Chords for richard shindell "next best western"

_ _ _ _ _ _ And I was in Chicago and I wrote this song.
_ I wrote it on the highway mostly on Route 80 going back to Chicago and New York.
And you know, it's a nice long road.
And _ there I was, you know, writing the song.
_ [G] _ It helped [E] me cope with my [F#] whole _ situation.
[N] _ _ _ _ _
It's like a whole direction mirror.
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_ _ _ [E] Anyway, for a couple of weeks after I wrote it, I [D#] took the song very seriously.
_ [D#m] _ _ There's a [N] verse in the song where I talk about meeting a toad.
_ And I took the song very seriously after that.
Every time I got to a toad, I would stop and [F#] pause an extra moment.
I was looking at the guy who told me to attend, trying to establish some human contact,
trying [N] to bridge the gulf of alienation.
_ _ _ _ And usually it was actually invariably, it was met with confusion. _ _
_ _ And a couple of times a month he would say,
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_ _ _ _ [G] _ One [D] day I actually said to him, [B] I stopped and said,
Hey, how are you doing?
He goes, You called?
I said, No.
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ [G] It was terrifying.
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[C] _ I cannot [Am] rehear what he says about [A] _ revelation.
_ [Am] _ I am wretched, I [G] am tired of the creature that is [C] on fire.
And I wish I [G] could _ [D] leave.
Whoever watches over [Am] all these truckers
[A] Show them mercy [Am] for a weary sinner
And deliver me, [D] Lord, deliver [Am] me
To the very [C] throne of the next [G] best blesser _
[C] Did _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ he who [C] made the lamb put a trombone [Am] in my hand
The beast is out [D] to take my [G] quarter
I look him [C] in the eye, there [Am] isn't any time
Just time [D] enough to pass [A] the timber
The highway [G] takes its toll, the green light [C] flashes gold
It's welcome [G] to school, [D] hey, hey, hey, hey, oh
Whoever watches [Am] over all these [D] truckers
Show them mercy for a weary [G] sinner
_ And deliver me, _ [D] Lord, deliver me
[A] To [Am] the very _ [C] throne of the next best [G] blesser _
_ _ _ _ But [Am] it takes light years of nothing [D] to let these [G] stars shine [C] through
There's [G] an empty road [Am] that finds its [G] way back home [D] to _ you
[C] _ _ For _ an [C] atheist is in the nature of [Am] the beast
So wonder if [D] there's something to [Am] say
I am wretched, I am [G] tired of the creature that is [C] on fire
And I wish I could [G] _ [D] leave _
Whoever watches over [A] all [C] these truckers
[D] Show them mercy [Am] for a weary sinner
And deliver me, [D] _ Lord, deliver [Am] me
To the [C] very throne of the next [G] best blesser
_ [C] To _ the next best [G] blesser
_ _ [C] To the next [G] best blesser
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