I Gotta Go Robert Earl Keen
I Gotta Go
Robert Earl Keen
Capo 2
[Am]Ain't got time to shoot the br[C]eeze,
[G]Got no time to blo[Em]w,
[Am]Excuse me mister i[C]f you please,
[Em]I gotta go[Am]
[Am]Born one morn on the day of the d[C]ead
[G]In a bombed out bung[Em]alow.
[Am]My momma kissed my cheek and sa[C]id,
[Em]I gotta go[Am]
Chorus:
[F]I gotta go somewhere,[C]
[G]I gotta g[Am]o
[Am]Wastin' time standing h[F]ere
[Em]I gotta go[Am]
[Am]They put me in an orpha[C]nage
[G]West of Tupel[Em]o
[Am]I told em when I burnt that[C] bridge,
[Em]I gotta go[Am]
[Am]Stole a car; got a g[C]un
[G]Robbed the hidey h[Em]o
[Am]I left Memphis on the ru[C]n
[Em]I gotta go[Am]
Chorus:
[F]I gotta go somewher[C]e,
[G]I gotta g[Am]o
[Am]Wastin' time standing h[F]ere
[Em]I gotta go[Am]
[Am]Five card stud, deuces [C]wild
[G]Three kings in a ro[Em]w
[Am]I turned that diamond deuce and [C]smiled
[Em]I gotta g[Am]o
[Am]They tracked my down and to[C]ok my take
[G]Brother don't you know[Em]
[Am]I told them boys there's so[C]me mistake
[Em]I gotta go[Am]
Chorus
[F]I gotta go somewher[C]e,
[G]I gotta go[Am]
[Am]Wasting time standing[F] here,
[Em]I gotta go[Am]
[Am]Cold Steel up against my h[C]ead
[G]They turned the lights dow[Em]n low
[Am]In case you didn't hear I sa[C]id
[Em]I gotta[Am] go
[Am]These are your very last word[C]s, sir
[G]Say em nice and slo[Em]w,
[Am]My last words on this planet wer[C]e...
Chorus x2
[F]I gotta go somewher[C]e,
[G]I gott[Am]a go
[Am]Wasting time standing[F] here,
[Em]I gott[Am]a go
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