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Georgie On The Freeways by Tom Paxton

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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Verse 1:
C                                   F             C
The summer sun was beating down, no pity would it show.
C                                        G
George Chesters office air conditioner would no longer go.
C                                        F           C
As pools of sweat rolled off his brow he had one reverie.
C                                            G              C
He saw himself with his wife and kids in his cottage by the sea.

Verse 2:
C                                            F                 C
He paid for his car at the parking lot which gave the poor man chills.
C                                     G
\u2028The attendant laughed and walked away thumbing a roll of bills.\u2028
C                                                 F                   C
He started the engine with trembling hands at the end of a long, hard day.
C                                           G                C
\u2028And placing himself in the hands of God he drove to the long freeway.

Verse 3:
C                                                 F                     C
The traffic stretched far as the eye could see as bumper to bumper they sped.\u2028
C                                        G
They drove at supernatural speed, which filled his heart with dread.
C                                                F                    C
\u2028Sometimes they stopped for an hour or more and a thousand horns would blow.\u2028
C                                                     G                     C
George Chester's eyes rolled back in his head and his poor brain started to go.

Verse 4:
C                                           F              C
He came at last to the turnpike gate and he laid his money down.\u2028
C                                          G
He took the first turn to the right and he followed the curve around.
C                                       F              C
\u2028He took each bend of the cloverleaf, he followed every sign.
C                                              G                 C
\u2028And when he came back to the same tollgate, he gave them another dime.

Verse 5:
C                                              F                     C
His hands were tight on the steering wheel, his lips and throat were dry.   
C                                      G
\u2028He swore by all that he held dear he'd make it through or die.\u2028
C                                       F                C
He took the first turn to the right the cloverleaf to go through.
C                                         G                C
\u2028He was quite sure of his success 'til the tollgate hove in view.

Verse 6:
C                                              F             C
And now they say when the Moon is full and the cloverleaf is still,
C                                   G                C\u2028
The sound of an engine can be heard labouring up the hill.
C                                       F                  C
\u2028A dime drops in the toll machine in the cool of a summer's night,\u2028
C                                     G                 C
And eternally that poor car takes the first turn to the right.

(Words and music by Tom Paxton, 1965)

Georgie On The Freeways Chords Info

Last Updated: September 10, 2025

Chords: E, A, D, G, B, C, F