George Jones – Milwaukee Here I Come (Ukulele)

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Recorded by George Jones with Brenda Carter Written by Lee Fykes Note key change just for verse 2 [Intro] C F C G C [Chorus]
      C                                     F         C
Well, I'm gonna get on that old turpike and I'm gonna ride

                          D          G
I'm gonna leave this town till you decide

C                                F             C
Which one you want the most them Opry stars or me

F         C                G              C
Milwaukee here I come from Nashville Tennessee
[Verse 1]
                           F              C
Milwaukee is where we were before we came here

                     D                 G
Workin' in a brewery making the finest beer

C                                     F                C
You come to me on a payday night said let's go to Tennessee

F                  C                G           C   F
So we came down to Nashville to the Grand Ole Opry
[Verse 2]
      F                          Bb               F
Well, we were watchin' TV Ernest Tubb was singing loud

                                 G                   C
I said, "That's the man for me I love him there's no doubt

F                                Bb                  F
I'm leavin' you and going out to find out where he's at

         Bb                  F               C                F
And if I can't get him, I'll settle for that bluegrass Lester Flatt"
[Chorus]
C                                        F         C
I'm a gonna get on that ol' turnpike and I'm gonna ride

                            D          G
I'm a gonna leave this town till you decide

C                           F           C
Which one you love the best me or Jerry Lee

F         C                G              C
Milwaukee here I come from Nashville Tennessee
[Instrumental] C F C D G C F C F C G C [Verse 3]
                             F               C
I'm a goin' now and trade my ol' Ford for an Olds

                                    D              G
Huh--I might get all drunked up and trade it for a Rolls

     C                                        F         C
But, there's a one thing I know for sure I'll always be blue

      F                   C               G           C
There ain't no way to get drunk enough to stop lovin' you
[Chorus]
                                         F         C
I'm a gonna get on that ol' turnpike and I'm gonna ride

                            D          G
I'm a gonna leave this town till you decide

C                           F           C
Which one you love the best me or Jerry Lee

F         C                G              C
Milwaukee here I come from Nashville Tennessee
[Outro]
    F         C                G              C
Oh, Milwaukee here I come from Nashville Tennessee