Saves The Day - The Vast Spoils Of America Chords & Tabs

Saves The Day
The Vast Spoils Of America
Through Being Cool
1999 Vagrant Records
Submitted by: jeremyudnerground41@yahoo.com

Key: F#

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
Ebm -   x68876
B -     x24442
F# -    244322
C# -    x46664
G#m -   466444
[ch]F#/Bb[/ch] - x143xx
[ch]C#/F[/ch] -  143xxx
Bbm -   x13321


Intro: Ebm(hold)-F#(Hold)


Verse 1:
Ebm
   There's something sweet
      C#
about seeing the world then
        F#
There's something great about
                  B
Kansas It's like staring across
             Ebm
an ocean hmmm   Like seeing the
       C#
first stars burn white Through
    F#
the swamp and trees of
                       B
Southern night Oh I'll always
have those mornings in


Chorus 1:
Ebm(hold)    F#
   California  where the
                   G#m
mountains climb so tall
    [ch]F#/Bb[/ch]             B
And waves crash blue around
   Ebm(hold)
you   When everyone's passed
   F#
out  in the van And 
        G#m    [ch]F#/Bb[/ch]
I'm the one driving
            B
through the land 


Verse 2:
Ebm              C#
   Alone in open roading
Ted's out in the
F#
seat right next to me
          B
Yeah He's drooling
                  Ebm
on his sleeve whoa   Who ever
        C#
made up open skies and two
       F#
of the bluest eyes yeah
B
Must be some young phenom


(Repeat Chorus 1)

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Bridge:
G#m         G#m Bbm B
   Sometimes 
           B  C#
taking off can   
Ebm [ch]C#/F[/ch]        B
   open up your eyes 
G#m        G#m  Bbm B
   To everything
         B C# Ebm
that lies
   C#   B
in your heart 
G#m
   Cause that's
G#m Bbm B
when     you miss 
     B   C# Ebm
your home      And the
      [ch]C#/F[/ch]          B
trees seem a little deader 
G#m       G#m Bbm B
   that's when
you miss 
     B   C# Ebm(hold)
your home      the
      C#/F(hold)    B(hold)
trees seem a little deader
alright


Verse 3:
Ebm                      [ch]C#/F[/ch]
   I think we're getting back
                  F#
tonight Would you care if
                  B
I came over? I've missed
                      Ebm
you about three weeks now
                  C#
I'm dying just to taste
                    F#
your lips Could we stomp
around your back yard And
F#
wreck our clothes in the mud?


Chorus 2:
Ebm(hold)    F#
   California  where the
                   G#m
mountains climb so tall
    [ch]F#/Bb[/ch]             B
And waves crash blue around
   Ebm(hold)
you   When everyone's passed
   F#
out  in the van And 
        G#m    [ch]F#/Bb[/ch]
I'm the one driving
            B
through the land
alright
Ebm C#       F#   B
so  what the open road
Ebm C#   F#       [ch]C#/F[/ch] B   [ch]F#/Bb[/ch]
so  what damn the open road
   Ebm(hold)
whoa