The Straight Life:Bobby Goldsboro.
#36 in 12968.

INTRO:  D C (2x) 
  
#1.   
C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1)               D7 (xx0212@1)Sometimes I imagine myself as a drifter, 
F# (244322@1)      Bm (x24432@1)             E (022100@1)           A (x02220@1)seeker of fortunes, connoisseur of great wines. 
G (320003@1)             Em (022000@1)       D (xx0232@1)Dashing through meadows of yellow and green, 
G (320003@1)       Em (022000@1)        D (xx0232@1)trying to catch the impossible dream, 
C (x32010@1)                        A (x02220@1) A7 (x02020@1)leaving the straight life  be..hind. 
  
#2.  
D (xx0232@1)                       D7 (xx0212@1)Sometimes my thoughts may find me in Mexico, 
F# (244322@1)       Bm (x24432@1)         E (022100@1)       A (x02220@1)drinking tequila, going out of my mind. 
G (320003@1)      Em (022000@1)      D (xx0232@1)Having a ball on a couple of bob, 
G (320003@1)          Em (022000@1)      D (xx0232@1)treating the ladies to corn on the cob, 
C (x32010@1)                        A (x02220@1) A7 (x02020@1)leaving the straight life  be..hind. 
  
CHORUS:  
G (320003@1)                   F#m (244222@1)Suddenly all my silly thoughts disappear, 
    Em (022000@1)        A (x02220@1)         D (xx0232@1)she comes to me softly with crackers and beer, 
C (x32010@1)                      G (320003@1)                      
winking and blinking and blowin' in my ear, 
D (xx0232@1)      C (x32010@1)         A (x02220@1) A7 (x02020@1)running away with my mi..nd. 
G (320003@1)           A (x02220@1)             Em (022000@1)       D (xx0232@1)It's great to be in love, I'm not really thinking of, 
C (x32010@1)                       F (133211@1) A (x02220@1)          
leaving the straight life be..hind,       
         D (xx0232@1)       A (x02220@1)        D (xx0232@1)I'm just playing a game in my mind. 
  
D (xx0232@1)   C (x32010@1)      D (xx0232@1)   C (x32010@1)            D (xx0232@1)   C (x32010@1)      D (xx0232@1)   C (x32010@1)Do n' do do do do do do do do do....do n' do do do do do do do do do. 
  
#3.   
D (xx0232@1)                   D7 (xx0212@1)Once in a while in my mind I go bummin', 
F# (244322@1)       Bm (x24432@1)           E (022100@1)      A (x02220@1)going to nowhere, with no worry of time. 
G (320003@1)      Em (022000@1)         D (xx0232@1)Running along chasing after a train, 
G (320003@1)       Em (022000@1)        D (xx0232@1)humming a song in the sun and the rain, 
C (x32010@1)                        A (x02220@1)  A7 (x02020@1)leaving the straight life  be...hind. 

#4.
D (xx0232@1)                    D7 (xx0212@1)I can just see me on a tropical island, 
F# (244322@1)       Bm (x24432@1)              E (022100@1)     A (x02220@1)riding the surf and drinking coconut wine. 
G (320003@1)       Em (022000@1)            D (xx0232@1)Having me fun with golden girls in the sand, 
G (320003@1)         Em (022000@1)           D (xx0232@1)chasing the sun through an innocent land, 
C (x32010@1)                        A (x02220@1) A7 (x02020@1)leaving the straight life  be..hind. 

CHORUS:  
G (320003@1)                   F#m (244222@1)Suddenly all my silly thoughts disappear, 
    Em (022000@1)        A (x02220@1)         D (xx0232@1)she comes to me softly with crackers and beer, 
C (x32010@1)                      G (320003@1)                      
winking and blinking and blowin' in my ear, 
D (xx0232@1)      C (x32010@1)         A (x02220@1) A7 (x02020@1)running away with my mi..nd. 
G (320003@1)           A (x02220@1)             Em (022000@1)       D (xx0232@1)It's great to be in love, I'm not really thinking of, 
C (x32010@1)                       F (133211@1) A (x02220@1)          
leaving the straight life be..hind,       
         D (xx0232@1)       A (x02220@1)        D (xx0232@1)I'm just playing a game in my mind. 
  
OUTRO:
D (xx0232@1)   C (x32010@1)      D (xx0232@1)   C (x32010@1)            D (xx0232@1)   C (x32010@1)      D (xx0232@1)   C (x32010@1)Do n' do do do do do do do do do....do n' do do do do do do do do do. 
D (xx0232@1)   C (x32010@1)      D (xx0232@1)   C (x32010@1)            D (xx0232@1)   C (x32010@1)      D (xx0232@1)   C (x32010@1)    
ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba....ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba.(Fade.)


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