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Tornado Joe

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Aminor

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Tuning: Standard
CAPO 2
CHORUS
AmThis place is quicksand
Don't you ever come bDmack
I Eguess you knew
What was good for you
You got out before you sAmank
AmThis place is quicksand
You look after youDmrself
And yoEu'll see soon
I'll get out too
Either there or somewhere Amelse
SOLO 
CHORUS
This place is quicksand
Don't you ever come back
I guess you knew
What was good for you
You got out before you sank
VERSE
DmHey ho Tornado AmJoe
ERip through me agAmain
DmI miss the mess in our old Amvan
EI miss your bag of pAmens
DmHey ho Tornado AmJoe
EI propose a tAmoast
DmTo you and me and rAmock and roll
EWe gotta blow out towaAmrds the coast
SOLO 2
VERSE
There's so much I don't know
About this far left coast
But my short time here for sure has shown
It ain't no Mecca
No paradise
The ocean's great 
And the weather's nice
But isolation is everywhere
You can't escape it by coming here
Anxiety can hitch a ride on planes
Loneliness travels from state to state
All my stuff is in bags and crates
Can't es-cape my bag-gage brains
Oh
CHORUS
This place is quicksand
Don't you ever come back
I guess you knew
What was good for you
You got out before you sank
This place is quicksand
You look after yourself
And you'll see soon
I'll get out too
Either there or somewhere else
VERSE (play verse chords) 
Hey ho Tornado Joe
Mm-mm-mm-mm-mm
Hey ho Tornado Joe
Mm-mm-mm-mm-mm

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Tornado Joe

by Toh Kay

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 2 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Tuning: Standard

CAPO 2

CHORUS

This place is quicksand

Don't you ever come back

I guess you knew

What was good for you

You got out before you sank

This place is quicksand

You look after yourself

And you'll see soon

I'll get out too

Either there or somewhere else

SOLO

CHORUS

This place is quicksand

Don't you ever come back

I guess you knew

What was good for you

You got out before you sank

VERSE

Dm Am

Hey ho Tornado Joe

E Am

Rip through me again

Dm Am

I miss the mess in our old van

E Am

I miss your bag of pens

Dm Am

Hey ho Tornado Joe

E Am

I propose a toast

Dm Am

To you and me and rock and roll

E Am

We gotta blow out towards the coast

SOLO 2

VERSE

There's so much I don't know

About this far left coast

But my short time here for sure has shown

It ain't no Mecca

No paradise

The ocean's great

And the weather's nice

But isolation is everywhere

You can't escape it by coming here

Anxiety can hitch a ride on planes

Loneliness travels from state to state

All my stuff is in bags and crates

Can't es-cape my bag-gage brains

CHORUS

This place is quicksand

Don't you ever come back

I guess you knew

What was good for you

You got out before you sank

This place is quicksand

You look after yourself

And you'll see soon

I'll get out too

Either there or somewhere else

VERSE (play verse chords)

Hey ho Tornado Joe

Mm-mm-mm-mm-mm

Hey ho Tornado Joe

Mm-mm-mm-mm-mm

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