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       A5
    1. Leaving home out on the road
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       I've been down before
       A5
       Riding along on this big old jet plane
                 D5                A5
       I've been thinking about my home
              A5
       But my love light seems so far away
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       And it seems like it's all been done
       A5
       Somebody's trying to make me stay
                  G5        D5     A5
       You know I got to be moving on
       G5      D5     A5
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       G5             D5       A5
       Don't carry me too far away
       G5      D5     A5
       Big old jet airliner
                 G5             D5     A5
       'Cos it's here that I've got to stay
    2. Goodbye to my friends at home
       Goodbye to people I trusted
       I got to go out and make my way
       I might get rich, you know, I might get busted
       But my heart keeps calling me backwards
       As I get on the 707
       Riding high I got tears in my eyes
       You know you've got to go thru hell before you get to heaven
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    3. Touching down in New England town
       Feel the heat coming down
       I got to keep on, keeping on
       You know the big wheel keeps on spinning around
       But I'm going with some hesitation
       You know that I can surely see
       That I don't want to get caught up in any of that
       Funky shit going down in the city
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       Carry me to my home
       Big old jet airliner
       'Cos it's there that I belong
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       Don't carry me ...