Turnpike Troubadours – Leaving Town Woody Guthrie Festival (Guitar)

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As recorded by Turnpike Troubadors (From the 2025 Album THE PRICE OF ADMISSION) [Intro] C G C G C G D G [Verse 1]
                     C
We've been there for hours

    D       G
I'm running late

              C
See the water towers

         D    G
From the interstate

             C
Looks like a party

       Am    D
At the rocky road
[Verse 2]
             C
When we were younger

        D         G
And our eyes were clear

           C
We bit the under

       D           G
On the rearview mirror

       C
The rolling thunder

        Am     D
Ringing in our ears
[Chorus]
C       G      C             G
 Here I am now, I'm torn and tattered

C          G        Em     D
 All mixed up in the local crowd

C          G     C              G
 Well, I remember when all that mattered

C            G        D    C        G
 Was getting older and leaving town
[Verse 3]
             C
Out in the alley

       D       G
By the parking lot

                 C
Cheatwood and Linda

    D      C
Out taking shots

C
Not even sneaking

       Am    D
In the broad daylight
[Verse 4]
                      C
And there's folding tables

            D         G
And there's Christmas lights

         C
Somebody told me

         D      G
You'd be back tonight

               C
Some kid who's playing

        Am   D
A Woody Guthrie song
[Chorus]
C       G      C             G
 Here I am now, I'm torn and tattered

C          G        Em     D
 All mixed up in the local crowd

C          G     C              G
 Well, I remember when all that mattered

C            G        D    C
 Was getting older and leaving town
[Instrumental Break] G C G C G D G [Verse 5]
                  C
Porch swing is hanging

         D     G
From the cottonwood

             C
I turned the corner

    D         G
And there you stood

                C
Smiled like you used to

            Am         D
And all the world's outside
[Verse 6]
              C
I'm mostly happy

         D      G
With the life I chose

                  C
But here's the window

         D       G
That was painted closed

           C
Let's bust it open

          Am            D
While the night's still young
[Out-Chorus]
C       G      C             G
 Here I am now, I'm torn and tattered

C          G        Em     D
 All mixed up in the local crowd

C          G     C              G
 Well, I remember when all that mattered

C            G        D    C
 Was getting older and leaving town