are wide, [D] abundant [A] entrance there.
[D] With fifteen [A] miles of elbow room on either side to spare.
When the gates swing wide on the other side, just [D] beyond the sunset [A] sea,
there'll be room to spare as we enter there.
Room for you [E] and room for me.
For the gates are wide on the other side [D] where the flowers [A] ever bloom.
[D] On the right [A] hand, on the left hand, fifty miles of elbow room.
[D] [A]
Sometimes I'm cramped and crowded here [E] and long for [A] elbow room.
I want to reach for altitude [E] where fair [A] flowers bloom.
[D] It won't be [A] long till I shall [D] pass into that city [A] fair.
[D] With fifteen [A] miles of elbow room on either side to spare.
When the gates swing wide on the other side, [D] just beyond the [A] sunset sea,
there'll be room to spare as we enter there.
Room for you and room for me.
For the gates are wide on the other side where [D] the flowers ever bloom.
On [D] the right [A] hand, on the left hand, fifty miles [E] of elbow [A] room.
On [D] the right [A] hand, on the left hand, fifty [E] miles of elbow
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_ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ [A] _ _
Twelve hundred miles is length and breadth, [E] the four square cities [A] stacked. _
Its gem-set walls of jasper shine, not [E] made with [A] human hands.
[D] One half [A] the gates are wide, [D] abundant _ [A] entrance there.
[D] With fifteen [A] miles of elbow room on either side to spare. _
When the gates swing wide on the other side, just [D] beyond the sunset [A] sea,
there'll be room to spare as we enter there.
Room for you [E] and room for me.
For the gates are wide on the other side [D] where the flowers [A] ever bloom. _
[D] On the right [A] hand, on the left hand, fifty miles of elbow room. _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Sometimes I'm cramped and crowded here [E] and long for [A] elbow room. _
I want to reach for altitude [E] where fair [A] flowers bloom. _
[D] It won't be [A] long till I shall [D] pass into that city [A] _ fair.
[D] With fifteen [A] miles of elbow room on either side to spare. _
When the gates swing wide on the other side, [D] just beyond the [A] sunset sea, _
there'll be room to spare as we enter there.
Room for you and room for me.
For the gates are wide on the other side where [D] the flowers ever bloom.
On [D] the right [A] hand, on the left hand, fifty miles [E] of elbow [A] room. _
On [D] the right [A] hand, on the left hand, fifty _ [E] miles of elbow
_ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ [A] _ _
Twelve hundred miles is length and breadth, [E] the four square cities [A] stacked. _
Its gem-set walls of jasper shine, not [E] made with [A] human hands.
[D] One half [A] the gates are wide, [D] abundant _ [A] entrance there.
[D] With fifteen [A] miles of elbow room on either side to spare. _
When the gates swing wide on the other side, just [D] beyond the sunset [A] sea,
there'll be room to spare as we enter there.
Room for you [E] and room for me.
For the gates are wide on the other side [D] where the flowers [A] ever bloom. _
[D] On the right [A] hand, on the left hand, fifty miles of elbow room. _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Sometimes I'm cramped and crowded here [E] and long for [A] elbow room. _
I want to reach for altitude [E] where fair [A] flowers bloom. _
[D] It won't be [A] long till I shall [D] pass into that city [A] _ fair.
[D] With fifteen [A] miles of elbow room on either side to spare. _
When the gates swing wide on the other side, [D] just beyond the [A] sunset sea, _
there'll be room to spare as we enter there.
Room for you and room for me.
For the gates are wide on the other side where [D] the flowers ever bloom.
On [D] the right [A] hand, on the left hand, fifty miles [E] of elbow [A] room. _
On [D] the right [A] hand, on the left hand, fifty _ [E] miles of elbow
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