Gene Pitney, Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa (1963)
Key: :[G] (w: Burt Bacharach, Hal David)
VERSE 1:
[G] Dearest darling, I had to write to say
That I won't be
[A7] home any-
[D]-more
Cause something
[G] happened to me, while I was
Driving home and I'm not the
[A7] same any-
[D]-more
CHORUS 1:
Oh, I was
[C] only twenty-four hours from
[Am] Tulsa,
Ah,
[C] only one day away from your
[Am] arms
I
[F] saw a welcoming
[G] light
And
[F] stopped to rest for the
[G open] night
VERSE 2:
And that is
[G] when I saw her, as I pulled in
Outside of the small ho-
[A7]-tel she was
[D] there
And so I
[G] walked up to her, asked where I could get
Something to eat, and
[A7] she showed me
[D] where
CHORUS 2:
Oh, I was
[C] only twenty-four hours from
[Am] Tulsa
Ah,
[C] only one day away from your
[Am] arms
She
[F] took me to the ca-
[G]-fe
I
[F] asked her if she would
[G] stay, she said "O.K."
INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE]
CHORUS 3:
Oh, I was
[C] only twenty-four hours from
[Am] Tulsa
Ah,
[C] only one day away from your
[Am] arms
The
[F] jukebox started to
[G] play
And
[F] night-time turned into
[G open] day
VERSE 3:
As we were
[G] dancing closely, all of a sudden
I lost control as
[A7] I held her
[D] charms
And I car-
[G]-essed her kissed her, told her I'd die
Before I would let her
[A7] out of my
[D] arms
CHORUS 4:
Oh, I was
[C] only twenty-four hours from
[Am] Tulsa
Ah,
[C] only one day away from your
[Am] arms
I
[F] hate to do this to
[G] you
But
[F] I love somebody
[G] new, what can I do?
OUTRO:
And I can
[G] never, never, never go home again
