Chords for Jason Eady "Why I Left Atlanta" on The Texas Music Scene

[C] _ _ Welcome back to the Texas music scene.
It's time for Jack Ingram to feature a special full acoustic performance from his songwriter series
_ [D] Well what you got for us now, [Dm] mr.
Jack Ingram _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Welcome folks to my songwriter series.
We're thrilled to feature.
Mr.
[A] Jason E this time
[D] This Jackson, Mississippi native has put [F#m] in several years of [D] honing his craft as a storyteller
Intrubutor right here in Texas fact great Kevin Welch has produced four of [G] Jason's albums [A] including and his latest [D] here
_ _ Is Jason Headey?
[Em] _ That's why I left Atlanta.
I was part of [A] this songwriting group
[Em]
We all got together and decided that we were gonna turn a song in [A] every week one [F#m] week
We decided to give ourselves [E] a [D] challenge
And and it was the week of that big snowstorm in [Bm] Atlanta where everybody got stuck on the highway
The [G] challenge was we had to write about something about [A] getting out of Atlanta
It's [D] one of those songs that I wrote that I didn't [Em] realize [D] was as personal when I wrote it and it happens a lot
You know with songs I think [B] sometimes you know, they're about you and [G] you know that they're personal and [A] that's very obvious when you mean
To [D] do that, but but sometimes they'll sneak up on you and this was one of _ [G]
those _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Heading west on 20 _
_ Just past Birmingham _ _ _
Not sure where I'm going.
I [D] just can't turn [G] back again
And I got _ headlights on the highway.
I got a heart
That's a way back home _
[D] And a picture of life I [C] lost to [G] remind me why I'm gone
And [C] that's _ [D] why
I _ _
[G] left Atlanta
_ Drove _
_ [C] _ _ away [D] in an early [G] morning
_ Yes, _ _ _ [C] that's why
[D] I _ _ [Em] left Atlanta
[C] _ _ _
Me [G] _ and Georgia [D] seen our better [G] _ _ days _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Settled outside the city bought a house and a little _ land _
_ Built our hopes on dreaming to [D] those dreams [G] got out of hand _ _
Well, I was after something _ _ I
Could never be _ [D] I guess you finally grew to [G] tie
[C] [G] Waiting around on me and [C]
that's why
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ And Atlanta _ _ _ _
[C] drove _ [D] away and I heard
[G] _
_ _ _ _ Yes, _ [C] that's why
[D] _ left _ _ _ [E] Atlanta
[G] _ [C] _ _ _ _
[G] _ Me and Georgia [D] seen our [G] better day. _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ I
Wish you could have held on [G] a little _ [D] longer.
_ I _ _
[Em] _ _ Wish I could have been a little [D] stronger
_ _ [G] _ [D] _ _ _
[G] God knows things don't always _
Work out like we plan _
Well, I could tell you my story.
I [D] just don't know how [G] it ends _
So I'll keep right on driving till I run out of gas _ _
[D] Start again where I end [C] up ain't no [D] use in [G] looking back
And [C] that's why
[D] left _ _ [G] _ _ Atlanta
_ _ drove _ [C] _ _ _ [D] away _ _
[G] Yes, _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] that's why
[D] left _ _ _ _ [Em] _ Atlanta
[C] _ _ Me [G] _ and Georgia [D] seen our [G] better day
_ _ Me _ _
[C] _ and Georgia [D] seen our [G] better day _ _ _ _ _ _
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