Guitar Town 2/4 Steve Earle, Typed in Arial 10
Transcribed by Ken Lee
Standard Tuning No Capo Comments or suggestions to kandvlee@shaw.ca
Intro 8 Bars G
G / / /
Hey pretty / baby are you / ready for / me,
/ G / / G / C / /
It's your / good rockin' / Daddy down from / Tennes - / see. / /
/ D / / /
I'm / just outta / Austin bound for / San An - / tone,
/ D / / / C / / / /
With the / radio / blastin' and the / bird dog / on. / / / /
/ G / / /
There's / speed trap / up ahead / Selma / town,
/ G / / / C / /
But / no local / yokel's gonna / shut me / down, / /
/ D / / /
Cause / me and my / boys got this / rig un - / wound, and
/ D / / / C
We've / come a thousand / miles from the / guitar / town.
Break: 18 Bars
G / / /
Nothin' ever / happened round / my home / town, and
/ G / / / C / /
I / ain't the / kind to just / hang a - / round. / /
/ D / / /
I / heard someone / callin' my / name one / day, and
/ D / / / C
I / followed that / voice down the / lost high - / way.
G / /
Everybody / told me you / can't get far,
/ G / / / C / /
On / thirty seven / dollars and a / Jap gui - / tar. / /
/ D / / /
Now I'm / smokin into / Texas with the / hammer / down, and
/ D / / / G
A / rockin' little / combo from the / Guitar / town.
Break: 14 Bars
Bridge:
D / / /
Hey pretty / baby don't you / know it ain't / my fault
C / / G /
Love to hear the / steel belts / hummin on the / asphalt,
D / / /
Wake up in the / middle of the / night in a / truck stop,
C / / D7 / / /
Stumble in the / restaurant, / wonderin' why I / don't stop. / /
/ G / / /
Well, I / gotta keep / rockin' while / I still / can,
/ G / / / C / /
Got a / two-pack / habit and a / motel / tan. / /
/ D / / / C
When my / boots hit the / boards, I'm a / brand new / man,
/ D / / / C / / / /
Put my / back to the / risers and / make my / stand. / / / /
G / / /
Hey pretty / baby won't you / hold me / tight,
/ G / / / C / /
I'm / loadin' up and / rollin' out of / here to - / night. / /
D / / /
One of these / days I'm gonna / settle / down, and
/ D / / / G
I'll / take you back / with me to the / Guitar / town
Repeat Break: 28 Bars
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matching: Earle Steve