Tulsa
Recorded by Elle King
Album: Single (2023)
(Capo on 2)
(Intro.)
|(D)(Db)(C)(B)|(Ab )(G)(F)(D) /
(Verse 1)
Before I (D)woke up this mornin', I done knew where he went
He hid the (G)keys to my car, smoked my last cigarette
Well, that (A)good-for-nothin’ mothertruckin' son of a gun
I don't (D)need to (Db)know her (C)name ’cause (B)I can (Ab)tell (G)you (F)which (D)one
(Chorus)
He went back to (D)Tulsa
Put some miles on that adios Ta-(G)coma
And (G)I ain't talkin' Okla-(A)homa
'Cause it (A)ain't what you think
But if you (D)spell it (Db)back-to-(C)front, you (B)gonna (Ab)know (G)what (F)I (D)mean
(Verse 2)
Bet he's (D)thinkin' that I'm cryin’, couldn’t be more wrong
He done (G)got his ass kicked out, he did it all on his own
I took (A)every last bit and threw it out in the grass
He can (D)pick up (Db)his s**t, (C) (B)if hе (Ab)ev-(G)er (F)comes (D)back
(Chorus)
He went back to (D)Tulsa
Put some miles on that adios Ta-(G)coma
And (G)I ain't talkin' Okla-(A)homa
'Cause it (A)ain't what you think
But if you (D)spell it (Db)back-to-(C)front, you (B)gonna (Ab)know (G)what (F)I (D)mean
He went back to (D)Tulsa
(Solo)
/ / / |(D) / / / |(G) / / / |(G) / / / |(A) / / / |(A) / / / |
|(D)(Db)(C)(B)|(Ab)(G)(F)(D) /
(Verse 3)
Hun, you (D)done me a favor and I ain't angry with you
Babe, there’s (G)millions of Tulsa's and you'll be singin' this soon
I (A)hate to break it to ya, but you're 'bout to find out
He's a (D)real P-(Db)O-(C)S, (B)and he's (Ab)your (G)pro-(F)blem (D)now
(Chorus)
He went back to (D)Tulsa (Where'd he go?)
Put some (D)miles on that adios Ta-(G)coma
And (G)I ain't talkin' Okla-(A)homa
'Cause it (A)ain't what you think
But if you (D)spell it (Db)back-to-(C)front, you (B)gonna (Ab)know (G)what (F)I (D)mean
(Chorus)
He went back to (D)Tulsa
Put some miles on that adios Ta-(G)coma
And (G)I ain't talkin' Okla-(A)homa
'Cause it (A)ain't what you think
But if you (D)spell it (Db)back-to-(C)front, you (B)gonna (Ab)know (G)what (F)I (D)mean
He went back to (D)Tulsa (Woo, woo)
(Outro.)
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