Map Ref 41°n 93°w

	  		
Intro: A G 

verse 1 
D               C 
An unseen ruler defines with geometry 
D             C 
An unrulable expanse of geography 
B  
An aerial photographer over-exposed 
E  
To the cartologist's 2D images knows 
D                   C 
The areas where the water flowed 
D             C 
So petrified, the landscape grows 
D              C 
Straining eyes try to understand 
D           C 
The works, incessantly in hand 
B  
The carving and paring of the land 
E  
The quarter square, the graph divides 
D                          C 
Beneath the rule a country hides 
A G 
 
D               C  
Interrupting my train of thought 
B         G  
Lines of longitude and latitude 
D       C      B    G  
Define, refine my altitude 


verse 2 
A  
The curtain's undrawn 
A  
Harness fitted, no escape 
A  
Common and peaceful, duck, flat, lowland 
A  
Landscape, canal, canard, water coloured 
A G 

verse 3 
D               C 
Crystal palaces for floral kings 
D                   C 
A widespread waving span of wings 
D           C 
Witness the sinking of the sun 
D                 C 
A deep breath of submission has begun 

D                C  
Interrupting my train of thought 
B        G  
Lines of longitude and latitude 
D        C     B    G  
Define, refine my altitude 
D                C  
Interrupting my train of thought 
B        G  
Lines of longitude and latitude 
D        C     B    G  
Define, refine my altitude