Chords for Steve Forbert - Goin' Down To Laurel - 7/6/1979 - Capitol Theatre (Official)

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_ [A] _ _ [Em] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _
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_ [A] _ _ [Em] _ _ He [D] can play the fool [A] and make a few mistakes, [E] but all the same he'll never be a fool.
[D] I'm glad to be so young, [A] talking with my tongue.
[Em] Glad to be so careless [A] in my way.
[D] Glad to take a chance [A] and play against the odds.
[Em] Glad to be so crazy in [A] my day.
Yes, [D] I'm going down [Bm] to Laurel.
[A] It's a dirty, stinky [Bm] town, yeah.
_ [G]
But me, I know [A] exactly what I'm [Bm] going to find.
_ _ _ [Em]
Little girl, [F#m] I'm going to [Bm] see.
She's a [D] fool for loving me.
[G]
But she's in [A] love, and love's a funny [Bm] state of mind.
_ [D] Well, what was it you [A] said when you had a [Em] tear rolling down
your [A] cheek the other night?
[D] I couldn't catch it [A] all.
Was something going [Em] wrong?
I hope you got it [A] straightened out all right.
[D]
Everything's so [A] loud.
Everything's [Em] so fast.
I hear [A] your brother married once again.
[D] Babe, if that's the luck and all, [A] try to have some [Em] fun.
And I'll tell you this [A] great life can always end [D] up
going [Bm] down to Laurel.
[A] It's a [Bm] dirty, stinking town, yeah.
[G]
But me, [A] I know exactly what I'm [Bm] going to find.
_ _ [Em]
Little [F#m] girl, I'm going to [Bm] see.
She's [D] a fool for loving me.
[G]
But she's [A] in love, and love's a funny [Bm] state of mind.
All right.
[D] _
_ [A] _ _ [Em] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _
_ [A] _ _ [Em] _ _ [A] _ [D] I'm smiling from a [A] car, going for [E] a drive,
feeling the whistle [A] blowing, breeze gone flying by.
[D]
Mirrors on the [A] road, echo in the [Em] sun,
Jesus, the touch [A] of madness in my life.
[D]
Please don't mention [A] rain, please don't [Em] talk of trains,
and please don't [A] mention too much [D] now.
Everybody [A] here seem to like to [E] laugh.
Either step inside, [A] but this don't end your ride. _
_ [D] Going [Bm] down, _ [A] it's a dirty, [Bm] stinking town, yeah.
[G] But me, I [A] know exactly what I'm [Bm] going to find. _
_ [Em] Little [F#m] girl, I'm going to [Bm] see.
She's a [D] fool for loving me.
[G] But she's in [A] love, and love's a funny [Bm] state of mind.
Ah, one more time [G] now.
She's in [A] love, and love's a funny [Bm] state of mind. _
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _ _ [A] _
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_ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _ _ [A] _
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _ _ [A]
Sha [D] la la la.
[A] Ah, la la [Em] la la la la la.
[A]
Sha [D] la la la.
[A] Ah, [Em] one more time now.
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