Tom: Eb
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
