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tabbed by Gabbi aka sept151983 <code>

This is a very rough tab, but I figured a song this good deserved at least this.

The riff is something like this:

E -2——-2——–3–

B -3-2-0-0–3-0-1-1–0-

G -2——————-

D -0——————-

A -0——————-

E ———————

D C D G

Come and stay with me as long as you like

D G C

I live outside of town where the straight highway curves

D C G

For three years I lived next door to the airport

D G A

So nothing you can say to me can get on my nerves

Bm A D G

Stay 'til you can feel your legs underneath you again

       G          C         D
       

I've got room in my house for you

D C G

I got a Kenmore single room window unit air conditioner

D G C

Cools down the place in the full heat of day

D C G

A family of possums has made their home underneath the front steps

D G A

They are magestic in their own beady-eyed, homely way

Bm A D G

Stay 'til you can breathe like normal people do

       G          C         D
       

I've got room in my house for you

Dm A G D

They tore down the airport in nineteen eighty one

D C G A

This is where I came when I ran out of places to run

    D                           C                  G
    

Come, come, come and stay with me out here away from things

D G A

Come and stay with me where the sky's real clear

D C G

I live way out where no one believes anybody could live

D C G

The sky's purple from six in the evening to midnight out here

Bm A D G

Stay 'til the world goes down in flames

G C D

I've got room, room in my house for you

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