Gotta Get Away chords by Gordon Lightfoot

Chords with lyrics

Gordon Lightfoot - Gotta Get Away


CAPO: 5th Fret


INTRO:: D MajorD  FF D MajorD  G+G D MajorD  FF D MajorD  G+G

VERSE 1::
  D MajorD              FF
I'm on my way, I got no time to waste
D MajorD            FF
Places to go, people to chase
   D MajorD            G+G
Gonna grab my comb 'n my toothpaste
D MajorD             FF D MajorD  G+G
Gotta get away from here

VERSE 2::
D MajorD                  FF
Twenty-one years from the day I was born
   D MajorD                   FF
I was working on the night shift, tooting my horn
    D MajorD                 G+G
Through sheets of rain, through sleet and storm
         FF D MajorD  FF
You come to me


CHORUS::
G+G
You were the girl with the summer sunshine
DmDm
In your eyes and in your smile
G+G
You were the one I thought loved me
    D MajorD      C majorC          G+G
It was something I never could quite believe
D MajorD             FF D MajorD  G+G
Gotta get away from here


VERSE 3::
   D MajorD               FF
I'm a real bad loser, that's what I am
   D MajorD           FF
Gonna grab my hat and my hexagram
    D MajorD              G+G
You can stick my money in an old tin can
 D MajorD              FF D MajorD  G+G
I think I fell in love again

VERSE 4::
   D MajorD               FF
I was down by the bus stop biding my time
   D MajorD                FF
I was hitching a ride with a friend of mine
   D MajorD              G+G
I was almost gone, I was over the line
     D MajorD           FF D MajorD  FF
I said, "What's come over me?"


CHORUS::
G+G
You were the girl with the sound of springtime
DmDm
In your songs and in your voice
G+G
You were the one I thought loved me
    D MajorD      C majorC          G+G
It was something I never could quite believe
D MajorD             FF
Gotta get away from here
D MajorD            FF
Gotta get back to you


INSTRUMENTAL:: C majorC D MajorD  FF D MajorD  FF D MajorD  FF D MajorD  G+G D MajorD  FF D MajorD  Bbmaj7Bbmaj7


VERSE 5::
     D MajorD                 FF
I'm gonna make it today, I'm gonna get on my toes
   D MajorD                 FF
Been awake so long I'm getting ready to doze
   D MajorD             G+G
Gonna grab my bag and a few old clothes
D MajorD             FF
Gotta get away from here
D MajorD           G+G
Gotta get back to you
 D MajorD
I gotta get away, gotta get away
FF     D MajorD
Gotta get away, gotta get away
      G+G
Gotta get away