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