Turnpike Tom
Turnpike Tom

Turnpike Tom easy guitar chords by Steve Goodman

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  • Intro 1


    Verse 1

    First 
    time 
    I met 

    old 
    Turnpike 
    Tom 

    Sittin' 
    in 
    a diner 
    in 
    Bloomington 

    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 

    From 
    years 
    of hitchin' 

    on the 
    hi- way 

    He said 
    "Mister, 

    won't 
    you 
    give 
    me 
    a ride 

    I'm 
    wanted 
    man 
    look
    in' 

    for a 
    place 
    to hide" 

    Oh, we 
    finished 
    the coffee 
    and 

    we 
    got 
    in 
    the car 

    We drove 
    off 
    and 
    hadn't 
    gone 
    far 

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

    Verse 2
    He 
    said 
    "Long 
    around 
    1942 

    Buddy, 
    robbed 
    a bank 
    in 
    Kalamazoo 

    Just 
    to 
    get 
    enough 
    money 
    to 

    marry 
    my 
    true 
    darlin' 

    But she 
    died 
    when she 

    heard 
    what I 
    had 
    done 

    And 
    ever 
    since 
    I've 
    been 
    on 
    the run 

    Standing 
    on the 
    hi- 
    ways 
    a call
    in' 

    A callin' 
    mister 
    won't 

    you 
    give 
    me 
    a ride 

    I'm 
    wanted 
    man 
    look
    in' 

    for a 
    place 
    to hide" 

    Said 
    "Now 
    I'm gettin' 

    old 
    and 
    ready 
    to die 

    Too 
    tired 
    to run 
    and 
    too sick 
    to try 

    And soon 
    I'll 
    be hitch
    in' 
    upstairs 

    in the 
    skyway..." 

    Verse 3
    [Spoken] 

    Oh, 


    play that 
    again... 

    Verse 4

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

    Just 
    once 
    before 
    die 

    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 

    And 
    said 
    "Here's 
    an end 

    to all 
    your labor" 

    Verse 5
    "Way 
    down 
    in Greensboro, 
    Ten
    nessee 

    In 
    the 
    back 
    of Rusty's 

    Roadside 
    Cab
    aret 

    There's 
    20, 000 in 
    unmarked 
    green 

    The 
    money 
    I stole 
    that's 

    in the 
    machine 

    That hang
    on 
    the wall 
    in 
    Rusty's 

    Roadside 
    men's 
    room" 

    Verse 6
    So, 
    three nights 
    later 
    at Rusty's 
    door 

    I had 
    beer 
    and then 
    I had 
    one 
    more 

    Then I 
    headed 
    for the 
    treasure 

    Just 
    like 
    old 
    Turnpike 
    Tom 
    had said 

    The 
    machine 
    was 
    under 
    a sign 
    which 
    read 

    Sanitary 
    3- for- 
    a- quarter

    So 
    took 
    out 
    the 
    key 
    and I 
    broke 
    the lock 

    There 
    to my 
    bewil
    derment 

    and 
    shock

    I found 
    sign 
    which 
    read 

    "You've 
    just 
    been had 

    In a 
    sanitary 
    way 
    by 
    Turnpike 
    Tom 

    The 
    outlaw 
    with 
    the fast

    est 
    sense 
    of humor" 

    Verse 7
    And 
    if 
    you meet 
    someone 

    with 
    a troubled 
    mind 

    Well, just 
    give him 
    the key 
    and 

    feed 
    him the line 

    And tell 
    him his days 
    will soon 
    be bet
    ter 

    Verse 8
    Yes, 
    and 
    mister, 

    you've 
    been 
    taken 
    for 
    a ride 

    There 
    ain't 
    nothin' 
    but 
    fools 

    gold 
    here in
    side 

    Oh, 
    the 
    real 
    gold, 

    that's 
    in
    side 
    us all 

    Remember 
    that 
    you only 
    fall 
    for 

    Lies 
    and stories 
    when you 
    really 
    want 
    to 

    Outro 1


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