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6 = C 3 = G
5 = G 2 = C
4 = C 1 = E
[capo II]
DO FA+2 DO
Well I don't look all that ragged for all the time it's been.
SOLsus4
But I'm weakened underneath me where my frame is rusted thin.
DO FA+2 DO
And this year's state inspection I just barely passed.
SOLsus4 DO
Won't you drive me 'cross the country, boy this year could be my last.
FA+2 DO
I'm a tail-finned road locomotive
SOLsus4 DO
From the days of cheap gasoline.
FA+2 DO LAm7
I'm for sale by the side of the road going nowhere,
FA+2 SOLsus4 DO
A rusty old American dream.
FA+2 DO
I rolled off the line in Detroit back in nineteen fifty-eight.
SOLsus4
Spent three days in the showroom, that's all I had to wait.
DO FA+2 DO
I've been good to all who owned me, so have no fear.
SOLsus4 DO
C'mon boy, put your money down and get me outta here.
FA+2 DO
I'm a tail-finned road locomotive
SOLsus4 DO
From the days of cheap gasoline.
FA+2 DO LAm7
I'm for sale by the side of the road going nowhere,
FA+2 SOLsus4 DO
A rusty old American dream.
(C)
Now this car needs a young man to own him.
FA+2
One who will polish the chrome.
DO LAm7
I will give you the rest of my lifetime
FA+2 SOLsus4
B'don't let me die here alone.
[capo III]
DO
Ya just jump me some juice to my ba'ttry.
FA+2
Give that old starter a spin.
DO LAm7
Hear me whirr, sputter, backfire through the carburetor
FA+2 SOLsus4 DO
And roar into life once again.
FA+2 DO
I am a tail-finned road locomotive
SOLsus4 DO
You can polish my chrome so clean.
FA+2 DO LAm7
We can fly off into the sunset together,
FA+2 SOLsus4 DO LAm7
Rusty old American dream - still runnin'
FA+2 SOLsus4 DO
Rusty old American dream.
* Outro:
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Chords:
6 5 4 3 2 1
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DO 0 0 0 0 0 0
FA+2 5 2 0 0 0 x
SOLsus4 x 0 2 0 0 x
LAm7 x 2 4 0 0 0
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