D5 First time I met old Turnpike Tom Sittin' in a diner in Bloomington G5 D5 He said "Are you going my way?" He had a sleeping bag and his hat was torn And both his thumbs were two feet long From years of hitchin' on the hi-way F5 E5 A5 He said "Mister, won't you give me a ride F5 E5 A5 A5 I'm a wanted man lookin' for a place to hide" D5 Oh, we finished the coffee and we got in the car We drove off and hadn't gone far G5 D5 When Tom began to tell me his sad story... He said "Long around 1942 Buddy, I robbed a bank in Kalamazoo Just to get enough money to marry my true darlin' But she died when she heard what I had done And ever since I've been on the run Standing on the hi-ways a callin' F5 E5 A5 A callin' mister won't you give me a ride F5 E5 A5 A5 I'm a wanted man lookin' for a place to hide" D5 Said "Now I'm gettin' old and ready to die Too tired to run and too sick to try G5 D5 And soon I'll be hitchin' upstairs in the skyway..." [spoken] Oh, play that again... D5 He said "I can't pay you for the ride Just once before I die G5 D5 I'd like to do somebody a favor" And out of his pocket came a rusty old key Along with a map and he give 'em to me And said "Here's an end to all your labor" F5 E5 A5 "Way down in Greensboro, Tennessee F5 E5 A5 A5 In the back of Rusty's Roadside Cabaret D5 There's 20,000 in unmarked green The money I stole that's in the machine G5 D5 That hangs on the wall in Rusty's Roadside men's room" So, three nights later at Rusty's door I had a beer and then I had one more Then I headed for the treasure Just like old Turnpike Tom had said The machine was under a sign which read Sanitary 3-for-a-quarter F5 E5 A5 So I took out the key and I broke the lock F5 E5 A5 A5 There to my bewilderment and shock D5 I found a sign which read "You've just been had In a sanitary way by Turnpike Tom G5 D5 The outlaw with the fastest sense of humor" And if you meet someone with a troubled mind Well, just give him the key and feed him the line And tell him his days will soon be better F5 E5 A5 Yes, and mister, you've been taken for a ride F5 E5 A5 A5 There ain't nothin' but fools gold here inside D5 Oh, the real gold, that's inside us all Remember that you only fall for G5 D5 Lies and stories when you really want to
