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[Chords]
G Em C D Bm E
Intro:
G Em C D (x 4)
Verse:
G Em C D
When I'm away I think of you
G Em C D
And how you're where I want to be
G Em C D
And there's one thing I gotta do
D G C G
Get back to you to be free to be me
Chorus:
C D G
Cause anytime I don't like it
C D G
I keep a doorway in my mind
C D Bm E
When I want to be with you
C D G D
I just walk through Gate 49
Verse:
G Em C D
It gets me down and makes me sick
G Em C D
To be somewhere I hate to be
G Em C D
So I'll escape I'll take a trip
D G C G
I'll fly so high to be free to be me
Chorus:
C D G
'Cause anytime I don't like it
C D G
I find that doorway in my mind
C D Bm E
When I want to be with you
C D G D
I just walk through Gate 49
Verse:
G Em C D
Just for a time though miles away
G Em C D
I can put up with what must be
G Em C D
But pretty soon I'll have to take
D G C G
My one way out to be free to be me
Bridge:
Em Bm Em Bm
I may be tired of life itself
Em Bm C D
But here bores me I like it somewhere else
Verse:
G Em C D
When I'm away I think of you
G Em C D
And how you're where I want to be
G Em C D
And there's one thing I gotta do
D G C G
Get back to you to be free to be me
[Outro slow down Single strums to finish]
G C G C G
Where I'm mine all the time just behind Gate 49
Song History
Published: January 7, 2026
Last Updated: January 7, 2026