Gordon Lightfoot - Gotta Get Away
CAPO: 5th Fret
[INTRO:] D F D G D F D G
[VERSE 1:]
D F
I'm on my way, I got no time to waste
D F
Places to go, people to chase
D G
Gonna grab my comb 'n my toothpaste
D F D G
Gotta get away from here
[VERSE 2:]
D F
Twenty-one years from the day I was born
D F
I was working on the night shift, tooting my horn
D G
Through sheets of rain, through sleet and storm
F D F
You come to me
[CHORUS:]
G
You were the girl with the summer sunshine
Dm
In your eyes and in your smile
G
You were the one I thought loved me
D C G
It was something I never could quite believe
D F D G
Gotta get away from here
[VERSE 3:]
D F
I'm a real bad loser, that's what I am
D F
Gonna grab my hat and my hexagram
D G
You can stick my money in an old tin can
D F D G
I think I fell in love again
[VERSE 4:]
D F
I was down by the bus stop biding my time
D F
I was hitching a ride with a friend of mine
D G
I was almost gone, I was over the line
D F D F
I said, "What's come over me?"
[CHORUS:]
G
You were the girl with the sound of springtime
Dm
In your songs and in your voice
G
You were the one I thought loved me
D C G
It was something I never could quite believe
D F
Gotta get away from here
D F
Gotta get back to you
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[VERSE 5:]
D F
I'm gonna make it today, I'm gonna get on my toes
D F
Been awake so long I'm getting ready to doze
D G
Gonna grab my bag and a few old clothes
D F
Gotta get away from here
D G
Gotta get back to you
D
I gotta get away, gotta get away
F D
Gotta get away, gotta get away
G
Gotta get away
[OUTRO:] D F D G D F D G