Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Difficulty: Novice
Verse:
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Safe on
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The interstate
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New York
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Is three thousand miles away
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And I'm not looking forward to following through
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But it's better than always running back into you
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I've closed my eyes and my bank account
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And gone west, young man
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Take off
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The parking brake
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Go coasting
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Into a different state
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And I'm not looking forward to missing you
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But I must have something better to do
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I've got to tear my life apart
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And go west, young man
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And it feels like I've got something to prove
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But in some ways it's just something to do
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My friends turn me around and say
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You go west, young man
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Stepping
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Down off my platform shoes
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Sixty-
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Nine in the afternoon
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And I'm waiting for someone in the know
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Like Pirner tells me on the radio
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Says, "Take it from someone who's been there before
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You go west, young man"
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And I'm looking for somebody to do
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My thinking for me 'till I come through
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The state-line highway sign says
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You have gone west, young man
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And it feels like I've got something to prove
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But in some ways it's just something to do
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The state-line highway sign says
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You have gone west, young man