Iris DeMent - Fifty Miles Of Elbow Room

       From the album 'Infamous Angel'

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjRFhQmfWo8


[Intro]
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[Verse]
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Twelve hundred miles it's length and breadth that four square city stands
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It's gem set walls of Jasper shine they're not made by human hands
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One hundred miles it's gates are wide abundant entrance there
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With fifty miles of elbow room on either side to spare

[Chorus]
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When the gates swing wide on the other side just beyond the sunset sea
            G
There'll be room to spare as we enter there 
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There'll be room for you and room for me
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For the gates are wide on the other side where the fairest flowers bloom
       C                     G        Em      G        D7    G 
On the right hand and on the left hand  fifty miles of elbow room

[Instrumental]
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[Bridge]
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Sometimes I'm cramped and crowded here and I long for elbow room
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Now I long to reach for altitude where the fairest flowers bloom
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It won't be long before I pass into that city fair
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With fifty miles of elbow room on either side to spare

[Chorus]
            G                                         C               G
Oh when the gates swing wide on the other side just beyond the sunset sea
            G
There'll be room to spare as we enter there 
            G                D7
There'll be room for you and room for me
        G                                          C               G
For the gates are wide on the other side where the fairest flowers bloom
       C                     G        Em      G        D7    G 
On the right hand and on the left hand  fifty miles of elbow room

[Outro]
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