Mike Doughty - The Only Answer Chords & Tabs

C, G, F          (Listen to the song on Groove Shark to get the strumming,
                     Without the right strumming the song sounds terrible.)
 
            C        G               F                   C     G         F
upon the rails          among the weeds       i had a moment of      serenity

           C      G              F                   C        G        F
i saw you stand     in all the green     upon the rusting rail    balancing



Am    G          F
you were   the only answer

Am   G            F
my plans    spun all around you

Am                  G            F
five years in the wrong, i am assured

Am                  G            F
my name to you is just another word




             C     G          F
and in your bed       in morristown      

            C         G           F
you had magazines        thrown around
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             C     G                F
from under them      the phone it rang

              C            G                    F 
and in the margin there        you wrote the number down


Am    G          F
you were   the only answer

Am   G            F
my plans    spun all around you

Am                  G            F
five years in the wrong, i am assured

Am                  G            F
my name to you is just another word

         Am     G              F
another word         another word

            Am     G           F
The only answer      another word 




Am    G          F
you were   the only answer

Am   G            F
my plans    spun all around you

Am                  G            F
five years in the wrong, i am assured

Am                  G            C (up stroke)
my name to you is just another word

        C,  G,   F,-  Play how ever many times you like.