L.A. Freeway — Guy Clark
Chords and lyrics for L.A. Freeway by Guy Clark (key of G).
Intro
| G | C | G | D |
| G | C | G | D |
Verse 1
[G] Pack up all your dishes
[C] Make note of all good wishes
[G] Say goodbye to the landlord for me
[D] That son of a bitch has always bored me
[G] Throw out them L.A. papers
And that [C] moldy box of Vanilla Wafers
[G] Adios to all this concrete
[D] Gonna get me some dirt road back street
| G D |
Chorus
If I can [C]just get off of this [D]L.A. Freeway
[G]Without gettin' killed or [C]caught
I'll be [G]down the road in a cloud of smoke
To some [D]land I ain't bought bought bought and
Verse 2
[G] Here's to you old skinny Dennis
[C] The only one I think I will miss
[G] I can hear that old bass singin'
[D] Sweet and low like a gift you're bringin'
[G] Play it for me one more time now
[C] Got to give it all we can now
[G] I believe everything you're sayin'
[D] Just you keep on, keep on playin'
| G D |
Chorus
If I can [C]just get off of this [D]L.A. Freeway
[G]Without gettin' killed or [C]caught
I'll be [G]down the road in a cloud of smoke
To some [D]land I ain't bought bought bought
Verse 3
And you [G] put the pink card in the mailbox
[C] Leave the key in the front door lock
[G] They'll find it likely as not
[D] I'm sure there's somethin' we have forgot
Verse 4
[G] Oh, Susanna don't you cry, babe
[C] Love's a gift that's surely handmade
[G] We got somethin' to believe in
[D] Don't you think it's time we're leavin'
| G D |
Chorus
If I can [C]just get off of this [D]L.A. Freeway
[G]Without gettin' killed or [C]caught
I'll be [G]down the road in a cloud of smoke
To some [D]land I ain't bought bought bought
If I can [C]just get off of this [D]L.A. Freeway
[G]Without gettin' killed or [C]caught
(I'll be)[G] down the road in a cloud of smoke
To some [D]land that I ain't bought
Outro
[G] So pack up all your dishes
[C] Make note of all good wishes
[G] Say goodbye to the landlord for me
[D] That son of a bitch has always bored me
Solo
| G | C | G | D |
| G | C | G | D |
| G | C | G | D |
| G | C | G | D |
| G | C | G | D |
| G | C |
(fade out)
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