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Version 1[Intro] C C/B Am C7/G F Bb/F F G G7 C (walk down bass) [Verse 1] C C/B You can always see the ceiling Am C7/G F Bb/F F With the city looking in your bedroom window G And looked upon as such G7 C F/C C I memorized the plaster until 3:00 C C/B ‘Cause memorizing mud Am C7/G F Bb/F F Beats memorizing someone else’s heartache G So if you’ve been out to the grassland G7 C F/C C You’ll know just what my city eyes have seen [Chorus] F My head is splitting D7 My heart is gasping C F/C C And now you’re asking: F “I know you’re leaving D7 Can’t stop you dreaming G G7 But why Nebraska?” [Verse 2] C C/B Well you’d think that I was dying Am C7/G F Bb/F F But new wounds seem to bleed the truest ink G G7 And I’ll tell you, after thirteen years of trying: C F/C C It won’t come out the way you think C C/B Am Atlantic drenched in irony and sunlight C7/G F Bb/F F ’m transported to those plains G Where the trains stretch on forever G7 C F/C C And no matter how far you run, it looks the same [Chorus] C7 F My head is spinning D7 My heart is gasping C F/C C And now you’re asking: C7 F “I know you’re leaving D7 Can’t stop you dreaming G G7 of wild Nebraska” [Bridge] Dm E7 I’m working now all over Hell’s half acre Am D And window seats may have the better view Dm E7 My midnight hour musings notwithstanding F Gsus4 G7 I wish that I could just stay here and look at you [Chorus] F My head is spinning D7 My heart is gasping C F/C C And now you’re asking: C7 F “I know I'm leaving D7 so why do I keep dreaming G G7 of damn Nebraska” [Outro] C C/B You can always see the ceiling Am C7/G F Bb/F F With the city looking in your bedroom window G That luminescent gaze G7 I hope it never looks away F G C So I can see you one more time before I go