Turnpike Tom chords by
Steve Goodman

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Key: D major•

Intro 1

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Verse 1

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First time I met

old Turnpike Tom

Sittin' in a diner in Bloomington

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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

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From years of hitchin'

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on the hi- way

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He said "Mister,

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won't you give me a ride

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I'm a wanted man lookin'

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for a place to hide"

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Oh, we finished the coffee and

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we got in the car

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We drove off and hadn't gone far

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When Tom began to tell me his sad story...

Verse 2

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He said "Long around 1942

Buddy, I robbed a bank in Kalamazoo

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Just to get enough money to

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marry my true darlin'

But she died when she

heard what I had done

And ever since I've been on the run

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Standing on the hi- ways a callin'

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A callin' mister won't

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you give me a ride

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I'm a wanted man lookin'

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for a place to hide"

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Said "Now I'm gettin'

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old and ready to die

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Too tired to run and too sick to try

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And soon I'll be hitchin' upstairs

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in the skyway..."

Verse 3

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[Spoken]

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Oh,

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play that again...

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Verse 4

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He said "I can't pay you for the ride

Just once before I die

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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

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And said "Here's an end

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to all your labor"

Verse 5

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"Way down in Greensboro, Tennessee

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In the back of Rusty's

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Roadside Cabaret

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There's 20, 000 in unmarked green

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The money I stole that's

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in the machine

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That hangs on the wall in Rusty's

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Roadside men's room"

Verse 6

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So, three nights later at Rusty's door

I had a beer and then I had one more

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Then I headed for the treasure

Just like old Turnpike Tom had said

The machine was under a sign which read

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Sanitary 3- for- a- quarter

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So I took out the key and I broke the lock

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There to my bewilderment

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and shock

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I found a sign which read

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"You've just been had

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In a sanitary way by Turnpike Tom

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The outlaw with the fast

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est sense of humor"

Verse 7

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And if you meet someone

with a troubled mind

Well, just give him the key and

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feed him the line

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And tell him his days will soon be better

Verse 8

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Yes, and mister,

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you've been taken for a ride

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There ain't nothin' but fools

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gold here inside

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Oh, the real gold,

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that's inside us all

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Remember that you only fall for

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Lies and stories when you really want to

Outro 1

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