verse 1 
E                                  A             E 
Well there’s only one road running through these parts, 
                        B        E 
Pretty much stops right where it starts. 
                           A           E 
It winds four ways then it comes back around. 
                       B          E 
I ain’t ever gonna get outta this town. 
                       B          E 
I ain’t ever gonna get outta this town. 

verse 2 
E                               A          E 
Well the train left here but it never came back. 
                                   B         E 
Now there’s nothing but weeds on a rusty old track. 
                               A           E 
Those planes fly over but they never touch down. 
                       B          E 
I ain’t ever gonna get outta this town. 
                       B          E 
I ain’t ever gonna get outta this town. 

Chorus 
          C#m             A                  E 
There’s a dream I’ve been dreaming all these years, 
          C#m           A            B 
Where I’m flying to the sun and disappear. 
       E                       A     E 
Got an old Chevy Nova, sittin’ up on blocks, 
                           B         E 
Some greasy old parts in a cardboard box. 
                              A          E 
Got her fixed up once but she broke back down. 
                       B          E 
I ain’t ever gonna get outta this town. 
                       B          E 
I ain’t ever gonna get outta this town. 

Solo 
E  A  E   B  E   A E  B E 

       E                                 A        E 
I been stealin’ Jenny’s kisses since the eleventh grade, 
                                    B       E 
Now there ain’t no runnin’ from the love we made. 
                                      A       E 
We went shoppin’ for a stroller and a wedding gown. 
                       B          E 
I ain’t ever gonna get outta this town. 
                       B          E 
I ain’t ever gonna get outta this town. 

Bridge 
          C#m             A                  E 
There’s a dream I’ve been dreaming all these years, 
          C#m           A            B 
Where I’m flying to the sun and disappear, - - far from here, 

Outro 
        E                   A       E 
Well we buried my daddy to ‘Amazing Grace’, 
                                   B      E 
Preacher said, “God’s got him in a better place”. 
                                    A              E 
But I couldn’t help singin’ as they put him in the ground. 

HUM this next whole line: 
                        B          E 
(I ain’t ever gonna get outta this town.) 
                       B          E 
I ain’t ever gonna get outta this town. 
                       B          E 
I ain’t ever gonna get outta this town. 
                       B          E 
I ain’t ever gonna get outta this town.