Chords with lyrics
Twenty Four Hours from Tulsa:Dusty Springfield.
- Album - Stay Awhile/I Only Want to Be with You -
#62 on BB Hot 200 on PHILIPS Records in 1964.
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#1.
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Dearest, darlin', I had to write to say that I won't
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be home anymore.
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For something happened to me, as I was driving home,
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and I'm not the same anymore.
CHORUS:
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Oh, I was only twenty-four hours from Tulsa, oh, only
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one day away from your arms.
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I saw the welcoming light and stopped to rest for the
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night.
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And that is when I saw him, as I pulled in outside of
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a small hotel he was there.
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And so I walked up to him, asked where I could get
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something to eat and he showed me where.
CHORUS:
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Oh, I was only twenty-four hours from Tulsa, oh, only
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one day away from your arms.
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He took me to the cafe and he asked me if I would stay.
I said, okay.
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CHORUS:
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Oh, I was only twenty-four hours from Tulsa, oh, only
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one day away from your arms.
#3.
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The jukebox started to play and night time turned into
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day.
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As we were dancing closely, all of a sudden I lost
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control as he held me tight.
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And then he kissed me, caressed me, told me he would
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die before he would let me out of his arms.
OUTRO:
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Oh, I was only twenty-four hours from Tulsa, oh, only
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one day away from your arms.
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I hate to do this to you, but I've found somebody new.
What can I do?
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And I could never, never, never go home again.
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(aaa-ooo..aaa-ooo..aaa-ooo)
A augmentedA sixties smash from Kraziekhat.