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VISIT THE MUSIC MOTEL

VISIT THE MUSIC MOTEL running order-Driftwood/Perfect Water/Superfly Guy/I Don't Believe In Sin/How Long?/Can't Thank You Enough/Lonely/Going South/Love In Vain/Prismic Rush/Screwhead Party/Curtain Call/A Winter Symphony/Coda ............................................................ .......B/E........................................... HOW LONG THIS COLD DARK WINTER NIGHT .....A/E THIS BLANKET COVERS SOFT AND WHITE ......B/E......................................... HOW DEEP THE SNOW UPON THE GROUND ......A/E THE WIND BLOWS CHILL,A HOARY SOUND .......G#m7/E................................ THE SHADOWED SKY SO GREY AND BARE .....F#m7/E TIS FROZEN BREATH IN FROZEN AIR .....E....F#m7E...G#m7/E...F#m7/E...E..F#m7/E...E OH HOW LONG MUST I WAIT TO BE A PART OF THEE THE SHALLOW SUN ONCE TRUE AND BRIGHT UNDER THE FLEECE OF PALE MOONLIGHT HER SONG STILL BRINGS THE SOFTEST BREEZE TO CALM THE STORM OF ANGRY SEAS AND IN HER ARMS I FEEL THE CARE THAT I REPAY WITH GIFTS I BEAR OH HOW LONG MUST I WAIT TO BE A PART OF THEE [BREAK] F#/E...B/D#...E/D...A/C#...F#m7/B...B7...F#m7/B...E HOW BEAUTIFUL SHALL BE MY BRIDE HER GOWN IS CLOTHED WITH SPRINGS NEW TIDE HOW GREE THE GRASS UPON HER GLADE HER GENEROUS LOVING PROMISES MADE HOW DEEP THE OATH ON WHICH WE SHARE HOW SWEET THE FLOWERS IN HER HAIR OH HOW LONG MUST I WAIT TO BE A PART OF THEE. ............................................................. ...........CMAJ7...............FMAJ7...............DM7........................G When love is an affliction, there's not much one can do .......EM......................................AM.........................DM7......................G Despite the way you've treated me, I'm still in love with you ...CMAJ7.......................FMAJ7..................DM7.................................G I am the wave and you the rock, against which I must break ..EM..............................AM...........................DM7...................G Again, again the crushing jolt, the pain I can't forsake ...A.............................AM7...............A7..................................D.......DM6 Again, again, the long retreat, to safety, far from shore .........A.......................AMAJ7...................A7.......................................D..........DM6...A...E... And then again, I don't know why, the long trip back for more. Perhaps it is nostalgia for a long uncertain glow Or just some hope so beautiful, I cannot let it go Perhaps it is the need to try, for those who must depend On who we are and what we do, for whom this should not end. What evil makes you hurt me so, what defect of the heart? What sense there is no greater whole, of which you are a part? What lonely choice that only you, be served by what you choose? What hard, hard fear of losing what, it is a gift to lose? When love is an affliction, there's not much one can do Despite the way you've treated me, I'm still in love with you RPT FINAL CHOR SEQUENCE TIL FADE