Chords for TRAGICALLY HIP - ESCAPE IS AT HAND FOR THE TRAVELLING MAN - LIVE AT THE BATHOUSE

well here you go escape is a hand for the [G] traveling man
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_ and he was planning on sleeping in the van that night in the cold
Paul and I invited him up to our room to stay and he did
we never saw him again
we heard he died a few years ago
and wrote this song _ _
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_ _ _ it's our third time in New York
your fourth time in New York
we were fifth, sixth on the bill
_ _ we talked a little
about your van
we talked a little about your future plans
[C#m] it's not like we were [E] best friends
_ [A] _ _ [E] the numbers [F#m] game _ comes back to [A] me
the times [F#] they aren't _ _ [E] fair
we _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ hung around till the final band
their pole escape is at hand
the traveling man
you yelled in my ear
this music speaks to me
as _ they launched into lonely
from rock and roll
on the bath they checked out
[G#m] an hour ago
[C#m] closing with all [E] desires turned concrete
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those melodies
[F#m] _ _ [A] come back to me
the times [F#m] they aren't _ _ [B] fair
we _ hung [E] around till the final band
[B] the _ times they aren't fair
we hung around till the final band
[E] yes I do
so you [A] said
it _ [C#m] one day
_ [B] [A] you said it
in time [C#m] _ for one [E] long
line
I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ walked through your revolving door
got no answer
up in 704 the elevator
gave a long haul the _ pigeon
sacked the wire with their weight
listening to the singing
the pigeon dreamed of me
as she sang they checked out
an hour _ ago
_ _ the melodies
[F#m] used to [A] be tiny _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ [E] too slow
[B] yes I do
yes [E] I do
_ [A] _ any tiny [C#m] _ _ [B] _
_ [A] _ _ time
[C#m] _ [B] was _ [E] _ fine
[A] in _ [E] _
a heartbeat
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[E] a heartbeat
in a heartbeat
in _ [A] _ _
[E] a heartbeat
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a [E] heartbeat
in [A] _ _
_ _ [E] a heartbeat
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_ _ [E] a heartbeat the conversation
alright [A] I'll chit chat
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