Guitar Town     2/4     Steve Earle,  Typed in Arial 10
                                                   Transcribed by Ken Lee
Standard Tuning No Capo              Comments or suggestions to kandvlee@shaw.ca
Intro 8 Bars G

G              /                    /               /
Hey pretty / baby are you / ready for / me,
            / G                /                           / G           / C     / /
It's your / good rockin' / Daddy down from / Tennes - / see. / /
     / D            /                          /              /
I'm / just outta / Austin bound for / San An - / tone,
             / D      /                        /             / C     / / / /
With the / radio / blastin' and the / bird dog / on.  / / / /


           / G              /                /            /
There's / speed trap / up ahead  / Selma / town,
      / G          /                     /              / C        / /
But / no local / yokel's gonna / shut me / down, / /
          / D               /                     /             /
Cause / me and my / boys got this / rig un -  / wound, and
         / D                        /                       /          / C
We've / come a thousand / miles from the / guitar / town.

Break: 18 Bars

G               /                         /                /
Nothin' ever / happened round / my home / town, and
  / G         /                   /             / C        / /
I / ain't the / kind to just / hang a - / round. / /
  / D                     /               /                 /
I / heard someone / callin' my / name one / day, and
  / D                /                       /                 / C
I / followed that / voice down the / lost high - / way.
G              /                  /
Everybody / told me you / can't get far,
     / G               /                     /              / C    / /
On / thirty seven / dollars and a / Jap gui - / tar. / /
            / D                /                       /              /
Now I'm / smokin into / Texas with the / hammer / down, and
   / D               /                        /           / G
A / rockin' little / combo from the / Guitar / town.

Break:  14 Bars

Bridge:

D              /                       /                   /
Hey pretty / baby don't you / know it ain't / my fault
C                      /                 / G                    /
Love to hear the / steel belts / hummin on the /  asphalt,
D                    /                     /               /
Wake up in the / middle of the / night in a / truck stop,
C                    /                 /  D7                  /                 / /
Stumble in the / restaurant, / wonderin' why I / don't stop. / /

          / G              /                   /         /
Well, I / gotta keep / rockin' while / I still / can,
         / G            /                   /         / C     / /
Got a / two-pack / habit and a  / motel / tan. / /
               / D                /                      /                 / C
When my / boots hit the / boards,  I'm a / brand new / man,
            / D               /                /               / C        / / / /
Put my / back to the / risers and / make my / stand. / / / /

G             /                        /              /
Hey pretty / baby won't you / hold me / tight,
     / G                  /                  /              / C       / /
I'm / loadin' up and / rollin' out of / here to - / night. / /
D                 /                        /          /
One of these / days I'm gonna / settle / down, and
    / D                   /                      /           / G
I'll / take you back / with me to the / Guitar / town

Repeat Break: 28 Bars