Chords for Ian & Sylvia - Twenty-Four Hours From Tulsa

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_ _ _ _ _ _ Eatin', dinin', I had to rightfully say that I [G] won't be home _ [C] anymore. _
[F] Something happened _ _ to me _ while I was driving home and I'm [G] not a sailor _ [C] anymore.
I [Bb] was only _ _ 24 [Gm] hours from Tulsa, _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ only _ one day away [Gm] from your _ home. _ _ _
[Eb] _ I saw a welcome [F] in the light _ [Eb] and stopped to rest for [F] the night.
And that is when I _ saw her.
As I'd been looking up I noticed all [G] the old tales she [C] was telling.
So [F] I walked up _ to her, _ asked her if I could get something to eat.
[G] She didn't seem so [C] near at all.
I [Bb] was only _ _ _ 24 [Gm] hours from Tulsa, _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ one day away [Gm] from your home.
_ _ _ She [Eb] took me to a [F] cafe, _ _ [Eb] I asked her if she [F] was there.
_ She said, _ okay. _ _ _
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[G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
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[G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ I [Bb] was only _ _ 24 [Gm] hours from Tulsa, _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ only one day away [Gm] from your _ _ _ home.
[Eb] She thought I [F] needed to play, _ [Cm] and at times in [F] any day, _ she would call to me. _ _ _
All of a sudden I looked into [G] the light and held [C] her child.
And [F] I caressed her, _ kissed her.
I told her I'd die before I would [G] let her out of my [C] heart. _
[Bb] I was only _ _ 24 [Gm] hours from Tulsa, _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ only _ one day away [Gm] from your home. _ _ _ _
[Eb] I hate you to [F] see _ [Eb] that I'm not [F] an idiot. _
What can _ I do _ that I can never, _ _ never, _ _ _ never go _ [Ab] _
_ [Bb] home again? _ _ _
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