Steve Goodman - Turnpike tom

^EFirst time I met old Turnpike Tom Sittin' in a diner in Bloomington ^DHe said "Are you going my w^Eay?" He had a sleeping bag and his hat was torn And both his thumbs were two feet long From years of hitchin' on the hi-way ^CHe said ^Bm"Mister, w^Emon't you give me a ride ^CI'm a wa^Bmnted man lookin^Em' for a^E place to hide" ^EOh, we finished the coffee and we got in the car We drove off and hadn't gone far ^DWhen Tom began to tell me his sad story.^E.. He said "Long around 1942 Buddy, I robbed a bank in Kalamazoo Just to get enough money to marry my true darlin' But she died when she heard what I had done And ever since I've been on the run Standing on the hi-ways a callin' ^CA callin^Bm' mister won't ^Emyou give me a ride ^CI'm a wa^Bmnted man lookin^Em' for a place to hide" ^{E E}Said "Now I'm gettin' old and ready to die Too tired to run and too sick to try ^DAnd soon I'll be hitchin' upstairs in th^Ee skyway..."

^EHe said "I can't pay you for the ride Just once before I die ^DI'd like to do somebody a favor&^Equot; And out of his pocket came a rusty old key Along with a map and he give 'em to me And said "Here's an end to all your labor" ^C"Way down i^Bmn Greensboro, T^Emennessee ^CIn the back of R^Bmusty's Roadside^Em Cabaret ^{E E}There's 20,000 in unmarked green The money I stole that's in the machine ^DThat hangs on the wall in Rusty's Roadside men's^E room"

^CSo I took out th^Bme key and I bro^Emke the lock ^CThere to my bewi^Bmlderment and sh^Emock ^{E E}I found a sign which read "You've just been had In a sanitary way by Turnpike Tom ^DThe outlaw with the fastest sens^Ee of humor" And if you meet someone with a troubled mind Well, just give him the key and feed him the line And tell him his days will soon be better ^CYes, and mister,^Bm you've been ta^Emken for a ride ^CThere ain't noth^Bmin' but fools g^Emold here inside ^{E E}Oh, the real gold, that's inside us all Remember that you only fall for ^DLies and stories when you really^E want to