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When I Get Out

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[Intro]
C
[Verse 1]
CWhen I get out I'm running straight to you 
CAnd taking you out like I used to do 
CI've been counting the days I've been stitching up plans 
CAnd apparently now I'm a better man 
[Chorus]
So let's Fride till the sky turns Cblue Cadd9  Am  
There's just GthiEm/Grteen daGys to yCou 
[Bridge]
FWell they taught me a trade and the ways of the Lord 
CSo I built a guitar and I learnt 4 chords 
F'Cause that's all I need to sing to Gyou Em/G  Fsus2  Gadd9  
[Verse 2]
CWhen I get out I'm heading straight for you 
CI've got some things I've been dying to do 
CShow me the house where you were born
CAnd I'll kiss your face until my lips are worn 
[Chorus]
And we'll Fsleep until the sun turns bClue Cadd9  Am  
There's just GthiEm/Grteen daGys to yCou 
[Bridge]
FI'm gonna grow my hair I'm gonna run a bath 
CI wanna just sit here and watch you laugh 
FI'm gonna wash the car I'm gonna cut the GgraEm/Gss Fsus2  Gadd9  
[Verse 2]
CWhen I get out I'm gonna drop some bucks 
CGas up the caddie come and pick me up 
CI feel the blood flowing through my luck 
CWe're gonna drop the needle gonna raise a cup 
[Chorus]
We're goiFng wild till the sky turns bClue Cadd9  Am  
There's just GthiEm/Grteen daGys to you C  
[Bridge]
FThere's a few more lines on your pretty face 
CAnd there's a few more pounds 'round this old waist 
FBut that don't change you and me a GbiEm/Gt Fsus2  Gadd9  
[Verse 3]
CBut when I got out there was no one there
CNo red caddie and no golden hair 
CI got no cigarettes and no taxi fare 
CJust a slaughterhouse stench filling up the air 
[Chorus]
I just crFied say it ain't true C  Cadd9  Am  
Now there's a GhuEm/Gndred daGys of blue C  
[Outro]
There's a hunGdreEm/Gd days oGf blueC  
There's a hunGdreEm/Gd days oGf blueC  
There's a hunGdreEm/Gd days oGf blueC  

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When I Get Out

by Danny Michel

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Cadd9

Em/G

Fsus2

Gadd9

[Intro]

[Verse 1]

When I get out I'm running straight to you

And taking you out like I used to do

I've been counting the days I've been stitching up plans

And apparently now I'm a better man

[Chorus]

F C Cadd9 Am

So let's ride till the sky turns blue

G Em/G G C

There's just thirteen days to you

[Bridge]

Well they taught me a trade and the ways of the Lord

So I built a guitar and I learnt 4 chords

F G Em/G Fsus2 Gadd9

'Cause that's all I need to sing to you

[Verse 2]

When I get out I'm heading straight for you

I've got some things I've been dying to do

Show me the house where you were born

And I'll kiss your face until my lips are worn

[Chorus]

F C Cadd9 Am

And we'll sleep until the sun turns blue

G Em/G G C

There's just thirteen days to you

[Bridge]

I'm gonna grow my hair I'm gonna run a bath

I wanna just sit here and watch you laugh

F G Em/G Fsus2 Gadd9

I'm gonna wash the car I'm gonna cut the grass

[Verse 2]

When I get out I'm gonna drop some bucks

Gas up the caddie come and pick me up

I feel the blood flowing through my luck

We're gonna drop the needle gonna raise a cup

[Chorus]

F C Cadd9 Am

We're going wild till the sky turns blue

G Em/G G C

There's just thirteen days to you

[Bridge]

There's a few more lines on your pretty face

And there's a few more pounds 'round this old waist

F G Em/G Fsus2 Gadd9

But that don't change you and me a bit

[Verse 3]

But when I got out there was no one there

No red caddie and no golden hair

I got no cigarettes and no taxi fare

Just a slaughterhouse stench filling up the air

[Chorus]

F C Cadd9 Am

I just cried say it ain't true

G Em/G G C

Now there's a hundred days of blue

[Outro]

G Em/G G C

There's a hundred days of blue

G Em/G G C

There's a hundred days of blue

G Em/G G C

There's a hundred days of blue

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