[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Well there’s only one road running through these parts,
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Pretty much stops right where it starts.
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It winds four ways then it comes back around.
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I ain’t ever gonna get outta this town.
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I ain’t ever gonna get outta this town.
[Verse 2]
E A E
Well the train left here but it never came back.
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Now there’s nothing but weeds on a rusty old track.
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Those planes fly over but they never touch down.
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I ain’t ever gonna get outta this town.
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I ain’t ever gonna get outta this town.
[Chorus]
C#m A E
There’s a dream I’ve been dreaming all these years,
C#m A B
Where I’m flying to the sun and disappear.
[Verse 3]
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Got an old Chevy Nova, sittin’ up on blocks,
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Some greasy old parts in a cardboard box.
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Got her fixed up once but she broke back down.
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I ain’t ever gonna get outta this town.
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I ain’t ever gonna get outta this town.
[Solo]
E A E E B E E A E E B E
[Verse 4]
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I been stealin’ Jenny’s kisses since the eleventh grade,
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Now there ain’t no runnin’ from the love we made.
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We went shoppin’ for a stroller and a wedding gown.
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I ain’t ever gonna get outta this town.
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I ain’t ever gonna get outta this town.
[Chorus]
C#m A E
There’s a dream I’ve been dreaming all these years,
C#m A B
Where I’m flying to the sun and disappear, - - far from here,
[Outro]
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Well we buried my daddy to ‘Amazing Grace’,
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Preacher said, “God’s got him in a better place”.
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But I couldn’t help singin’ as they put him in the ground.
[HUM this next whole line:]
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(I ain’t ever gonna get outta this town.)
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I ain’t ever gonna get outta this town.
B E
I ain’t ever gonna get outta this town.
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I ain’t ever gonna get outta this town.
[End]