Jerry Jeff Walker – La Freeway (Guitar)

Capo 1
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Chords

[Intro] A D A E
A                           D
   Pack up all your dishes,   make note of all good wishes

A                                      E
   Say goodbye to the landlord for me,   that son of bitch has always bored me

A                               D
   Throw out those L.A. papers,   moldy box of vanilla wafers

A                              E
   Adios to all this concrete,   gonna get me some dirt road backstreet

         D                    E
If I can just get off of that L.A. Freeway

    A                     D
Without gettin' killed or caught

A           A/G#      F#m      F#m/E
   Down the road in a cloud of smoke

        Bm                E7
To some land that I ain't bought, bought, bought

         D                    E
If I can just get off of that L.A. Freeway

    A                     D
Without gettin' killed or caught
[Interlude] A A/G# F#m F#m/E Bm E
A                                   D
   Here's to you old skinny Dennis,   the only one I think I will miss

A                                      E
   I can hear that old bass a-singin',   sweet and low like a gift you're bringin'

A                                    D
   Play it for me one more time now,   got to give it all we can now

A                                      E
   I believe every word you're sayin',   keep on, keep on playin'

         D                    E
If I can just get off of that L.A. Freeway

    A                     D
Without gettin' killed or caught

A           A/G#      F#m      F#m/E
   Down the road in a cloud of smoke

        Bm                E7
To some land that I ain't bought, bought, bought

         D                    E
If I can just get off of that L.A. Freeway

    A                     D
Without gettin' killed or caught
[Interlude] A A/G# F#m F#m/E Bm E
A                                    D
   Put the pink slip in the mailbox,   leave the key in the old front door lock

A                                 E
   They'll find it likely as not,   with all the things that we have forgot

A                                   D
   Oh, my lady don't you cry, babe,   love's a gift that's truly handmade

A                                  E
   We got somethin' to believe in,   now don't you think it's time we're leavin'

         D                    E
If I can just get off of that L.A. Freeway

    A                     D
Without gettin' killed or caught

A           A/G#      F#m      F#m/E
   Down the road in a cloud of smoke

        Bm                E7
To some land that I ain't bought, bought, bought

         D                    E
If I can just get off of that L.A. Freeway

    A                     D
Without gettin' killed or caught

A           A/G#      F#m      F#m/E
   Down the road in a cloud of smoke

        Bm                E7
To some land that I ain't bought, bought, bought

         D                    E
If I can just get off of that L.A. Freeway

    A                     D
Without gettin' killed or caught
[Interlude] A A/G# F#m F#m/E Bm E [Exit] A D F#m E A D F#m E A