Chords for Robert Earl Keen Performs "I Gotta Go" | Southern Living
Tempo:
109.35 bpm
Chords used:
G
F#
Bm
D
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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If I weren't playing music, that's a good question.
Because I can't think of anything that I'd rather be doing than playing music.
I've always told people that all I ever wanted to do was play music.
I was always sort of surprised when people would say,
I'm going to try music for a while.
Because I never thought of it as trying it.
I always thought of it as doing it all my life.
[D]
[F#] [Bm]
Ain't got [G] time to shoot the [D] breeze.
Got no [F#] time to blow.
[G] Excuse me, mister, if you [F#] please.
I gotta go.
[G] Born one morn on the day of the dead in [F#m] a bombed out [F#] bungalow.
My mama kissed my cheek and said, I gotta go.
[G] I gotta go [E] somewhere.
I gotta [Bm] go.
Wasting time [G] standing here.
[F#] I gotta go.
They [G] put me in an [D] orphanage west [F#] of Tupelo.
I [G] told them when I burnt that [F#] bridge, I gotta go.
[Bm] Stole a [G] car, got a gun, [D] robbed a hidey-ho.
[F#] I left [G] Memphis on the run.
I gotta go.
I gotta go [E] somewhere.
[Bm] I gotta go.
Wasting [G] time standing [F#] here.
I gotta [Bm] go.
[G] [D] [F#m] [Bm]
[F#] [Bm] Five-cart [G] stud deuce is wild.
[D] Three kings in a row.
[Bm] I turned [G] that diamond deuce and [F#] smiled.
I gotta go.
[F#] They tracked me [G] down, took my take.
[D] Brother, don't you know [F#] I told them boys [G] there's some mistake.
[F#] I gotta go.
[G]
I [D] gotta go somewhere.
[E] I [Bm] gotta go.
Wasting [G] time standing [F#] here.
I gotta go.
[Bm]
Cold steel [G] up against my head.
They [F#] turned the lights down low.
In [G] case you didn't hear I [F#] said, [Bm] I gotta go.
These are [G] your very last [Dm] words, sir.
Say [F#] them nice and [Bm] slow.
My last words on this [G] planet were, I gotta [D] go [A] somewhere.
[Bm] I gotta go.
Wasting [G] time standing here.
[F#] I gotta go.
I gotta [D] go somewhere.
[Bm] I gotta go.
Wasting [G] time standing [F#] here.
I gotta go.
[B]
[N]
Thank you very much.
Because I can't think of anything that I'd rather be doing than playing music.
I've always told people that all I ever wanted to do was play music.
I was always sort of surprised when people would say,
I'm going to try music for a while.
Because I never thought of it as trying it.
I always thought of it as doing it all my life.
[D]
[F#] [Bm]
Ain't got [G] time to shoot the [D] breeze.
Got no [F#] time to blow.
[G] Excuse me, mister, if you [F#] please.
I gotta go.
[G] Born one morn on the day of the dead in [F#m] a bombed out [F#] bungalow.
My mama kissed my cheek and said, I gotta go.
[G] I gotta go [E] somewhere.
I gotta [Bm] go.
Wasting time [G] standing here.
[F#] I gotta go.
They [G] put me in an [D] orphanage west [F#] of Tupelo.
I [G] told them when I burnt that [F#] bridge, I gotta go.
[Bm] Stole a [G] car, got a gun, [D] robbed a hidey-ho.
[F#] I left [G] Memphis on the run.
I gotta go.
I gotta go [E] somewhere.
[Bm] I gotta go.
Wasting [G] time standing [F#] here.
I gotta [Bm] go.
[G] [D] [F#m] [Bm]
[F#] [Bm] Five-cart [G] stud deuce is wild.
[D] Three kings in a row.
[Bm] I turned [G] that diamond deuce and [F#] smiled.
I gotta go.
[F#] They tracked me [G] down, took my take.
[D] Brother, don't you know [F#] I told them boys [G] there's some mistake.
[F#] I gotta go.
[G]
I [D] gotta go somewhere.
[E] I [Bm] gotta go.
Wasting [G] time standing [F#] here.
I gotta go.
[Bm]
Cold steel [G] up against my head.
They [F#] turned the lights down low.
In [G] case you didn't hear I [F#] said, [Bm] I gotta go.
These are [G] your very last [Dm] words, sir.
Say [F#] them nice and [Bm] slow.
My last words on this [G] planet were, I gotta [D] go [A] somewhere.
[Bm] I gotta go.
Wasting [G] time standing here.
[F#] I gotta go.
I gotta [D] go somewhere.
[Bm] I gotta go.
Wasting [G] time standing [F#] here.
I gotta go.
[B]
[N]
Thank you very much.
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Bm
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ If I weren't playing music, that's a good question.
Because I can't think of anything that I'd rather be doing than playing music.
I've always told people that all I ever wanted to do was play music.
I was always sort of surprised when people would say,
I'm going to try music for a while.
Because I never thought of it as trying it.
I always thought of it as doing it all my life.
_ _ [D] _ _
_ [F#] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
Ain't got [G] time to shoot the [D] breeze.
Got no [F#] time to blow.
[G] Excuse me, mister, if you [F#] please.
I gotta go.
[G] Born one morn on the day of the dead in [F#m] a bombed out [F#] bungalow.
My mama kissed my cheek and said, I gotta go. _
[G] I gotta go [E] somewhere.
I gotta [Bm] go.
Wasting time [G] standing here.
[F#] I gotta go.
They [G] put me in an [D] orphanage west [F#] of Tupelo.
I [G] told them when I burnt that [F#] bridge, I gotta go.
[Bm] Stole a [G] car, got a gun, [D] robbed a hidey-ho.
[F#] I left [G] Memphis on the run.
I gotta go.
I gotta go [E] somewhere.
_ [Bm] I gotta go.
Wasting [G] time standing [F#] here.
I gotta [Bm] go.
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ [Bm] _ Five-cart [G] stud deuce is wild.
[D] Three kings in a row.
[Bm] I turned [G] that diamond deuce and [F#] smiled.
I gotta go.
[F#] They tracked me [G] down, took my take.
[D] Brother, don't you know [F#] I told them boys [G] there's some mistake.
[F#] I gotta go.
[G]
I [D] gotta go somewhere.
[E] I [Bm] gotta go.
Wasting [G] time standing [F#] here.
I gotta go.
[Bm]
Cold steel [G] up against my head.
They [F#] turned the lights down low.
In [G] case you didn't hear I [F#] said, [Bm] I gotta go.
These are [G] your very last [Dm] words, sir.
Say [F#] them nice and [Bm] slow.
My last words on this [G] planet were, _ _ I gotta [D] go [A] somewhere.
[Bm] I gotta go.
Wasting [G] time standing here.
[F#] I gotta go.
I gotta [D] go somewhere.
[Bm] I gotta go.
Wasting [G] time standing [F#] here.
I _ gotta go. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Thank you very much. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ If I weren't playing music, that's a good question.
Because I can't think of anything that I'd rather be doing than playing music.
I've always told people that all I ever wanted to do was play music.
I was always sort of surprised when people would say,
I'm going to try music for a while.
Because I never thought of it as trying it.
I always thought of it as doing it all my life.
_ _ [D] _ _
_ [F#] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
Ain't got [G] time to shoot the [D] breeze.
Got no [F#] time to blow.
[G] Excuse me, mister, if you [F#] please.
I gotta go.
[G] Born one morn on the day of the dead in [F#m] a bombed out [F#] bungalow.
My mama kissed my cheek and said, I gotta go. _
[G] I gotta go [E] somewhere.
I gotta [Bm] go.
Wasting time [G] standing here.
[F#] I gotta go.
They [G] put me in an [D] orphanage west [F#] of Tupelo.
I [G] told them when I burnt that [F#] bridge, I gotta go.
[Bm] Stole a [G] car, got a gun, [D] robbed a hidey-ho.
[F#] I left [G] Memphis on the run.
I gotta go.
I gotta go [E] somewhere.
_ [Bm] I gotta go.
Wasting [G] time standing [F#] here.
I gotta [Bm] go.
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ [Bm] _ Five-cart [G] stud deuce is wild.
[D] Three kings in a row.
[Bm] I turned [G] that diamond deuce and [F#] smiled.
I gotta go.
[F#] They tracked me [G] down, took my take.
[D] Brother, don't you know [F#] I told them boys [G] there's some mistake.
[F#] I gotta go.
[G]
I [D] gotta go somewhere.
[E] I [Bm] gotta go.
Wasting [G] time standing [F#] here.
I gotta go.
[Bm]
Cold steel [G] up against my head.
They [F#] turned the lights down low.
In [G] case you didn't hear I [F#] said, [Bm] I gotta go.
These are [G] your very last [Dm] words, sir.
Say [F#] them nice and [Bm] slow.
My last words on this [G] planet were, _ _ I gotta [D] go [A] somewhere.
[Bm] I gotta go.
Wasting [G] time standing here.
[F#] I gotta go.
I gotta [D] go somewhere.
[Bm] I gotta go.
Wasting [G] time standing [F#] here.
I _ gotta go. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Thank you very much. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _