Idlewild by Gretchen Peters
Key: AmAm | Capo: 0fr |  Left-Handed 

    


Verse 1
 
                Am         Am/G              Fmaj7
They're in the front seat,      he's got the radio low,
         Am               Am/G          Fmaj7
And the moon hangs over Idlewild as the planes touch down,
        Am      Am/G              Fmaj7
He is talking,        she's not listening,
        Am              Am/G      Fmaj7
She is thinking of her father, who died when she was young!
 
 
Verse 2
  Am    Am/G    Fmaj7
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            Am         Am/G                 Fmaj7
I'm in the back seat,       they think I'm sleeping,
            Am             Am/G                  Fmaj7
But I am listening for the cracks between their voices, in the dark,
           Am     Am/G             Fmaj7
We are a family,        we are a shipwreck,
            Am            Am/G            Fmaj7          Am   Am/G  Fmaj7
And we are picking up my Grandma, who is getting... very old!
 
 
Verse 3
                      Dm           (F)          Am
And they think she's dying, but I think she's laughing,
 (Am/G)        Dm              (F)                  G
I think she's riding 'Halley's Comet', from Fort Lauderdale to here, 
   (G/B)   Dm            (F)        Am    (Am/G)
But when I see her, I'll keep her secret,     
Dm               (F)             G                     Gsus4  G
We all have our secrets that we keep inside ourselves! 
 
 
Verse 4
  Am    Am/G    Fmaj7
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                  Am     Am/G           Fmaj7
They built this airport,        but in a few years...
            Am            Am/G       Fmaj7
...They'll name it after Kennedy, the one who died today,
              Am        Am/G              Fmaj7
And he will leave her,       and she will suffer,
               Am          Am/G             Fmaj7    Am  Am/G  Fmaj7
And they will never really know each other...    at---- all!
 
 
Verse 5]
                   Dm            (F)          Am
They think we're driving,  but I know we're drifting,
    (Am/G)       Dm                 (F)               G
They think we're off on some ad - venture, where the hero saves the day, 
  (G/B)          Dm        (F)           Am
We think we're special, we think we're golden,   
  (Am/G)         Dm           (F)                G                  Gsus4  G
We think we're walking on the moon, but we are dancing in the dark! 
 
 
Verse 6]
Am    Am/G     Fmaj7     Am     Am/G    Fmaj7
Oo---, ooo----!        |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  / |
 
               Am      Am/G                 Fmaj7
We shoot our rockets,        we shoot our presidents,
               Am              Am/G            Fmaj7
We shoot the commies, and the n*****s, and the Viet Cong,
             Am      Am/G             Fmaj7
Everything changes,        everything stays the same,
         Am               Am/G          Fmaj7           Am   Am/G  Fmaj7
And the moon hangs over Idlewild as the planes... touch----- down!
 
 
     Am    Am/G     Fmaj7     Am     Am/G    Fmaj7
||:  OO---, ooo----!        |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  :|| (Repeat)
 
 
(Suggestion for coda)
  Am     Am/G    Fmaj7          G6    Asus2
|  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  / |  /  /   /  / ||
                                ^  ^   ^