Chords for Ryan Bingham - "Long Way From Georgia" - Hamilton Live DC 2014

[G] I went to [C] Houston, Texas.
Yeah! _ _
[Eb] When I was about 14 [G] or 15 [C] years old. _
Kind of bounced back between Houston and New Mexico.
Kind of all these [G] little [C] towns around.
_ I met these girls down there in Houston that I'd gone to school with.
[Gm] I went back down to Houston to [D] [F] visit for a couple of [C] days.
He ran into these girls [Bb] and he said,
We're going down to South Padre Island for a [F] drink.
_ [Bb] I said, I ought to go to South Padre Island with you. _ _ _
I'd actually moved [Gm] to Laredo at this time.
[A] I'd been to Laredo and I went [Bb] back to Houston to visit these girls.
[C] I said, [Bb] _ I'd love to go [F] down to South Padre [E] Island with you,
but [C] is there [Bb] any way you could give me a [C] ride to Laredo after that?
They said, of course [Bb] we can give you a ride to Laredo.
_ _ I said, [C] okay, okay.
I ended up down in Padre Island for a couple of days.
Long story short, they [Bb] finally realized how far away Laredo, Texas was from South Padre [C] Island.
I don't think their parents' credit cards were going to allow them to give me a ride to _ Laredo.
I said, just [Gm]
drop me off at the truck [C] stop and I'll see if I can find a ride.
They dropped me off [Bb] there and I remember _ _ hanging [Gb] out at the truck stop and talking to this [C] waitress. _
She said, where are you from?
Are you from Georgia or somewhere?
With that accent, I said, no, I'm a long way from Georgia.
_ [Bb] _ [C] Not really sure where I'm from at this point.
I kind of went down [Bb] and I started [C] thinking about this song and how the hell I was going to get back to Laredo.
[G] About that time, this guy rolled [Gb] in with an old Ford _ flatbed truck with _ [C] a long flatbed trailer.
He had a bunch [Cm] of concrete on there.
I asked [Gm] him for a ride, if he was going to Laredo.
[A] He said, yeah, I'll give you a ride, [Gm] but you've got to help [Gb] me unload all this concrete.
[Bb] I _
[N] said, sure, whatever it [Bb] takes.
Let's go.
I got in with him and his name was Al.
Al had this one real crazy eye that was [Eb] rolling on this side.
[Bb] I couldn't ever tell if he was looking at me or the road.
_ [C] He was so intent [Am] on giving me tips about how a hitchhiker can be a hobo.
[C] I was trying to make a [Ab] progression out of it.
I was like, man, [E] this is kind of a one-time deal [Ebm] for me.
I'm not [Eb] going to run this [Am] for long.
[Bb] _ _
He said, yeah, well, you need to make sure you carry a knife on you.
I said, sure.
_ _ That's the first thing he [C] told me.
_ Right when I get to the truck stop. _ _ _
[F] I'm talking [C] about it.
I know I had one. _
Then he goes [Fm] to tell me [C] how when you're cold at night and you're [F] in the truck [Bb] stop,
wait until those trucks roll in off the road and you can go sleep by the tires because they're [C] hot.
You need to stay warm. _
I said, I think I'll go inside.
[F] _ _ _ _
[Cm] Stay warm that way, Al.
[C] _ [Bb] Thanks for the tips.
_ _ _ [Ebm] _ [Bb] Oh, shit.
Anyway, [F] this is a song I [C] started a long way after this. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [F] _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [C] _
_ Sitting [F] in a [C] truck stop _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] with my cowboy [F] boots and my [C] guitar. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [C]
And I'm living [F] on a tip [Bb] box.
_ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ [G]
[C] It was made for _ cigars. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ A long way [C] from Georgia. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ A long way [C] from Georgia. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Oh, I'm out [Bb] on the highway.
[C] [F] Yeah, yeah.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] Well, [Am] I have no [C] regrets. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Because I've been [F] living my way. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[C] On coffee and celery. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ A long way [C] from Georgia. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ A long way from Georgia. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Oh, and [B] as the highway [Gm] [C] rolls on.
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
I [C] used to keep on riding on.
I _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ [C] used to keep on hanging on.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
This [G] is all I've ever [C] known. _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[A] _ [Em] _ [Am] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
Sitting [Bb] in a [C] truck stop.
_ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ The [Cm] _ [C] waitress tells me. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ She says, boy, [F] you got [C] a good smile.
_ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ It might take you [C] a long way. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ She said, boy, you [Am] better [F] make it count. _ _ _
_ _ [C] Because you're [G] a [C] long way from Georgia. _ _ _ _ _
A _ _ [G] _ long way [F] from _ Georgia.
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _