Look Away chords by John Anderson
Verse 1
C
Bobby took a trip to his
Georgia hometown
To the land of dreams and
just to have a look around
He parked his car at the courthouse square
But it was like a ghost town,
there was nobody there
Verse 2
Am
Em
And Jim's Drugstore was a tanning salon
F
He asked an old man,
G
"Where's ev'rybody gone?"
Am
He found them out at the
Em
shopping center
F
Where Highway One meets
G
In terstate Twenty
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Verse 3
F
The country boys weren't wearing
overalls
Em
They were wearing suits made
D
G
of camouflage
F
Southern belles talking like "Valley Girls"
Em
C
He scratched his head and said,
D
G
"What in the world?"
C
Dixie's had a
Verse 4
Em
facelift, I guess she's
looking better
F
Dm
But I kinda liked the old one,
Gsus4
I never will forget her
C
Look away
G
Verse 5
C
Johnny took a trip to his
Florida hometown
To the land of his dreams and
just to have a look around
At first he thought that he was
on the wrong road
'Cause he didn't see
any orange groves
Verse 6
Am
Em
Now, trailer parks and condos grew
F
G
on the land that he once knew
Am
Em
F
He saw the city limits sign and guessed
G
he'd crossed the city line
F
There were strangers everywhere he went,
Em
D
G
with loud sport shirts and strange accents
F
C
They took the north and they moved it south, he said,
D
G
"Shut my redneck mouth!"
Interlude 1
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C
Em
F
Dm
F
C
Verse 7
C
Billy took a trip to his Tennessee town
To the land of his dreams and just
to have a look around
He drove his car down Music Row
To look up stars he used to know
Verse 8
Am
Em
But the secretaries wouldn't let him in,
F
G
"Leave your name and call again"
Am
Em
So, he thought he'd get some barbeque
F
G
at a little place that he once knew
F
C
But all he found were sushi bars and
D
G
dealerships for foreign cars
F
And buildings that reached for the sky,
Em
G
he said, "Where the hell am I?"
C
Dixie's had a
Verse 9
Em
facelift, I
guess she's looking better
F
Am
But I kinda liked the old one,
Dm
I never will forget her
F
C
Am
G
Look away, gone away, far away, Dixieland
Outro 1
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Look Away
John Anderson
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