A                                                     D
Well, I'm at a motel on the border of Utah and Colorado
D                                                          A
There's an old John Wayne movie on, I think it's John Wayne
A
The bride is being carried away on horseback
                             D
And into the darkening horizon
A                                                         D
The soft murmur of strings and the lowing of distant cattle
D             Bm
Is like valium for the national conscious

[Chorus]
A
Valium
D
Valium
E                        A
In this warmly beating heart
E                        D    E
In this warmly beating heart

[Verse]
A                          D
My happiness is touch and go
A                           D
Kind of like this motel's HBO
A
Been sitting here flipping through the channels

A presidential debate
D
A split second later, a picture perfect dinner emerges from an oven
A
Yeah, that rattle snake never stood a chance
                                 D  Bm
Against the likes of Annie Oakley

[Chorus]
A
Annie Oakley
D
Annie Oakley
E                         A
In this warmly beating heart
E                        D      E
In this warmly beating heart

[Verse]
A
But the night is too silent to sleep
                                        D
So I'm standing now in the dust of the road, contemplating heaven
A
I must have been lost on some kind of excursion up the Colorado
D
I think her name was Marilyn

But I don't remember anything else about her
                 A
Except that her hair smelled of gunpowder
                                D
That's it for tonight, signing off
          Bm
Signing off

[Chorus]
A
Marilyn
D
Marilyn
E                         A
In this warmly beating heart
E                        D       E
In this warmly beating heart
A
Valium
D
Valium
E                        A
In this warmly beating heart
E                        D     E
In this warmly beating heart
A D
E                        A
In this warmly beating heart
E                  D
(Warmly beating heart)
E    A    D
E                        A
In this warmly beating heart
E                        D
In this warmly beating heart