north dakota (In Bb - capo 6) I love North Dakota cause you have never been there and the days go on forever and the towns all look the same and I can ride the back roads and I can walk the main streets and show someone your picture but they would not know your name Em C Dm C This city is so gloomy I could stay in bed for hours Em C Em C maybe that's why I'm still lying here asking you for more Em C Em C and this never would have happened if you hadn't touched my elbow Em C Em C in that steamy crowded car heading down the western shore And you take me to pieces your eye sees my favorite me and I don't know your word for it but you know what I mean cause there's nothing I like better than to watch you flirting with the waitress Em C Em C - G/B - that's the most inspiring thing that I have ever seen Asus C Asus C Em - C - Em - C And those times when you fight it it's just the way I like it Asus C Asus C Em - C - Em - C And I wonder what I'm choosing I wonder what I'm losing Cause at four o'clock this morning you told me the story of a friend who couldn't stomach all the love that came from you and oh the straight up deep hurt of you and I don't think that I can handle anything so true And that's why I am leaving and that's why I won't call you I am getting in the taxi and I'm heading for the plane but I still can feel you breathing I still can hear your fingers play and I still can see you standing in the window pane Asus C Am C Em - C - Em - C And I'm watching your goodbye and I'm trying to cry Asus C Asus E(maj) - G - E - G - E - G - E - A - G Guess I'm not built for this load guess it's back to the road E G E G So now Delaware is tollbooths Virginia is twilight E G E A - G and Michigan's beef jerky in a small boy's hand E G E G and Arkansas' a skinny cop Oregon is purple hands E G E A - G and Flagstaff Arizona is delirium at night And I love North Dakota cause you have never been there and the days go on for hours and the towns all look the same and I can ride the back roads and I can walk the main streets and I could show everyone your picture but they would not know your name I love, I love, I love North Dakota lyrics & music by kris delmhorst © 1998 big bean music/ASCAP