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the turnpike inn chords by Ian Anderson

  • D

  • Em

  • E

  • A

  • F

  • C

  • Am

  • G

  • Dm

  • Gm

    3
  • Cm

    3
  • Bb

  • Fm

  • Db

    4
Intro 1
D
Em
D
Em
E
Em
A
Em
F
Em
C
Em
C
Em
F
Verse 1
A
Am
A
Go no farther: access denied down
G
D
A
G
A
Byways, freeways of the past.
Am
A
The superhighway tollhousehumbly
G
D
A
G
A
Begs your pause, so just hold fast.
D
A word in ear,
Dm
C
free marketeersuggests
G
C
G
You ponders, and takes your choice.
A
Am
For right of passage, freight or message,
A
G
D
A
G
A
Change your horses, raise your voice
D
Dm
In protest at the pretty penny
C
G
C
G
Taken for your mortal sins.
F
Em
But dally now in sweet surrender, drown
G
A
Sorrows at the Turnpike Inn.
Em

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Verse 2
Am
A
Am
Beware the brigand, pistols drawn,
G
D
A
G
A
Who offers life for modest fee
Am
A
And ends his days like poor John Austin,
G
D
A
G
A
Last man on the Tyburn Tree.
D
Dm
The palest ale, the stoutest porter
C
G
C
G
Fortify the heart, the breast.
A
Am
A
Weary head on eider pillow, horse
G
D
A
G
A
Blanket over, down to rest.
D
Dm
Though we too steal from honest wage,
C
G
C
G
Come lie with us, good kith and kin
F
Em
And dally now in sweet surrender,
G
A
Em
F
Gm
Cm
Bb
Cm
Drown sorrows at the Turnpike
F
G
Cm
Bb
Cm
Bb
F
G
Fm
Gm
Db
Cm
Bb
Inn.
Verse 3
Bb
Em
D
Em
Drown sorrows at the Turnpike Inn.
Bb
Drown your sorrows at the
Em
D
Em
G
Turnpike In n.
Bb
Em
A
Drown sorrows at the Turnpike Inn.
Am
A
D
Though we too steal
Dm
from honest wage,
C
G
C
G
Come lie with us, good kith and kin
F
Em
And dally now in sweet surrender,
G
D
G
A
Drown sorrows at the Turnpike Inn.
G
D
G
A
Drown sorrows at the Turnpike Inn.
G
Am
G
Drown sorrows at the Turnpike Inn.
Em
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