Jimmy Buffett – Truckstop Salvation (Ukulele)

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the# #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.# #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------# Date: Fri, 24 Apr 1998 20:21:22 -0700 (PDT) From: Archon I <[email protected]> Subject: b/buffett_jimmy/truckstop_salvation.crd Words and Music by Jimmy Buffett >From the Album "Before the Beach" Intro: F C/F (repeat) Verse 1:
Dm                F
Straight-laced leather-faced

E/C                      G                        F     C/F
He rolled in like he owned the two bit town

Dm                                   G
Dollar bills bulging from his bell bottomed jeans

      E/C          G                   F        C/F
The population they gathered 'round

Am                                     F
Nothing this exciting since a fertilizer truck blew a

Dm                                   G      G/C6      G      G/C6
Front tire and landed in the creek

Dm                     F
Everybody talkin' everybody strainin'

E/C                       G        F     C/F
Tryin'  to get a little peek
Chorus:
                 Dm                    F
It's just the word they'll never know

         E/C                 G
Not a country fair sideshow

   Dm              F                     G
A reality they'll somehow never see

       Dm                     F
He's what they tried to kill

               E/C                  G
With their Bibles and their stills
Dm F G G/C6
G      G/C6
But he's not weird just a man that's bein' free
Repeat Intro. Verse 2: Payin' for the gas he wickedly shouted thanks And continued on his journey once again Just about that time a siren fast approachin'' and The pot bellied sheriff he whizzed right in With his self inflicted grammar started shoutin' Accusations at the long haired greasy looking ape While a local D.J. from the fifty watt station got The whole damn thing on tape Repeat Chorus Repeat Intro. Verse 3: The holy roller preacher told the eager congregation That the devil has passed right through their nest But the teenage girls with their locks in curls were Talkin' 'bout that hair upon his chest Now the kids got their cookie while the preacher saved some souls And the story spread to everyone in sight Commotion was the word and everybody heard He was gone before the night Repeat Chorus -- Please send comments or corrections to [email protected]