CAPO: 3rd Fret INTRO: G D Em C G D G C-G D Em I?ve never had a way with women C G D G C-G But the hills of Iowa make me wish that I could D Em And I?ve never found a way to say I love you C G D G C-G But if the chance came by, oh I, I would Em C G But way back where I come from, we never mean to bother C Am D We don?t like to make our passions other peoples' concern G D Em And we walk in the world of safe people C G D G C-G And at night we walk into our houses and burn CHORUS: D Iowa, oh ooh Em C G D G C-G Iowa, oh, oooh, ooh, oh, I-Iowa D Iowa, oh ooh Em C G D G C-G Iowa, oh, oooh, ooh, oh, I-Iowa D Em How I long to fall just a little bit C G D G C-G To dance out of the lines and stray from the light D Em But I fear that to fall in love with you C G D G C-G Is to fall from a great and gruesome height Em C So you know, I asked a friend about it, on a bad day Am Her husband had just left her G D She sat down on the chair he left behind G D Em She said, "What is love, where did it get me?" C G D G C-G "Whoever thought of love is no friend of mine" CHORUS: D Iowa, oh ooh Em C G D G C-G Iowa, oh, oooh, ooh, oh, I-Iowa D Iowa, oh ooh Em C G D G C-G Iowa, oh, oooh, ooh, oh, I-Iowa INTERLUDE: G Em G C G C-G D Em Once I had everything, I gave it up C G D G C-G For the shoulder of your driveway and the words I?ve never felt D Em And so for you, I came this far across the tracks C G D G Ten miles above the limit, and with no seatbelt, and I?d do it again Em C G For tonight I went running through the screen doors of discretion Am D C For I woke up from a nightmare that I could not stand to see G Em You were a-wandering out on the hills of Iowa C Am D And you were not thinking of me BRIDGE: G Oh, ooh, oh, ooh DECGDGC-G I-I-I-I, I-I-I-I-I-I, Iowa CHORUS: D Iowa, oh ooh Em C G D G C-G Iowa, oh, oooh, ooh, oh, I-Iowa D Iowa, oh ooh Em C G D G C-G Iowa, oh, oooh, ooh, oh, I-Iowa CHORUS: D Iowa, oh ooh Em C G D G C-G Iowa, oh, oooh, ooh, oh, I-Iowa D Iowa, oh ooh Em C G D G CG Iowa, oh, oooh, ooh, oh, I-Iowa