Capo 1
                              
A5
Woman get your hair out of curlers
A5                         E5
Time get your butt out of bed-----. 
B5                     D5
Get down your hats and baggage, my child. 
B5
Going back home, 
      E5              A5        
going back to the homeste---ad.  


A5  
I'm a-gonna heat me some water, 
A5                       E5
and put a shine upon my shoes. 
B5                         D5
Telephone my ma,  keep the room above Joe's 
B5
'Cause we're coming back, 
       E5              A5
coming back to the homestead. 
B5
Everything is packed, 
        E5              A5 
getting back to the homestead 
             D5                    B5
This time---,     this time we'll stay--- baby.  


A5                         D5
I know that we could have made it; 
       B5      D5      A5
we had i-deas  in our heads. 
      B5                         D5
and I wish somehow we could have saved it 
          B5       D5     A5
but we're Gasoline Alley bred. 
        A5                         D5
Yet the years haven't really been wasted, 
      B5            D5
and I know it in my head. 
       A5                            D5
We did good for the life that we've tasted 
             B5             D5                     A5
'cause we're Gasoline Alley,        Gasoline Alley bred  


A5  
Woman, you can really believe it, 
      A5                      E5
I did everything a man could do. 
B5                       D5
Breaking my back just to make us a dime. 
B5
that won't mean a damn 
     E5                      A5           
when no one wants to know you--------.  


A5   
Woman, I know how you're feeling. 
     A5                       E5
I've seen the hurt upon your face. 
B5                   D5
How many time do you think that I've cried? 
B5                          E5                A5
Knowing every day that your heart was getting broken, 
B5                          E5              A5
holdin' back your pride til you were nearly chokin' 
        D5                 B5
Oh----------  let's get a-way----------.  
  

A5                         D5
I know that we could have made it; 
       B5      D5      A5
we had i-deas  in our heads. 
      B5                         D5
and I wish somehow we could have saved it 
          B5       D5     A5
but we're Gasoline Alley bred. 
        A5                         D5
Yet the years haven't really been wasted, 
      B5            D5
and I know it in my head. 
       A5                            D5
We did good for the life that we've tasted 
             B5              D5                   A5
'cause we're Gasoline Alley,       Gasoline Alley bred  

(repeat to fade)
          B5        D5              A5
 Gasoline Alley,    Gasoline Alley Bred