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my old car Chords

Music by: Lee Dorsey
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[Verse 1]
[G]20 [D]lon[Dm]g mi[G]les [C]from town,
[A]
[D]my old car broke [G]down
The [F]clutch is [G]shot & the [C]sound is so hot
[F]Oh what I'd give to be home
[C]

[Verse 2]
19 miles from [A]town, [D]my old car broke [G]down
The [F]battery's [G]dead, man [C]like I [Am]said
[F]Oh what I'd give to be home
[C][A]

[Verse 3]
18 miles from town, [D]my old car broke [G]down
The [F]fan belt's slippin'
[G]& the eng[C]ine's mis[Am]sin'
Oh [F]what I'd give to be [G]home
restin' my [C]bones

[Verse 4]
17 miles from [A]town,
[D]my old car broke [G]down
[F]Just my luck[G],
I've got the [C]fuel pump's [Am]stuck
[F]Oh what I'd [G]give to be
[C]home[Dbdim]

[Verse 5]
(When the [Dm]sun's so [D]high
[Dm]up i[G]n the sky)
& I'm try[F]in' to get
home to my [C]baby
(When I [Dm]get that far,
I'm gonna [G]get rid of this car)
It's got to [D]go,
it's got to & I [G]don't mean [C]maybe

[Verse 6]
16 miles from [A]town,
[D]my old short broke [G]down
[F]My tire's[G]down, no [C]spare around
[Am]Oh w[F]hat I'd give[G] to be home

[Interlude 1]
[C][Dbdim][Dm]
[G][F][C]
[Dm][G][D][G]
[C]

[Verse 7]
(instrumental) 15 miles from [A]town,
[D]my old car broke [G]down
The [F]battery's [G]dead, man [C]like I [Am]said
[F]Oh what I'd give to be home
[C][Bb]

[Verse 8]
[A]
14 miles from town,
my old short broke down
...& fade
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