Gasoline Alley Bred

Capo 1

A
Woman get your hair out of curlers
A                         Em
Time get your butt out of bed-----.
Bm                     D
Get down your hats and baggage, my child.
Bm
Going back home,
      Em              A
going back to the homeste---ad.


A
I'm a-gonna heat me some water,
A                       Em
and put a shine upon my shoes.
Bm                         D
Telephone my ma,  keep the room above Joe's
Bm
'Cause we're coming back,
       Em              A
coming back to the homestead.
Bm
Everything is packed,
        Em              A
getting back to the homestead
             D                    Bm
This time---,     this time we'll stay--- baby.


A                         D
I know that we could have made it;
       Bm      D      A
we had i-deas  in our heads.
      Bm                         D
and I wish somehow we could have saved it
          Bm       D     A
but we're Gasoline Alley bred.
        A                         D
Yet the years haven't really been wasted,
      Bm            D
and I know it in my head.
       A                            D
We did good for the life that we've tasted
             Bm             Dm                     A
'cause we're Gasoline Alley,        Gasoline Alley bred


A
Woman, you can really believe it,
      A                      Em
I did everything a man could do.
Bm                       D
Breaking my back just to make us a dime.
Bm
that won't mean a damn
     Em                      A
when no one wants to know you--------.


A
Woman, I know how you're feeling.
     A                       Em
I've seen the hurt upon your face.
Bm                   D
How many time do you think that I've cried?
Bm                          Em                A
Knowing every day that your heart was getting broken,
Bm                          Em              A
holdin' back your pride til you were nearly chokin'
        D                 Bm
Oh----------  let's get a-way----------.


A                         D
I know that we could have made it;
       Bm      D      A
we had i-deas  in our heads.
      Bm                         D
and I wish somehow we could have saved it
          Bm       D     A
but we're Gasoline Alley bred.
        A                         D
Yet the years haven't really been wasted,
      Bm            D
and I know it in my head.
       A                            D
We did good for the life that we've tasted
             Bm              Dm                   A
'cause we're Gasoline Alley,       Gasoline Alley bred

(repeat to fade)
          Bm        D              A
 Gasoline Alley,    Gasoline Alley Bred