Chords for One Town At A Time - Pokey LaFarge (2013)
Tempo:
100.75 bpm
Chords used:
A
E
B
D
C#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[B] [E] [A]
Kentucky in the springtime, summertime [B] in Tennessee
When [E] it gets cold I'm gonna hit the road down to [A] New Orleans
Maybe hover down to Texas too, where it's [B] warm the whole year through
When the [E] winter's gone, I'm [A] moving on to somewhere new
I've traveled and I've always enjoyed, I kept [B] rambling and staying employed
And when I [E] quit school, Mama said, you fool, you're [A] just a boy
[C#m] Oh, but now [A] she's changed her tune, I've been [B] everywhere except the moon
And I'm [E] so proud, she don't doubt that I'll be [A] there soon
[Em] Living life one town [D] at a time, with the help [A] of these friends of mine
[B] They know that I travel these back roads till the day [E] that I die
With [A] them I'll be just fine, on this [Bm] road I don't mind dying
Well, I [E] can't have it all, but I'm having a ball one [A] town at a time
[B] [E]
[A] Give me a van or a passenger train, a cross [B]-ocean in a big airplane
Ain't [E] any style, I'm making miles [A] just the same
[D] Yes, I gotta [A] see what's around the bend, there ain't [F#] nothing but time to spend
Soon [E] as I'm gone, it won't take long till I'm [A] back again
Living [D] life one town at a time, with the help [A] of these friends of mine
[B] They know that I travel these back [F#m] roads till the day [E] that I die
With [A] them I'll be just fine, on this [Bm] road I don't mind dying
Well, I [E] can't have it all, but I'm having a ball one [A] town at a time
To [D]
[A] [B]
[E] [C]
[A] [B] [F#m]
[E] [A] all the [D] people back home today, working [A] hard, growing this pay
Can't say [B] enough, but you're so ripped up, living [E] that way
[C#m] Oh, but it's a traveling life of mine, I'm [B] leaving one town at a time
So [E] down the road, here I go, I [A] don't mind
Living [D] life one town at a time, with the help of these [A] friends of mine
[B] They know that I travel these back roads till the day [E] that I die
With [A] them I'll be just fine, on this [B] road I don't mind dying
Well, I [E] can't have it all, but I'm having a ball one town [A] at a time
I can't have it [E] all, but I'm having a [A] ball one town at a time
[B] [E] [A]
Kentucky in the springtime, summertime [B] in Tennessee
When [E] it gets cold I'm gonna hit the road down to [A] New Orleans
Maybe hover down to Texas too, where it's [B] warm the whole year through
When the [E] winter's gone, I'm [A] moving on to somewhere new
I've traveled and I've always enjoyed, I kept [B] rambling and staying employed
And when I [E] quit school, Mama said, you fool, you're [A] just a boy
[C#m] Oh, but now [A] she's changed her tune, I've been [B] everywhere except the moon
And I'm [E] so proud, she don't doubt that I'll be [A] there soon
[Em] Living life one town [D] at a time, with the help [A] of these friends of mine
[B] They know that I travel these back roads till the day [E] that I die
With [A] them I'll be just fine, on this [Bm] road I don't mind dying
Well, I [E] can't have it all, but I'm having a ball one [A] town at a time
[B] [E]
[A] Give me a van or a passenger train, a cross [B]-ocean in a big airplane
Ain't [E] any style, I'm making miles [A] just the same
[D] Yes, I gotta [A] see what's around the bend, there ain't [F#] nothing but time to spend
Soon [E] as I'm gone, it won't take long till I'm [A] back again
Living [D] life one town at a time, with the help [A] of these friends of mine
[B] They know that I travel these back [F#m] roads till the day [E] that I die
With [A] them I'll be just fine, on this [Bm] road I don't mind dying
Well, I [E] can't have it all, but I'm having a ball one [A] town at a time
To [D]
[A] [B]
[E] [C]
[A] [B] [F#m]
[E] [A] all the [D] people back home today, working [A] hard, growing this pay
Can't say [B] enough, but you're so ripped up, living [E] that way
[C#m] Oh, but it's a traveling life of mine, I'm [B] leaving one town at a time
So [E] down the road, here I go, I [A] don't mind
Living [D] life one town at a time, with the help of these [A] friends of mine
[B] They know that I travel these back roads till the day [E] that I die
With [A] them I'll be just fine, on this [B] road I don't mind dying
Well, I [E] can't have it all, but I'm having a ball one town [A] at a time
I can't have it [E] all, but I'm having a [A] ball one town at a time
[B] [E] [A]
Key:
A
E
B
D
C#m
A
E
B
_ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _
_ Kentucky in the springtime, summertime [B] in Tennessee
When [E] it gets cold I'm gonna hit the road down to [A] New Orleans
Maybe hover down to Texas too, where it's [B] warm the whole year through
When the [E] winter's gone, I'm [A] moving on to somewhere new
I've traveled and I've always enjoyed, I kept [B] rambling and staying employed
And when I [E] quit school, Mama said, you fool, you're [A] just a boy
[C#m] Oh, but now [A] she's changed her tune, I've been [B] everywhere except the moon
And I'm [E] so proud, she don't doubt that I'll be [A] there soon
[Em] Living life one town [D] at a time, with the help [A] of these friends of mine
_ [B] _ They know that I travel these back roads till the day [E] that I die
With [A] them I'll be just fine, on this [Bm] road I don't mind dying
Well, I [E] can't have it all, but I'm having a ball one [A] town at a time
_ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _
[A] _ _ Give me a van or a passenger train, a cross [B]-ocean in a big airplane
Ain't [E] any style, I'm making miles [A] just the same
[D] Yes, I gotta [A] see what's around the bend, there ain't [F#] nothing but time to spend
Soon [E] as I'm gone, it won't take long till I'm [A] back again
Living [D] life one town at a time, with the help [A] of these friends of mine
[B] They know that I travel these back [F#m] roads till the day [E] that I die
With [A] them I'll be just fine, on this [Bm] road I don't mind dying
Well, I [E] can't have it all, but I'm having a ball one [A] town at a time
To [D] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [C] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [F#m] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ all the [D] people back home today, working [A] hard, growing this pay
Can't say [B] enough, but you're so ripped up, living [E] that way
[C#m] Oh, but it's a traveling life of mine, I'm [B] leaving one town at a time
So [E] down the road, here I go, I [A] don't mind
Living [D] life one town at a time, with the help of these [A] friends of mine _
[B] They know that I travel these back roads till the day [E] that I die
With [A] them I'll be just fine, on this [B] road I don't mind dying
Well, I [E] can't have it all, but I'm having a ball one town [A] at a time _
I can't have it [E] all, but I'm having a [A] ball one town at a time _
_ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Kentucky in the springtime, summertime [B] in Tennessee
When [E] it gets cold I'm gonna hit the road down to [A] New Orleans
Maybe hover down to Texas too, where it's [B] warm the whole year through
When the [E] winter's gone, I'm [A] moving on to somewhere new
I've traveled and I've always enjoyed, I kept [B] rambling and staying employed
And when I [E] quit school, Mama said, you fool, you're [A] just a boy
[C#m] Oh, but now [A] she's changed her tune, I've been [B] everywhere except the moon
And I'm [E] so proud, she don't doubt that I'll be [A] there soon
[Em] Living life one town [D] at a time, with the help [A] of these friends of mine
_ [B] _ They know that I travel these back roads till the day [E] that I die
With [A] them I'll be just fine, on this [Bm] road I don't mind dying
Well, I [E] can't have it all, but I'm having a ball one [A] town at a time
_ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _
[A] _ _ Give me a van or a passenger train, a cross [B]-ocean in a big airplane
Ain't [E] any style, I'm making miles [A] just the same
[D] Yes, I gotta [A] see what's around the bend, there ain't [F#] nothing but time to spend
Soon [E] as I'm gone, it won't take long till I'm [A] back again
Living [D] life one town at a time, with the help [A] of these friends of mine
[B] They know that I travel these back [F#m] roads till the day [E] that I die
With [A] them I'll be just fine, on this [Bm] road I don't mind dying
Well, I [E] can't have it all, but I'm having a ball one [A] town at a time
To [D] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [C] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [F#m] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ all the [D] people back home today, working [A] hard, growing this pay
Can't say [B] enough, but you're so ripped up, living [E] that way
[C#m] Oh, but it's a traveling life of mine, I'm [B] leaving one town at a time
So [E] down the road, here I go, I [A] don't mind
Living [D] life one town at a time, with the help of these [A] friends of mine _
[B] They know that I travel these back roads till the day [E] that I die
With [A] them I'll be just fine, on this [B] road I don't mind dying
Well, I [E] can't have it all, but I'm having a ball one town [A] at a time _
I can't have it [E] all, but I'm having a [A] ball one town at a time _
_ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _