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Steve Earle - Guitar Town (adjusted) (Chord)
Submitter: lmofle (1032) on 8/2/03 3 comments
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Guitar Town
By Steve Earle

To be able to play the intro as well you need to be in Drop D tuning. 
The chords here still apply except you have to play a G like 5x0003



G
Hey pretty baby are you ready for me
                                                 C
Yeah it's your good rockin' daddy down from Tennessee
          D
Well, I'm just outta Austin bound for San Antone
         C
With the radio blastin' and the bird dog on
          G
There's a speed trap up ahead in Selma town
                           C
But no local yokel's gonna shut me down
      D
Cause me and the boys got this rig unwound
          C                              D      G 
And we've come a thousand miles from the guitar town


Nothin' ever happened round my home town
And I ain't the kind to just hang around
But I heard someone callin' my name one day
And I followed that voice down the lost highway
Everybody told me you can't get far
On 37 dolars and a Jap guitar
Now I'm smokin' into Texas with the hammer down
And a rockin' little combo from the guitar town

Bridge:
D
Hey pretty baby don't you know it ain't my fault
C                            G
Love to hear the steel belts hummin' on the asphalt
D                     
Wake up in the middle of the night in a truck stop
C                          D 
Stumble in the restaurant, wonderin' why I don't stop


Well I gotta keep rockin' while I still can
Got a two-pack habit and a motel tan
When my boots hit the boards, I’m a brand new man
With my back to the riser I make my stand
Hey pretty baby won't you hold me tight
I'm loadin' up and rollin' out of here tonight
One of these days I'm gonna settle down
And I'll take you back with me to the guitar town  
 
 Comments (click here to add a non-facebook comment)
"Selma town" should be "same old town"
-jgoodman | 7/24/2015
Sorry, John - "Selma town" IS Selma town. In fact, I live right next to Selma and it has always been known as a speed trap on I-35S. Steve Earle is from this area and knows very well about Selma. Not to mention I have been listening to this song since it came out in 1987/88.
-lmofle | 7/25/2015
Ha. I live near Selma. And yes they are known for their speed traps on 35.
-jet7719 | 7/8/2021
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