Gotta Get Away chords by Gordon Lightfoot

Gordon Lightfoot - Gotta Get Away


CAPO: 5th Fret



INTRO:: D   F D   G D   F D   G

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

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


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


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


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


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


INSTRUMENTAL:: C D   F D   F D   F D   G D   F D   Bbmaj7


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