Counterclockwise Chords - Roger Clyne

Intro

Riff

2x D Cadd9 G D Cadd9 G

{tab: e:---------------------------------------------------|}

{tab: B:---------------------------------------------------|}

G:-----0---------------------------0---------------0-|

{tab: D:-0-4---2p0---------0---------0-4---2p0---------0---|}

{tab: A:-----------3-0-2-3---2-----------------3-0-2-3-----|}

{tab: E:-----------------------3---------------------------|}

D Cadd9 G Bought a pancho and sandals I threw away my shoes Brought a toothbrush and a razor I probably won't use Hit the track, turned my back on the Headline News On my way to meet the moon on the bay where she's risin' big and full and blue Intro Riff Well the gringo boys got their dark sunglasses And the girls on the beach are all shakin' their fingers 'Cause no matter how dark the lenses they can see That the eyes and the minds of the boys are somewhere they ain't supposed to be.... Second Half of Intro Riff

Chorus

Cadd9 G Chorus

Riff

{tab: The breeze is blowin' me a new perfume e:-----------------------------|}

{tab: Cadd9 G B:---3----3----3----3----------|}

{tab: It's givin' my heart a little elbow room G:--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0---------|}

{tab: Chorus Riff 2x D:-----------------------------|}

{tab: And the kids are lightin' firecrackers, Boom! Boom! Boom! A:-3----2----0-----------------|}

{tab: The kids are lightin' firecrackers, Boom! Boom! Boom! E:----------------3------------|}

Intro Riff 2x No one recalls when the clock on the wall Stopped wavin' its hands all day Maybe it died of loneliness or boredom Rest in peace, you know it's better this way

Chorus

Bridge

C G And all my friends are laughin' at each other's lies D Em And the sea is singin' lullabies Chorus Riff 2x.5 Everything's slowin' down flowin' counterclockwise (Everything's slowin' down flowin' counterclockwise) Everything's slowin' down flowin' counterclockwise Intro Riff 2x Now some of the Americans are ugly Americans But we know we ain't all that way So we nod and we smile and we wait a little while Because they never stay anywhere very long anyway

Chorus

Bridge

Intro Riff 2x end on G