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.