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A Long Way From Tupelo
By Paul Thorn
4/29/2012


Capo 1


G Bb C Bb   4 times 


     G          Bb             C              Bb
On a hot Sunday evening, I was drivin' in the country
       G            Bb         C     Bb
When I felt my left-front tire blow
       G             Bb            C           Bb
In the trunk I had a spare but the jack wasn’t there
     G        Bb     C      G
On a desolate gravel road

Just across the street was a two-room shack
And a girl shelling peas on the porch
When she ran out to meet me in a white cotton dress
All I could say was; ‘Praise the Lord!’

Chorus: G Bb C Bb Yeah, I was a long way from Tupelo G Bb C Bb A long ways from Tupelo G Bb C Bb Yeah, I was stranded in a place nobody knows G Bb C G I was a long way from Tupelo She said; ‘My mamma’s not home and we don’t have a phone But if there’s anything I can do" "I’d be happy to pour you some cold iced tea Because I think you’re kind of cute’ We went inside, sat down on the couch And that girl started up on me And just like Adam in the Garden of Eden She showed me that apple and I got weak Chorus Well, her mother showed up and saw me there She said what in the world’s going on She answered; ‘Mamma, don’t worry, he’s a real nice man’ Who’s broke down and ain’t got a way home" Daddy gave me a ride, I gave him $20 For his trouble and a tank of gas It was a day I always remember But if my wife ever asks, I’d say Chorus