L.A. Freeway Chords by Jerry Jeff Walker

Tempo:
122.8 bpm
Chords used:

Bb

Eb

F

Gm

Cm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Jerry Jeff Walker - L.A. Freeway chords
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[Gm]
[Eb]
[Bb]
[F]
[Bb] Pack up all your dishes, [Eb] make note of all good wishes, [Bb] say goodbye to the landlord for [F] me.
Sons of bitches [Fm] always bore me.
Throw out those L.A. papers, [Eb] molded box of vanilla [Bb] wafers.
Adios to all this [F] concrete, gonna get me some dirt road back street.
[Eb] Find your jacket off of [F] that L.A. [Bb] freeway without getting killed [Eb] or caught.
[Bb] Get down the road [Gm] in a cloud of smoke, [Cm] for some land that I [F] ain't bought.
[Eb] Find your jacket off of [F] that L.A. freeway [Bb] without getting killed [Eb] or caught.
[Bb] [Gm]
[Cm] [F]
[Bb] Here's to you, old skinny Dennis, [Eb] the only one I think [C] I will [Bb] miss.
I can hear your basement singing, [F] sweet and low like a gift you're bringing.
[Bb] Play it for me one more time [Eb] now.
Got to give it all we can [Bb] now.
I believe every word you're [F] saying.
Just keep on, keep on playing.
[Eb] Ask it off of [F] that L.A. [Bb] freeway without getting killed [Eb] or caught.
[Bb] Get down the road [Gm] in a cloud of smoke, [Cm] for some land that I [F] ain't bought.
Ask [Eb] it off [F] of that L.A. [Bb] freeway without getting killed [Eb] or caught.
[Bb] [Gm]
[Cm] [F]
[Bb] Put the pink slip in the mailbox.
[Eb] Leave the key in the old front door [Bb] lock.
They will find it likely as [F] not, all the things that we have forgot.
[Bb] Oh my lady, now don't you cry.
[Eb] Love's a gift that's truly [Bb] handmade.
We got something to believe [F] in.
Now don't you think it's time we're leaving?
[Eb] Ask it off [F] of that L.A. freeway [Bb] without getting [Eb] killed or caught.
[Bb] Get down the road in a [Gm] cloud of smoke, for [Cm] some land that I ain't [F] bought.
But if [Eb] I can ask it off [F] that L.A. freeway [Bb] without getting killed [Eb] or caught.
[Bb] Get down the road in [Gm] a cloud of smoke, [Cm] for some land that I [F] ain't bought.
But if [Eb] I can ask it off [F] that L.A. [Bb] freeway without getting killed [Eb] or caught.
[Bb] [Gm]
[Cm] [F]
[G] [Bb] [Eb]
[Bb] [Eb]
[Bb] [Eb]
[Bb] [Eb]
[Bb] [Eb]
[Bb] [Eb]
[Bb] [Eb]
[Bb] [Eb]
[Bb] [Eb]
[F] [Bb] [Eb]
[F] [Bb] [Eb]
[Bb] [Eb]
[Bb] [Eb]
[N]
Key:  
Bb
12341111
Eb
12341116
F
134211111
Gm
123111113
Cm
13421113
Bb
12341111
Eb
12341116
F
134211111
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To learn Jerry Jeff Walker - (Live At The Performing Arts Center, New Orleans, 1977) L.A. Freeway chords, your first step should be understanding these chords - Eb, Bb, Eb, Bb, F and Bb in sequence. A good strategy is to initiate at 61 BPM and then accelerate to the track's regular speed of 123 BPM. Adjust the capo based on your vocal range and chord preference, keeping the song's key of B Major in mind.

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_ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ Pack up all your dishes, [Eb] make note of all good wishes, [Bb] _ say goodbye to the landlord for [F] me.
_ Sons of bitches [Fm] _ always bore me.
Throw out those L.A. papers, [Eb] _ molded box of vanilla _ [Bb] wafers. _
Adios to all this [F] concrete, gonna get me some dirt road back street. _
_ [Eb] Find your jacket off of [F] that L.A. _ [Bb] freeway without getting killed [Eb] or caught.
_ _ [Bb] Get down the road [Gm] in a cloud of smoke, [Cm] for some land that I [F] ain't bought.
_ [Eb] Find your jacket off of [F] that L.A. freeway [Bb] without getting killed [Eb] or caught.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ Here's to you, old skinny Dennis, _ [Eb] the only one I think [C] I will [Bb] miss.
I can hear your basement singing, [F] _ sweet and low like a gift you're bringing.
[Bb] _ Play it for me one more time [Eb] now.
Got to give it all we can [Bb] now.
I believe every word you're [F] saying.
Just keep on, keep on playing. _ _
_ _ [Eb] Ask it off of [F] that L.A. [Bb] freeway without getting killed [Eb] or caught.
_ _ [Bb] Get down the road [Gm] in a cloud of smoke, [Cm] for some land that I [F] ain't bought.
Ask [Eb] _ it off [F] of that L.A. [Bb] freeway without getting killed [Eb] or caught.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ Put the pink slip in the mailbox.
_ [Eb] _ Leave the key in the old front door [Bb] lock.
They will find it likely as [F] not, all the things that we have forgot.
[Bb] _ Oh my lady, now don't you cry.
[Eb] _ _ Love's a gift that's truly [Bb] handmade.
_ We got something to believe [F] in.
Now don't you think it's time we're leaving? _ _ _
[Eb] Ask it off [F] of that L.A. freeway [Bb] without getting [Eb] killed or caught.
_ _ [Bb] Get down the road in a [Gm] cloud of smoke, for [Cm] some land that I ain't [F] bought.
But if [Eb] I can ask it off [F] that L.A. freeway [Bb] without getting killed [Eb] or caught.
_ _ [Bb] Get down the road in [Gm] a cloud of smoke, _ [Cm] for some land that I [F] ain't bought.
But if [Eb] I can ask it off [F] that L.A. [Bb] freeway without getting killed [Eb] or caught.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[G] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
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[F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
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_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _

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This song was composed by Guy Clark.

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