Ngaire (video)

D - Bm - C - E (2x)

D F C

1. The plane touches down, the lounge fills up again,

C G

with retired couples from the midwestern USA.

D F C

They blink in the foreign light and admire each other's shoes,

C D - Bm - C - E

I've seen a lot of new shoes today.

D F C

2. You should have let me know that you weren't getting on your flight,

C G

you should have called me, so I wouldn't be calling you now.

D F C

On this line you sound so strange, and I'm running out of change,

C

I'm standing, but it feels like falling.

D Am - G - C

Ngaire, I'm not lying to y...ou,

D Am - G C

Ngaire, I've been trying to d.....o right from the start.

G C Bm

And if you doubt what's in my heart, you can break it open,

G

but be careful when you do,

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'cause inside there's a girl who looks like you.

+ D - Bm - C - E + D - Bm - C

D F C

3. You knew I had to come here, you knew there was no work at home,

C G

you said you'd join me when the coast was clear.

D F C

Now I take the escalator down, I get the bus back into town,

C G

I'm as free as the planes up in the air.

F C - D

Is that the sun that's rising on you now ?

F

And did it shine the day you changed your mind ?

F

Oh, Ngaire, oh, Ngaire ! Oh ....

D Am - G - C

Ngaire, I'm not lying to y....ou,

D Am - G C

Ngaire, I've been trying to d.....o right from the start.

G C Bm

And if you doubt what's in my heart, you can break it open,

G

but be careful when you do,

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'cause inside there's a girl who looks like you,

C E D - Bm

inside there's a girl who looks like you.

C E D - E

+ Inside there's a girl who looks like you. (2x)

C E G

+ Inside there's a girl who looks like you.

D E

Looks like you, looks like you.

(orig. = capo 4th) (The Mutton Birds)