Red Hot Chili Peppers – Hometown Gypsy (Guitar)

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I'm With You Sessions ~ I'm Beside You Not hard to play! Chords used: Dm C Bb Am G Gm A7

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[Intro] Dm [Verse 1]

Dm
Drivin' up the coast

To find a version of the truth

Dm
Left the backdoor swinging

Like a dirty little sleuth

     C                Bb
The truth is I have never

           Am
Felt half this alive

C
Now it's time to dance

                       Dm
Upon the grave called 45

Dm
Jacked up on some Kerouac

And surely bullet proof

Dm
The girl who taught me what to do

Was missing her front tooth

C           Bb
Gentle as a storm

            Am 
Inside your mental health

  C
I wanna find the answer

                         Dm
But I just can't find myself

[Chorus]

  Dm
I say so long

       C
To the way I played

    C
The way I played

          G
Inside of yesterday

Dm        C 
Hey let's run around

    C
The great escape

            G         Dm
From out of my hometown

[Verse 2]

Dm
Later I would look for love

Inside a woman's dorm

Dm
A couch to keep me humble

And her breath to keep me warm

C               Bb
Ophelia was the girl

           Am
That I was feeling for

C
Come to realize

                         Dm
It was me who was the whore

Dm
A captain lost himself

Inside a 40 year old skull

Dm
The drink of choice was knowledge

And we always wanted more

C
Drunken sailors

Bb               Am
Seeking their Geronimo

   C
Instead they found the things

                                Dm
That they really didn't wanna know

[Chorus]

  Dm
I say so long

       C
To the way I played

    C
The way I played

          G
Inside of yesterday

Dm        C 
Hey let's run around

    C
The great escape

            G
From out of my hometown

Dm
Country roads

            C
Would never let me stay

C
The way I played

          G       
Inside of yesterday

[Bridge] Gm A7 Dm Dm Gm A7 Dm Dm [Verse 3]

Dm
A devil's growl and cat's meow

Were blended into one

Dm
Termites called suburbanites

Were eating all the fun

  C             Bb
A juggernaut of comedy

    Am
And blasphemy

  C
I wanna stop the madness

                       Dm
But I think it has to be

[Chorus]

  Dm
I say so long

       C
To the way I played

    C
The way I played

          G
Inside of yesterday

Dm        C 
Hey let's run around

    C
The great escape

            G
From out of my hometown

Dm
Country roads

            C
Would never let me stay

C
The way I played

          G
Inside of yesterday

Dm        C 
Hey let's run around

    C
The great escape

            G         Dm
From out of my hometown

[Outro] Dm