Red Barchetta

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
   A
My uncle has a country place
     F#m
that no one knows about.
   G                           A
He says it used to be a farm before the motor law.
       A                            F#m
And on Sundays I elude the eyes and hop the turbine freight
   G                             D
To far outside the wire where my whitehaired uncle waits.

[Interlude]
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[Verse 2]
A                 D       A          D           A
Jump to the ground as the turbo slows across the border
     D
line.
G
A A                D     A            D          A
  Run like the wind as excitement shivers up and down my
D
spine.
G
A F               C   F              C          F          C
  Down in his barn my uncle preserved for me an old machine
    F         G
For fifty odd years,
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to keep it as new has been his dearest dream.

[Verse 3]
  A                              F#m
I strip away the old debris that hides the shining car.
  G                              D
A brilliant Red Barchetta from a better vanished time.
  A
I fire up,
                     F#m
the willing engine responding with a roar.
G
Tires spitting gravel,
        D                E
I commit my weekly crime.

[Break]
D
 Wind in my hair,
Shifting and drifting Mechanical music,
Adrenaline surge,

[Bridge]
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A#             F
Well weathered leather,
    A#        F
hot metal and oil.
    C#      G#
The scented country air,
C# G# E           B
      Sunlight on chrome,
    E           B
The blur of the landscape,
G     D           G
every nerve aware.

[Solo]
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[Verse 4]
A                     F#m
Suddenly ahead of me across the mountain side,
  G                                    A
A gleaming alloy air car shoots towards me two lanes wide.
  A                                   F#m
I spin around with shrieking tires to run the deadly race.
   G                                A
Go screaming through the valley as another joins the chase.

[Interlude]
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[Verse 5]
A
Drive like the wind,
D A                D        A         D
  straining the limits of machine and man.
G
A A            D         A            D
  Laughing out loud with fear and hope i've got a
A        D
desperate plan.
G
A       F              C            F           C
 At the one lane bridge I leave the giants stranded at the
F          C
river side.
F
G     F               C   F               C
 Race back to the farm to dream with my uncle at the
F   C    F C F C
fireside.

[Outro]
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