I Gotta Go chords by Alan Doyle

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)


Intro:
F G C (C)
C

Verse 1:
C             (C)            F              C
How I love to say hello when time is on our side,
      F               C             am                Gsus4
feels like a lifetime left to go, a long way from goodnight.
        C             (C)             F                C
But the glass is ever turning and the sand can fall so quick;
F                C               Am              Gsus4
no one tells you our farewell is closer than you think.

Chorus:
            Am  Gsus4 C           F                 C
Now I gotta go, go,   go, another airplane, another show;
       F             C             G                G
twenty songs if they love me, only eighteen if they don't.
          Am  Gsus4 C      F                 C
I'm gonna fly         many miles until you're mine.
         F                  C             G
how many nights and highway lines I don't know,
            Am  Gsus4 C         C
but I gotta go, go,   go.

Verse 2:
C             C             F                C
Hurry now and hold me while we still got the chance.
    F                    C               Am         F            G
The clock is cruel and a moment true can slip right through your hands.
        C              C        F             C
I don't wanna run from wreckage when we sail away.
  F            C              Dm            G
I only want to see your smile shining in my wake.

Chorus:
             Am  Gsus4 C           F                 C
When I gotta go, go,   go, another airplane, another show;
       F             C             G                G
twenty songs if they love me, only eighteen if they don't.
          Am  Gsus4 C      F                  C
I'm gonna fly         many miles until you're mine.
         F                  C             G
how many nights and highway lines I don't know,
            Am  Gsus4
but I gotta go, go, Interlude: go.

Interlude:
Dm        C        F        F
Dm        C        F        G

Bridge:
                    Dm                       C/E
And I'll be looking over my shoulder when we hit the open road,
        F                                    F
for the only thing that hurts you, more than leaving is when you don't.
     Dm                           C
With one eye on the spotlight and one foot out the door.
     F                               G
I'll have to beg your pardon like so many nights before.
               Am  Gsus4 C       C      C
'Cause I gotta go, go,   go.

Verse 3:
C              (C)            F               C
How I loved to say hello when time was on our side.
     F                C               Am               Gsus4
When love was new and me and you were younger than the night.
  C                  (C)                F           C
I hope we've come to know we've had the time of our lives
F                 C                 Dm            G
'cause we had the time of our lives how I love to say hello
      F       G       C
and I hate to say goodbye.

Chorus:
            Am  Gsus4 C           F                 C
But I gotta go, go,   go, another airplane, another show;
       F             C             G                G
twenty songs if they love me, only eighteen if they don't.
          Am  Gsus4 C      F                  C
I'm gonna fly         many miles until you're mine.
         F                  C             G             G
how many nights and highway lines I don't know, I don't know,

End-Chorus:
               Am  Gsus4 C           F                 C
'Cause I gotta go, go,   go, another airplane, another show;
       F             C             G                G
twenty songs if they love me, only eighteen if they don't.
          Am  Gsus4 C      N.C.               C
I'm gonna fly         many miles until you're mine.
         F                  C             G
how many nights and highway lines I don't know,
            Am  Gsus4 C          C
but I gotta go, go,   go.
            Am  Gsus4 C           Am  Gsus4 C                C
But I gotta go, go,   go. I gotta go, go,   go. I gotta go.