Virginia Plain

D A

1. Make me a deal and make it straight,

2.

all signed and sealed, I´ll take it.

D

To Robert E. Lee I´ll show it,

A

I hope and pray he don´t blow it ´cause:

G

We´ve been around a long time just

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try try try tryin´ to make make the big time.

D

3. Take me on a roller coaster,

A

take me for an airplane ride.

D

Take me for a six-day wonder, but don´t you,

A

don´t you throw my pride aside, besides.

G

What´s real and make believe.

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Baby Jane´s in Acapulco, we´re all flyin´ down to Rio.

D A

4. Throw me a line, I´m sinking fast,

5.

clutching at straws, can´t make it.

D

Havana sound we´re trying

A

hard edge the hipster jiving.

G

Last picture shows down the drive-in.

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You´re so sheer, you´re so chic, teenage rebel of the week.

D

4. Flavors of the mountain streamline

A

Midnight blue casino floors

D

Dance the cha-cha through till sunrise

A

Open up exclusive doors, oh wow!

G

Just like flamingos look the same

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So me and you, just we two, got to reach for something new.

D

5. Far beyond the pale horizon,

A

Some place near the desert strand,

D

Where my Studebaker takes me,

A

that´s where I´ll make my stand, but wait.

G

Can´t you see that Holzermane,

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what´s her name, Virginia Plain.

(orig. = capo 4th) (Roxy music)