E                  E/G#
I was ready to cross that border
Aadd9         A
leave my babe behind
E                  E/G#
yes ready to cross that border
Aadd9         A
where I thought that I'd gold to grind
E                  E/G#
Well I told her 'bout the fortunes
Aadd9         A
that I was gonna get
E                  E/G#
and how I'd come and pick her up later
Aadd9         A
in a brand new Corvette
F#m7(11)       Hsus4   Cmaj7   C#m7    Aadd9
or maybe in a streamlined custom jet
F#m7(11)          Hsus4   Cmaj7   C#m7
and how I'd knot my bandana and not forget

She said did I remember those rainy mornings
on the by-pass out of this place
trying to flag down long-distance haulers
she her handbag and me my case
and how we'd dreamed about being somewhere
where we could tune in
and all the times we had to turn back
and give in once again
and now you tell me that you'll not forget
to come and get me in your new Corvette

INTERLUDE: 4x

w/RIFF A:
Bbdim   H     E     C5

C#m7 (w/Riff B:)
But what was that shadow 
Hsus4
- a rush in the street
Aadd9
was it a bat or a hobo that laid
F#m7(11)        Hsus4  C
beneath her pink silk-sheet
C#m7
you know I really can't leave you
Hsus4
as your heart could stop to beat
Aadd9
yes, and the gold in your grind
F#m7(11)        Hsus4  
is what in the end I really best need

E                  E/G#
Yes I went to see my babe
Aadd9              A
this would be the Big Farewell
E                  E/G#
many many teardrops I did expect
Aadd9           A
and love words to tell
E                  E/G#
you know, I left out all those
Aadd9                   A
red-light streets with girls in procession
E                  E/G#
just to tell her who her sole was and
Aadd9          A
whole possession
F#m7(11)       Hsus4   Cmaj7   C#m7    Aadd9
and how I'd tell her not to fret
F#m7(11)       Hsus4   Cmaj7   C#m7
that I'd be back to get her in a jet...

INTERLUDE: 8x

w/RIFF A
Bbdim   H     E     C5

w/Riff B:
But what was that movement?
a reflection on the blind
was it a cat or red-robin?
and what were those words
the gold in your grind
is what I really best need
you know I really can't leave you
as my heart would stop to beat
and the gold in your grind
is what I really best need

It was the Big Farewell.

SOLO w/Riff B:


CODA: Repeat interlude many times





Chords of VERSE:

    E       E/G#  Aadd9  A   F#m7(11) Hsus4  Cmaj7   C#m7  Aadd9 
||---0-------0--|---0-------||----0------0------0-------0-----0----||
||---0-------0--|---0---2---||----0------0------0-------0-----0----||
||.--1-------1--|---2---2--.||----2------4------5-------6-----2----||
||.--2-------2--|---2---2--.||----4------4------5-------6-----2----||
||---2----------|---0---0---||----4------2------3-------4-----0----||
||---0--0-2--3--|-----------||----2--------------------------------||



INTERLUDE:
    Harm...............
||---------------||-<12>------------------------------------------------||
||----------<7>--||------------------------------------------------<7>--||
||------<7>------||.-------------------------------------------<7>-----.||
||--<7>----------||.---------------------------------------<7>---------.||
||---------------||-----------------------------------------------------||
||---------------||-----------------------------------------------------||
||               ||                                                     ||
||               ||                                                     ||
||               ||     (pattern)                                       ||
||               ||      (let ring.. cont..)                            ||
||---------------||-----(12---------------------------------------------||
||---------------||----------10-----------------------------------------||
||---------------||.--------------9...)--------------------------------.||
||---------------||.-----7---------(6)---------------------------------.||
||---------------||--------------------------9-------------7------9-----||
||---------------||-----------------------------------------------------||



RIFF A:
    Bbdim                   H             E        Cmaj7
||------0---------0-----|-----------------0-----|------0---0---0-------||
||------2--2------2--2--|-----4------4----0-----|--------0---0---0-----||
||----0----0---0-----0--|-------4----4----1-----|--------5---5---5-----||
||----2--------2--------|---4--------4----2-----|----5-----------------||
||--1--------1----------|-2--------2------2-----|--3-------------------||
||----------------------|-----------------0-----|----------------------||


RIFF B:
      C#m7                               Hsus4
||----0-------0--------0------0-------|--0-------0-------0-------0-------|
||--------0--------0-------0------0---|------0-------0--------0------0---|
||.---6-6-6-6-6-----------------------|--4-4-4-4-4-----------------------|
||.---6-6-6-6-6-----------------------|--4-4-4-4-4-----------------------|
||----4-2-4-2-4-----------------------|--2-0-2-0-2-----------------------|
||------------------------------------|----------------------------------|



     Aadd9                            F#m7(11)          Hsus4 C
                                                              >
|----0-------0--------0------0-----|--0-------0----------0--------------||
|--------0--------0-------0-----0--|------0------0---------0--5---------||
|----6-6-6-6-6---------------------|--2-2-2-2-2--------4------5--------.||
|----7-7-7-7-7---------------------|--4-4-4-4-4--------4------5--------.||
|----7-7-7-7-7---------------------|--4-4-4-4-4------2--------3---------||
|----5-4-5-4-5---------------------|--2-0-2-0-2-------------------------||