Pre>this is reported to be played with open tuning but what tuning   Exactly I don't know. I have created a simple version which   Gets me by. it involves sliding the cadd 9 up but leaving   The other strings open. in the chorus there is a flourish   Which I play as em9 054030 and em7(2) 050430 to get back   To the g      Intro: g repeated to get the rhythm      G   From china to chinatown new york to tokyo   030010 050030   C cadd9 em7   Upstate to down island from here to there      From the backyard to the wide wide open spaces   From the steel mills to the wind in your hair   From the claustrophobic beat of my heart   To the openness of your smile   We're in this together going the distance   Right down to the last mile      Chorus   G   Cos you're my partner you are my partner   C em9 em7 em9   You're my partner for life      (twice, then twice with just chords)      Up the coast of africa to the straits of gibraltar   Through that tunnel where the birds migrate   In a hotel room without running water   And all the clocks are running one hour late   And on the wall are paintings of couples intertwined   Locked in embraces as if fighting for their lives   And the warm night air breathes through the open window   And husbands cling to their wives      Chorus repeat      Bridge   050050   Em7(3) em7   Well I know I know I know   030010 030030   C cadd9 cadd9(2)   Why it just has to be just has to be      Well l know l know l know why   I'm with you and baby you're with me      Let's get out of here and drive up to the ocean   Out of the city and up the coast of maine   Feel the spray and the ancient motion   Watch the children in the sand watch them play   From the backyard to the wide wide open spaces   From the pounding of the surf   To the gentleness of your smile   We're in this together going the distance   Right down to the last mile      Chorus repeat /pre>