VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNU-Y6tzB1E    [Key of F#]
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     STARKVILLE by the Indigo Girls   [See NOTES section further below]

     INTRO:    Ebm   B    Ebm   B    Ebm   B   Ebm  B 

     If you were here in Starkville, the townie boys would love the way you stare.
     If you were here in Starkville, well the local girls, they wouldn't have a prayer.
     I spent a reckless night inside the wonder of your everlasting charm,
     now I'm haunted by geography, and the flora and the fauna of your heart.

     CHORUS:
   B                        Db
     At the dawning of some road worn day,
     I called you on a whim just to say-

     "The morning birds are singing...",
     but I could not do them justice, so I hung up and I fell back to sleep.

     I'm in love with my mobility, but sometimes this life can be a drag;
     like when I noticed your nobility and how my leaving, it only held you back.
     But I remember one occasion - when you were drinking,- when you asked me to the coast,
     but I was hell bent on agony back then, ...so I missed the boat.

     CHORUS:
     At the dawning of a road worn day,
     I called you on a whim just to say,
     "My regrets become distractions when I can not do them justice",
     then I hung up and fell back to sleep.

     2:24 MUSICAL INTERLUDE 2:57

     When I was down in Starkville, I was hiding out inside some Comfort Inn
     from a local gang of troubadors, when the homecoming queen -she come riding in.
     Yeah I slipped out of my room into the rain and I went running for my health.
     I watched those headlights turned to moonlight, and finally I was running by myself.

     CHORUS:
     Now at the dawning of some road worn day,
     I call you on a whim just to say,
     "...Mornin' birds are singin'..."
     
     3:50 OUTRO INSTRUMENTAL 4:14  

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      Recorded Key of F# Chords: Ebm & B      Chorus: B & Db

     NOTES: This is a plain text file. It is the result of my laziness and the very
            simple musical layout of Starkville. I felt the effort of showing the chord
            changes above the lyrics an unnecessary labor for me and a distraction for you.

            My lazy choice is hopefully supported by the three simple chords (Ebm B & Db,
            or Em C & D), depending on the performance key you choose (F# or G).

            If you can memorize and deliver the machine-gun lyrics, then you should have 
            no trouble hearing (and making) the chord changes on cue. 

       BTW: On a guitar, the three chords are rather troublesome to play in the recorded
            key of F#, per the .mp3 audio link below:
     https://www.dansher.com/audio/Starkville_Indigo_Girls.mp3    [Key of F#: Ebm B & Db]

            Starkville is FAR easier to play (on a guitar) if pitched up half a step to the
            more "open" key of G (Courtesy of Audacity) as per the .mp3 audio link below:
     https://www.dansher.com/audio/Starkville_Indigo_Girls_G.mp3  [Key of G:  Em  C & D]

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