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Turnpike Tom chords by 
Steve Goodman
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Intro 1
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G
D
G
D
Verse 1
D
First time I met
old Turnpike Tom
Sittin' in a diner in Bloomington
G
D
He said "Are you going my way?"
He had a sleeping bag and
his hat was torn
And both his thumbs were two feet long
G
From years of hitchin'
D
on the hi- way
F
He said "Mister,
Em
Am
won't you give me a ride
F
Em
I'm a wanted man lookin'
Am
A
for a place to hide"
D
Oh, we finished the coffee and
G
we got in the car
D
G
We drove off and hadn't gone far
D
A
D
When Tom began to tell me his sad story...
Verse 2
D
He said "Long around 1942
Buddy, I robbed a bank in Kalamazoo
G
Just to get enough money to
D
marry my true darlin'
But she died when she
heard what I had done
And ever since I've been on the run
G
D
Standing on the hi- ways a callin'
F
A callin' mister won't
Em
Am
you give me a ride
F
Em
I'm a wanted man lookin'
Am
A
for a place to hide"
D
Said "Now I'm gettin'
G
old and ready to die
D
G
Too tired to run and too sick to try
D
A
And soon I'll be hitchin' upstairs
D
in the skyway..."
Verse 3
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[Spoken]
G
D
Oh,
G
D
G
D
play that again...
G
Verse 4
D
He said "I can't pay you for the ride
Just once before I die
G
D
I'd like to do somebody a favor"
And out of his pocket came
a rusty old key
Along with a map and he give 'em to me
G
And said "Here's an end
D
to all your labor"
Verse 5
F
Em
Am
"Way down in Greensboro, Tennessee
F
In the back of Rusty's
Em
Am
A
Roadside Cabaret
D
G
There's 20, 000 in unmarked green
D
The money I stole that's
G
in the machine
D
A
That hangs on the wall in Rusty's
D
Roadside men's room"
Verse 6
D
So, three nights later at Rusty's door
I had a beer and then I had one more
G
D
Then I headed for the treasure
Just like old Turnpike Tom had said
The machine was under a sign which read
G
D
Sanitary 3- for- a- quarter
F
Em
Am
So I took out the key and I broke the lock
F
Em
There to my bewilderment
Am
A
and shock
D
I found a sign which read
G
"You've just been had
D
G
In a sanitary way by Turnpike Tom
D
The outlaw with the fast
A
est sense of humor"
Verse 7
D
And if you meet someone
with a troubled mind
Well, just give him the key and
G
feed him the line
D
And tell him his days will soon be better
Verse 8
F
Yes, and mister,
Em
Am
you've been taken for a ride
F
Em
There ain't nothin' but fools
Am
A
gold here inside
D
Oh, the real gold,
G
that's inside us all
D
G
Remember that you only fall for
D
A
D
Lies and stories when you really want to
Outro 1
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