Tommy Emmanuel – Looking Forward To The Past (Ukulele)

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by Tommy Emmanuel (feat. Rodney Crowell) [Intro] G ~ [Verse]
          G
There's a girl I used to know

            G
About three broken hearts ago.

  G
I married her and left her

       G
in the dark.

G
Vicksburg her it now,

        G
And I'm headed there somehow

      G
Or to see if I can kindle,

         G
that old spark.
[Chorus 1]
Dm7             C      G
She had that Louisiana sizzle.

Dm7          C               G
She had that sleepy southern sass.

         Dm7       C
(When) I split the blanket

         G
down the middle.

Em              D
Since then it's all been

         C
downhill fast.

Em          D              G
I'm looking forward to the past.
[Verse]
      G
I'm a Mississippi man

      G
And a Conway Twitty fan.

      G
And I haven't heard a song

          G
I like in years.

  G
I drive a pup wood truck

          G
(And) I'm makin' on His book,

           G
And I'd be ready when my Saviour

     G
 reappears.
[Chorus 2]
Dm7            C
If you want to think I'm dumb

    G
and lazy,

Dm7        C              G
Touch me entirely without class.

Dm7       C              G
But if you knew how Mama raised me,

Em            D             C
You know it's you comes all crashed.

Em          D              G
I'm looking forward to the past.
[Verse]
       G
He who lives and learns,

        G
Can't renegotiate the terms

       G
On the frickin' frackin' future

        G
Full of carbon copy crap.

    G
The stakes are through the roof

            G
But there's very little crew.

       G
We can find fresh food and water

          G
somewhere out there

        G
off the map, yeah
[GUITAR SOLO] G ~ G ~ G ~ G Em D C Em D G [Verse]
       G
Well I cut my teeth on hurt,

      G
And I slung my shared dirt,

      G
And I blame my self for everything

       G
 goin' wrong.

        G
'What's done is done', They say.

           G
If there's hell, we have to pay.

         G
I might admit,

                          G
I must have known it all along.
[Chorus 3]
Dm7          C
I don't know two nickels

       G
from a quarter.

Dm7              C
I don't know my shirt down

        G
from my ass.

Dm7         C
This modern world's so

       G
out of order.

Em           D
I don't know just how long

       C
it can last.

Em          D              G
I'm looking forward to the past,

Em          D              G
I'm looking forward to the past.
[CODA/GUITAR ADLIB] G7 ~ G7 ~ G7 ~ G7 ~~~