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[Intro]
G C G C
[Verse]
GI thought they had me up in Crown Point
CLike they had Johnny years ago
GI thought they had me surrounded
CThere’s one thing that they didn’t know
GThat I had me a plan
CI’m not as dumb as I look
DThis bird ain’t meant for caging
CI’m no ordinary dime store crook
[Chorus]
GTonight I’m bound for glory
CDrinking lightning from a jar
GI got a sweet little story
CAbout where the fallen angels are
GI gotta Getaway CCar
[Verse]
GSeemed I was doing north of 90
CBy the Mason-Dixon Line
GI had a road map of Rhode Island
CI was cornered in a corn field in Carolina
GBoxed in back in Branson
CHad a safe house in Tennessee
DI keep a Polaroid on the dashboard
COf a baby boy, who looks a lot like me
GTonight I’m bound for glory
CDrinking lightning from a jar
GI got a hangman in my head, my love
CA war in my backyard,
CI gotta get away
GI gotta get away
I gotta Getaway CCar
CI gotta get away
GI gotta get away
I gotta Getaway CCar
[Bridge]
DBy this time tomorrow
CIf the creek don’t Drise
AmI’ll be near the border of pCaradiDse
[Chorus]
GTonight I’m bound for glory
CDrinking lightning from a jar
GI got a sweet little story
CAbout where the fallen angels are
CI gotta get away
GI gotta get away
I gotta Getaway CCar
CI gotta get away
GI gotta get away
I gotta Getaway CCar
CI gotta get away
GI gotta get away
I gotta Getaway CCar
CI gotta get away
GI gotta get away
I gotta Getaway CCar
I gotta Getaway CGar

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Getaway Car

by Michael McDermott

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

[Intro]

G C G C

[Verse]

I thought they had me up in Crown Point

Like they had Johnny years ago

I thought they had me surrounded

There’s one thing that they didn’t know

That I had me a plan

I’m not as dumb as I look

This bird ain’t meant for caging

I’m no ordinary dime store crook

[Chorus]

Tonight I’m bound for glory

Drinking lightning from a jar

I got a sweet little story

About where the fallen angels are

G C

I gotta Getaway Car

[Verse]

Seemed I was doing north of 90

By the Mason-Dixon Line

I had a road map of Rhode Island

I was cornered in a corn field in Carolina

Boxed in back in Branson

Had a safe house in Tennessee

I keep a Polaroid on the dashboard

Of a baby boy, who looks a lot like me

Tonight I’m bound for glory

Drinking lightning from a jar

I got a hangman in my head, my love

A war in my backyard,

I gotta get away

I gotta Getaway Car

I gotta get away

I gotta Getaway Car

[Bridge]

By this time tomorrow

C D

If the creek don’t rise

Am C D

I’ll be near the border of paradise

[Chorus]

Tonight I’m bound for glory

Drinking lightning from a jar

I got a sweet little story

About where the fallen angels are

I gotta get away

I gotta Getaway Car

I gotta get away

I gotta Getaway Car

I gotta get away

I gotta Getaway Car

I gotta get away

I gotta Getaway Car

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