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+===== Source Decay =====
+<code>
+tabbed by Russ Sweetser ([[yarzrevenge@yahoo.com]]) and Rosa
+play A* as a normal A, Esus4 (022200), or  Asus2/E (002200).
+E A* E A*
+E
+Once a week I make the drive
+F#                          A                  E
+two hours east to check the Austin post office box.
+E                         F#
+I take the detour through our old neighborhood,
+            A                      B
+see all the Chevy Impalas in their front yards up on blocks,
+      A                      B
+and I park in an alley and I read through the postcards
+         E           A
+that you continue to send:
+         F#                        A
+where as indirectly as you can you ask what I remember.
+             E                       B
+I like these torture devices from my old best friend.
+          C#m
+Well I'll tell you what I know
+       F#
+like I swore I always would --
+        A                B
+I don't think it's gonna do you any good:
+    E          A            E            A       B    A          E A E A E A E
+I remember the train headed south out of Bangkok down toward the water.
+E
+I always get a late start,
+         F#
+when the sun's going down
+        A
+and the traffic's thinning out
+        E
+and the glare is hard to take. I wish the
+E                        F#
+West Texas highway was a Möbius strip --
+        A                           B
+I could ride it out forever. When I feel my heart break,
+         A                                 B
+I almost swear I hear it happen, it's that clear and that hard.
+   E                             A
+I come in off the highway and I park in my front yard.
+   C#m
+I fall out of the car
+       F#
+like a hostage from a plane,
+A
+think of you a while and
+      B
+start wishing it would rain.
+    E          A            E            A       B     A         E A E A E A
+I remember the train headed south out of Bangkok down toward the water.
+E A* E A*
+  E
+I come into the house,
+    F#
+put on a pot of coffee,
+A                        E
+walk the floors a little while.
+E                                  F#
+I set the postcard on a table with all the others like it,
+A                         B
+I start sorting through the pile.
+A
+I check the pictures and the postmarks
+        B
+and the captions and the stamps
+    E                       A
+for signs of any pattern at all.
+       F#                                A
+When I come up empty-handed, the feeling almost overwhelms me.
+E                   B
+I let a few of my defenses fall
+      C#m                                F#
+and I smile a bitter smile -- it's not a pretty thing to see --
+        A                                 B
+I think about a railroad platform back in 1983
+        E          A            E            A       B    A                 E A E A E A E
+and I remember the train headed south out of Bangkok down toward toward the water
+E A* E A* E A* E
+</code>

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