this tab is 100% correct. Based of the video of him playing it here: http://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQNmEQHkSkg&feature=related. It's a very fast song to 
play, chord changes can be difficult at first

Verse 1:
          A (x02220@1)       D (xx0232@1)       A (x02220@1)         DThere's (xx0232@1)a backyard show where everybody goes
       A (x02220@1)                     E'cause (022100@1)everybody knows at this masquerade
        A (x02220@1)            D (xx0232@1)       A (x02220@1)          DThey (xx0232@1)wear strange costumes and heave water balloons 
     A (x02220@1)              E (022100@1)                Aand (x02220@1)one kid's dressed up like a deviled egg
               D (xx0232@1)                          AThat's (x02220@1)when I say, " What's this?  There's something that I've missed 
                                        Ethere (022100@1)ain't nothing like this back in Upstate"
             A (x02220@1)               D (xx0232@1)             A (x02220@1)    DBut (xx0232@1)"When in Louisville," they say, "join the crazy ballet"
        A (x02220@1)           E (022100@1)            ASo (x02220@1)with blazing waterguns I join the fray


Chorus:
   F#m (244222@1)       A (x02220@1)              Bm (x24432@1)         EYes (022100@1)I learned on that day what local flavor means
     F#m (244222@1)       A (x02220@1)              Bm (x24432@1)          EWith (022100@1)a dinner made from dumpsters on Kentucky streets
   F#m (244222@1)         D (xx0232@1)             A (x02220@1)           EYou (022100@1)won't learn anything tied up in restaurant chains
   F#m (244222@1)         D (xx0232@1)             A (x02220@1)           E (022100@1)(dampen all strings)
Why bother traveling if it all just tastes the same?

Interlude: A,D x 3 E, Repeat.


Verse 2:
      A (x02220@1)         D (xx0232@1)      A (x02220@1)        D (xx0232@1)    
On the guidebook page a travel-weary sage 
   A (x02220@1)                               Eis (022100@1)sharing the best secrets from her latest trek
   A (x02220@1)             D (xx0232@1)        A (x02220@1)          DThen (xx0232@1)the tourists come and money builds it up and
  A (x02220@1)             E (022100@1)             A (x02220@1)pretty soon the place is just a wreck
         D (xx0232@1)                     ABut (x02220@1)when I hit the road I want pie a la mode 
                                   Efrom (022100@1)a caf? where they don't wear uniforms
           A (x02220@1)         D (xx0232@1)         A (x02220@1)         DWhere (xx0232@1)the salt of the earth season their hometown turf 
      A (x02220@1)               E (022100@1)            Awith (x02220@1)art that you can't find in any store


Chorus:
    F#m (244222@1)           A (x02220@1)           Bm (x24432@1)         EYes (022100@1)I know there's nothing new out on the interstate
      F#m (244222@1)         A (x02220@1)           Bm (x24432@1)        EAnd (022100@1)a journey's pointless if the asphalt mediates
 F#m (244222@1)            D (xx0232@1)             A (x02220@1)               EYou (022100@1)won't find anything if you're tied with retail chains
 F#m (244222@1)          D (xx0232@1)          A (x02220@1)               EWhy (022100@1)bother traveling if it all just looks the same


Verse 3:( First five lines are a capella) 
There's a warehouse show out in New Mexico and
films are being screened up on a Brooklyn roof
Basement galleries in Knoxville,
Tennessee and Tallahassee games under the moon
            D (xx0232@1)             ASo (x02220@1)will you come with me to either shining sea 
                                 Eto (022100@1)cleanse the monoculture from our souls?
            A (x02220@1)          D (xx0232@1)            A (x02220@1)        DThen (xx0232@1)we'll roam town to town listening for any sound 
         A (x02220@1)         E (022100@1)          Athat (x02220@1)can tell us they're having a show
(single strums)A           D (xx0232@1)         A (x02220@1)          DSo (xx0232@1)raise a glass of your sweat to acknowledge the debt 
         A (x02220@1)         E (022100@1)           Athat (x02220@1)we owe to our most gracious hosts