Chords for Gotta Travel On Solomon Burke

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B

Am

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Gotta Travel On   Solomon Burke chords
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I laid around and I played around this old town too long.
Summer's almost gone.
[A] Yes, the winter's [E] coming on.
I laid around and I played around this old town too long.
[A] And I feel like [B] I gotta [E] travel.
Come on, y'all.
Papa keeps writing Johnny, but Johnny won't come home.
Johnny won't come home.
[A] Yeah, Johnny won't [E] come home.
Papa keeps writing Johnny, but Johnny won't come home.
[A] Baby's been on [B] that chain gang [E] too long.
Everybody laid around and I played around this old town too long.
I can't hear you.
Summer's almost gone.
[A] Yes, the winter's [E] coming on.
Everybody sing, laid around, sing around this old town too long.
[A] And I feel [B] like
Let me hear that steel guitar [E] now.
Come on, come on.
Let's do some picking and some playing in here now.
[A] Oh, I'm sick.
[E]
I've been trying to feed my rhythm and blues feeling [A] this song for years.
[E] I'm finally getting through to him.
Papa keeps writing Johnny, but Johnny won't come home.
Yeah, Johnny won't come home.
You [A] know Johnny won't come [E] home.
Papa keeps writing Johnny, but Johnny won't come home.
[A] Baby's been on [B] that chain gang [E] too long.
Would you help me?
I laid around and played around this old town too long.
Summer's almost gone.
[A] Yes, the winter's [E] coming on.
Let me hear you all.
Lay around, lay around, lay around this old town too long.
Oh, get up on your feet and [A] sing it like you mean it.
[B] Come on.
You know [E] when I get ready to go, I lay around, play around this old town too long.
Oh, summer's almost gone.
[A] Yes, the winter's [E] come.
You know the snow is coming.
You know it's going to be cold.
I feel
[B] This is just about the [E] time Santa Claus is getting ready.
And I laid around and I played around this old town too long.
Summer's almost gone.
[A] Yes, the winter's coming [E] on.
I laid around, folks, I played around, folks, this old town too long.
And [A] I feel like [B] I've got to.
[E] Thank you so much.
Thank [Am] you.
Sit on [N] down.
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I laid around and I played around this old town too long.
Summer's almost gone.
[A] Yes, the winter's [E] coming on.
I laid around and I played around this old town too long.
[A] And I feel like [B] I gotta [E] travel.
Come on, y'all. _
Papa keeps writing Johnny, but Johnny won't come home. _
Johnny won't come home.
[A] Yeah, Johnny won't [E] come home.
Papa keeps writing Johnny, but Johnny won't come home.
[A] Baby's been on [B] that chain gang [E] too long. _ _
Everybody laid around and I played around this old town too long.
I can't hear you.
Summer's almost gone.
[A] Yes, the winter's [E] coming on.
Everybody sing, laid around, sing around this old town too long.
[A] And I feel [B] like_
Let me hear that steel guitar [E] now.
Come on, come _ _ _ _ _ _ on.
Let's do some picking and some playing in here now.
_ _ [A] Oh, I'm sick.
_ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ I've been trying to feed my rhythm and blues feeling [A] this song for years.
_ [E] I'm finally getting through to him.
Papa keeps writing Johnny, but Johnny won't come home.
Yeah, Johnny won't come home.
You [A] know Johnny won't come [E] home.
Papa keeps writing Johnny, but Johnny won't come home.
[A] Baby's been on [B] that chain gang [E] too long.
Would you help me?
I laid around and played around this old town too long.
Summer's almost gone.
[A] Yes, the winter's [E] coming on.
Let me hear you all.
Lay around, lay around, lay around this old town too long.
Oh, get up on your feet and [A] sing it like you mean it.
[B] Come on.
You know [E] when I get ready to go, I lay around, play around this old town too long.
Oh, summer's almost gone.
[A] Yes, the winter's [E] come.
You know the snow is coming.
You know it's going to be cold.
I feel_
[B] This is just about the [E] time Santa Claus is getting ready.
And I laid around and I played around this old town too long. _
Summer's almost gone.
[A] Yes, the winter's coming [E] on.
I laid around, folks, I played around, folks, this old town too long.
And [A] I feel like [B] I've got to.
[E] Thank you so much. _ _
_ _ _ Thank [Am] you.
Sit on [N] down.

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