# Date: 10/24/96; 10:36:00 AM From: "Krall, Steve" <kralls@isspos1a.daytonoh.ncr.com> Subject: Joe Ely: All Just to Get To You All Just To Get To You Music and Lyrics by Joe Ely >From the Album, Letter To Laredo Transcribed by Steve Krall (steve.krall@daytonoh.ncr.com) All Just To Get To You Intro: G G F C (repeat) Verse 1:

I have ^Gstumbled on the plains ^GStaggered in the wind ^GStood at a crossroad or two ^DCried to a river ^DSwept to the sea ^GAll just to ^Cget to ^Gyou

Verse 2: I have flagged a yellow cab Hopped a rusty freight Sang till my lips turned blue Flown a silver bird On the tops of the clouds All just to get to you Chorus:

I ^Cran too hard, I ^Gplayed too Rough I ^Cgave my Love Not ^Gnear Enough I ^Cbled too red I ^Gcried too blue I ^Dbeat my fist ^DAgainst the moon All just to ^Cget to ^Gyou

Verse 3: I have run from St. Paul To Wichita Falls Call'd you from sunny Baton Rouge Hocked everything >From my watch to my ring All just to get to you Chorus Break: Bb Bbsus (repeat four times) then hit: C C C Verse 4: >From the California Shore Where the mighty ocean roars To the lands of the Hopi and the Sioux I walked the desert sands Crossed the Rio Grande All just to get to you Verse 5: I have stumbled on the plains Staggered in the wind Stood at a crossroad or two Cried to a river Swept to the sea All just to get to you Repeat and fade:

^GAll just to ^Fget to ^Cyou

Joe Ely - All just to get to you