Chords for Todd Snider - LA Freeway

Tempo:
123.8 bpm
Chords used:

B

F#

E

G

C

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Todd Snider - LA Freeway chords
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[B]
[F#] [B] [F#] [B]
I got all your dishes.
[E] Make note of all good wishes.
[B]
Say goodbye to the landlord for me.
[F#] Sons of bitches have always bored [B] me.
Throw out those L.A. papers.
[E] Moldy box of vanilla [B] wafers.
Adios to all this concrete.
[F#] I'm gonna hit me some dirt road back street.
If [E] I could just get off of [F#] that L.A. [B] freeway
without getting killed or [E] caught.
[B] Down that [G#m] road in a cloud [F#] of smoke.
To [E] some land, to some land that [F#] I ain't bought.
If [E] I can just get off [F#] of that L.A. [B] freeway
without getting killed or [E] caught.
[B] [F#]
[G#m] [E]
[B] [F#] [B] Here's to you, old skinny Denny.
[E] Only one I think I will [B] need.
I can hear your bass notes singing.
[F#] Sweet and low like a gift you're bringing.
[B] Play it for me one more time, hey.
[E] You got to give [Bm] it [E] all, can't [B] you?
And I believe every word you're [F#] saying.
Keep on, keep on playing.
[B]
[E] If I could just get off [F#] of that L.A. freeway
[B] without getting killed or caught.
Down [F#] that [G#m] road in a cloud of [F#] smoke.
To [E] some land, to some land that [F#] I ain't bought.
[B] If [E] I can just get off of [F#] that L.A. freeway
[B] without getting [F#] killed [G#m] or caught.
[B] [F#] Mm [G#m]-mm.
[F#]
[B]
[E]
[B]
[F#] [B] Put the bank slip in the mailbox.
[F#] Leave the key in your [E] front door [B] lock.
They will find it likely as not.
[F#] All the things we ever [B] forgot.
Oh, Susanna, now don't you cry.
[E] Love's a gift, truly handmade.
[B] I believe every word you're saying.
[F#] Keep on, keep on playing.
[E] If I could just get off [F#] of that L.A. freeway
[B] without getting killed or [E] caught.
[B] Down that [G#m] road in a cloud of [F#]
smoke.
To [E] some land, to some land [F#] that I ain't bought.
If I [E] could just get off [F#] of that L.A. freeway
[B] without getting killed [E] or caught.
We [B] gone, [G#m] baby, we gone.
[E] [F#] Woo!
[B]
[E]
[B] Woo!
[A]
[C] Woo!
[Cm] I got a dusty [C] old pile of vinyl record
sitting on my floor.
[G] I've played each [A] one over and over
[D] at least a dozen times [G] or more.
[C] All I got is a beat up chair,
a mattress, [E] a fork, and another spare.
[D#] And that [A] dusty old pile of records on [Em] my floor.
[C] I [F] got Willie Whalen and Woody Guthard,
Jimmy Buffalo, [D] loving him, Bobby Gentry,
Jerry Jeff, Bob Della, Donny Fritz,
the dead indoors, [G] Pat's flying, John Prine, and more.
I [F] got Jax Brown, Townes, Van Zandt,
[C] Devin Lunderskin, and Harry [A] Chapin,
Gawk Park, Van Halen, [D] Rita, Chris, Keith, Saxon,
[G] Country Joe, and you [Dm] was singing with the fish, you know.
[F] I got Emmylou U2, and Arlo, James [G] Taylor,
Jimmy Rogers, Hank Williams, and [D] Mojo,
and Eric, and Hendrix, Haggard, and a whole [G] lot [C] more.
And [F] that dusty old [G] pile of vinyl [C] records
sitting on my floor.
One time in San Francisco,
[Cm] I was standing near a [C] portal line.
In one [D] bag I [A] had all of my [D] clothes,
other was all [G] them old records of mine.
[F] The lady said I could only bring [C] one bag,
I [G] had two.
[A] Oh, what a [D#] drag, I had to jump on the [G] plane
and leave all my [C] clothes behind.
I [Dm] got a Willie Whalen, and Woody [C] Guthrie,
Jimmy [Em] Buffalo, I [Am] love him,
and Bob [B] Ginger, [D] Jerry Jeff, Bob Dylan,
Donnie Fritz, the dead, and [G] the doors,
Pat's crying, John [Dm] Prine, and more.
I [F] got Jax Brown, Townes, Van [D] Zandt,
Devin [Am] Lunderskin, [D] and Harry Chapin,
Gawk Park, Van Halen, Rita, Chris, Keith, Saxon,
[G] Country Joe, and you was singing with the fish, [D] you know.
[F] I got Emmylou [C] U2, and Arlo, James [Em] Taylor,
Jimmy [A] Rogers, Hank Williams, [D] and Mojo,
and Eric, and Hendrix, Haggard, and a whole [G] lot more.
I got all the tip [C] of keys, Tom T.
Hoss,
Bobby Bear, Bella Fonny, [Am] and the New [G] York [D] Dolls,
Billy Joe, Jimmy Croce, Kiss Cross,
Miss Dales, and Nass, John [Fm] June,
and Roseanne Cash, you got four birds from
old Sam and [C] Dave, T [G]-Birds, [A] Yardbirds, Stevie Ray,
[D] and if you're one of the 10 or 12 people
that bought my third album, you might have figured out already
[G] that I got [C] piles and piles of [G] time and pennies.
[F] And that's the [C] old stack of vinyl [G] records,
sitting [C] on my floor.
Woo-hoo!
[N]
Key:  
B
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F#
134211112
E
2311
G
2131
C
3211
B
12341112
F#
134211112
E
2311
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[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ [B] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ [B] _
I got _ all your dishes. _
[E] Make note of all good wishes.
[B] _
Say goodbye to the landlord for me.
[F#] Sons of bitches have always bored [B] me.
Throw out those L.A. papers.
[E] _ Moldy box of vanilla [B] wafers.
_ Adios to all this concrete.
[F#] I'm gonna hit me some dirt road back street.
_ If [E] I could just get off of [F#] that L.A. [B] freeway
without getting killed or [E] caught.
[B] _ _ _ Down that [G#m] road in a cloud [F#] of smoke.
To [E] some land, to some land that [F#] I ain't bought.
If [E] I can just get off [F#] of that L.A. [B] freeway
without getting killed or [E] caught.
_ [B] _ _ [F#] _ _
[G#m] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[B] _ _ [F#] _ _ [B] _ Here's to you, old skinny Denny.
[E] _ Only one I think I will [B] need.
I can hear your bass notes singing.
[F#] _ Sweet and low like a gift you're bringing.
[B] _ Play it for me one more time, hey.
[E] You got to give [Bm] it [E] all, can't [B] you?
And I believe every word you're [F#] saying.
Keep on, keep on playing.
_ _ _ [B]
[E] If I could just get off [F#] of that L.A. freeway
[B] without getting killed or caught. _
_ Down [F#] that [G#m] road in a cloud of [F#] smoke.
To [E] some land, to some land that [F#] I ain't bought.
[B] If [E] I can just get off of [F#] that L.A. freeway
[B] without getting [F#] killed [G#m] or caught. _
_ [B] _ _ [F#] _ Mm [G#m]-mm.
[F#] _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ [B] _ Put the bank slip in the mailbox.
_ _ [F#] Leave the key in your [E] front door [B] lock.
They will find it likely as not.
[F#] All the things we ever [B] forgot.
Oh, Susanna, now don't you cry.
_ [E] Love's a gift, truly handmade.
[B] _ I believe every word you're saying.
[F#] Keep on, keep on playing. _ _ _
[E] If I could just get off [F#] of that L.A. freeway
[B] without getting killed or [E] caught. _
[B] _ Down that [G#m] road in a cloud of [F#]
smoke.
To [E] some land, to some land [F#] that I ain't bought.
If I [E] could just get off [F#] of that L.A. freeway
[B] _ without getting killed [E] or caught.
We [B] gone, [G#m] baby, we gone. _
_ [E] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ Woo!
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ Woo!
[A] _
_ [C] Woo!
[Cm] I got a dusty [C] old pile of vinyl record
sitting on my floor.
[G] I've played each [A] one over and over
[D] at least a dozen times [G] or more.
[C] All I got is a beat up chair,
a mattress, [E] a fork, and another spare.
[D#] And that [A] dusty old pile of records on [Em] my floor.
[C] _ I [F] got Willie Whalen and Woody Guthard,
Jimmy Buffalo, [D] loving him, Bobby Gentry,
Jerry Jeff, Bob Della, Donny Fritz,
the dead indoors, [G] Pat's flying, John Prine, and more.
I [F] got Jax Brown, Townes, Van Zandt,
[C] Devin Lunderskin, and Harry [A] Chapin,
Gawk Park, Van Halen, [D] Rita, Chris, Keith, Saxon,
[G] Country Joe, and you [Dm] was singing with the fish, you know.
[F] I got Emmylou U2, and Arlo, James [G] Taylor,
Jimmy Rogers, Hank Williams, and [D] Mojo,
and Eric, and Hendrix, Haggard, and a whole [G] lot [C] more.
_ And [F] that dusty old [G] pile of vinyl [C] records
sitting on my floor. _ _ _ _ _ _
One time in San Francisco,
[Cm] I was standing near a [C] portal line.
In one [D] bag I [A] had all of my [D] clothes,
other was all [G] them old records of mine.
[F] The lady said I could only bring [C] one bag,
I [G] had two.
[A] Oh, what a [D#] drag, I had to jump on the [G] plane
and leave all my [C] clothes behind. _
I [Dm] got a Willie Whalen, and Woody [C] Guthrie,
Jimmy [Em] Buffalo, I [Am] love him,
and Bob [B] Ginger, [D] Jerry Jeff, Bob Dylan,
Donnie Fritz, the dead, and [G] the doors,
Pat's crying, John [Dm] Prine, and more.
I [F] got Jax Brown, Townes, Van [D] Zandt,
Devin [Am] Lunderskin, [D] and Harry Chapin,
Gawk Park, Van Halen, Rita, Chris, Keith, Saxon,
[G] Country Joe, and you was singing with the fish, [D] you know.
[F] I got Emmylou [C] U2, and Arlo, James [Em] Taylor,
Jimmy [A] Rogers, Hank Williams, [D] and Mojo,
and Eric, and Hendrix, Haggard, and a whole [G] lot more.
_ _ I got all the tip [C] of keys, Tom T.
Hoss,
Bobby Bear, Bella Fonny, [Am] and the New [G] York [D] Dolls,
Billy Joe, Jimmy Croce, Kiss Cross,
Miss Dales, and Nass, John [Fm] June,
and Roseanne Cash, you got four birds from
old Sam and [C] Dave, T [G]-Birds, [A] Yardbirds, Stevie Ray,
[D] and if you're one of the 10 or 12 people
that bought my third album, you might have figured out already
[G] that I got [C] piles and piles of [G] time and pennies. _ _
[F] And that's the [C] old stack of vinyl [G] records,
sitting [C] on my floor.
Woo-hoo! _ _ _
_ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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