The Tourist chords by Wynn Stewart

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Verse 1
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 (D major) I  was just a  (G major) tourist
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out  (D major) on the great wide way
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Where  (G major) lights make night
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as bright as day and  (D major) day as dark as night  (A major) 
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I  (D major) visited the city,
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seen  (G major) all the finer sights
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Then I thought I'd do some  (D major) slummin'
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 (A major) For a little while one  (D major) night
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Well, I stepped  (G major) into the shadows
Of a second -rate café
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The  (D major) burlesque were performing
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In  (E major) their old familiar  (A major) way
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 (D major) As I drew near my table
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the  (G major) front girl whirled  (D major) around
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 (G major) and I recog (G minor) nized my  (G major) sweet (D major) heart
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from  (A major) my own hometown.  (D major) 
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Yes she  (G major) was just a hometown
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high  (D major) school beauty queen
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but  (G major) everybody told her
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how she  (D major) could be everything
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 (A major) when the  (D major) contest finally ended
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and the  (G major) judges called her name
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she won a trip to Broadway  (D major) 
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where  (A major) she would find her fame  (D major) 
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I  (A major)  (D major) slowly turned  (G major) around
and stepped back in the crowd
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for I knew she mustn't see  (D major) me
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she  (A major) always  (E major) was too proud
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and  (A major) in that  (D major) one long moment
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The  (G major) truth my mind unveiled
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The town she loved  (D major) had  (G major) failed  (D major) her
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 (A major) The town she thought she'd failed
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 (D major) So that night I wrote a letter
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On  (G major) a homeward bound express
And it read, congratulations
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to  (D major) you  (E major) on your success,
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 (A major) but  (D major) if you should ever decide
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to come back home  (G major) again,
well you know I'll always be here waiting,
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just  (D major)  (A major) like I've always been.  (D major) 
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I  (G major) was just a tourist
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out on  (D major) the great wide way
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Where light (G major) s  make night
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as bright as day and  (D major) day
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as bright as night  (A major) 
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When  (D major) old friends ask about her
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I just  (G major) smile at them and say
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She stars a show on Broad (D major) way
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Out  (A major) on the Great White Way
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 (D major) 