verse 1
E A E
Well there?s only one road running through these parts,
B E
Pretty much stops right where it starts.
A E
It winds four ways then it comes back around.
B E
I ain?t ever gonna get outta this town.
B E
I ain?t ever gonna get outta this town.
verse 2
E A E
Well the train left here but it never came back.
B E
Now there?s nothing but weeds on a rusty old track.
A E
Those planes fly over but they never touch down.
B E
I ain?t ever gonna get outta this town.
B E
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.
E A E
Got an old Chevy Nova, sittin? up on blocks,
B E
Some greasy old parts in a cardboard box.
A E
Got her fixed up once but she broke back down.
B E
I ain?t ever gonna get outta this town.
B E
I ain?t ever gonna get outta this town.
Solo
E A E B E A E B E
E A E
I been stealin? Jenny?s kisses since the eleventh grade,
B E
Now there ain?t no runnin? from the love we made.
A E
We went shoppin? for a stroller and a wedding gown.
B E
I ain?t ever gonna get outta this town.
B E
I ain?t ever gonna get outta this town.
Bridge
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
E A E
Well we buried my daddy to ?Amazing Grace?,
B E
Preacher said, ?God?s got him in a better place?.
A E
But I couldn?t help singin? as they put him in the ground.
HUM this next whole line:
B E
(I ain?t ever gonna get outta this town.)
B E
I ain?t ever gonna get outta this town.
B E
I ain?t ever gonna get outta this town.
B E
I ain?t ever gonna get outta this town.
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