Alibi Chords by The Mountain Goats

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[E] I got off work just past eleven, [C#m] laid one finger to the breeze.
[A] You can almost taste the action [F#m] on [B] nights like these.
[E] Trees were bending in the wind, _ [C#m] you were forty miles away,
[A] and I was headed your direction.
[F#m] I've been waiting [B] all day, I've been waiting [E] all day.
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[E] Moon over West Covina [C#m] was huge and white, [A] and I was lightly patient on a table,
_ [F#m] headed [B] for the light.
[E] Leaning toward the center divider, [C#m] feel the wind in my hair,
[A] keep a light up in your window.
[B] _ [F#m] I'm gonna be [B] right there, I'm gonna be [E] right there,
with a gleam [Am] in my eye, _ [E] and an [C#m] almost _ [A] erudite [B] alibi. _
[E] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [B] _ [E] _ _ _ _
Down by the chemistry building, [C#m] I found a quiet place to park,
[A] and I made my way down the street toward [F#m] your place,
stepping [B] lightly in the dark.
[E] Climb the steps up to your doorway, [C#m] like a man prepared to jump beneath a train.
[A] It's real warm outside tonight, [F#m] maybe [B] tomorrow it rains, maybe [E] tomorrow it rains.
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[E] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [B] _ _
[E] Inside your room we shut the window, [C#m] and we turned on a fan,
[A] and we lay there together in the darkness.
[F#m] I can keep a [B] secret if you can, [E] finishing one another's sentences,
[C#m] like a pair of identical twins.
[A] Your boyfriend's out of town until Tuesday, [F#] and nobody saw [B] me come in,
nobody saw [E] me come in, with a gleam [Am] in my eye, _
[E] and an [C#m] almost [A] erudite [B] alibi. _
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