1968
Turnpike TroubadoursVersion1
90
Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
There ain't a thing in the world to take me back
Like a dark-haired girl in a Cadillac
On main street of an old forgotten town
The sun light shines in fine white lines
On weathered stores with open signs
They may as well just close 'em down.
And you look like 1968 or was it '69
When I heard you caught a bullet
Well I guess you're doing fine
And you speak of revolution
Like it's some place that you've been
Well you've been a long time gone
Good too see you my old friend.
Oh now that sign is gone away
Replaced instead by silver age
and moonlight falling on the avenue
Oh and I could sleep if you would drive
I just can't keep my mind alive
And you've got nothing better else to do
And we've all been looking for you
Like a hobo you walk in
Well how the mighty all have fallen
How the holy all have sinned
Is that the clattering of sabers
Or the cool September winds
Well you've been a long time gone
Good to see you my old friend.
And there's just two times a day like this
You find this kind of blissfulness
The sun it sets and rises in the morn
And we're shakin hands, I rub my eyes
Free up all my alibis
Just a blinking like the day I was born
And you look like 1968 or was it '69
When I heard you caught a bullet
Well I guess you're doing fine
And you speak of revolution
Like it's some place that you've been
Well you've been a long time gone
Good too see you my old friend.
And when the rounds were fired that April you were on the balcony
When ten thousand tear drops hit the ground in Memphis, Tennessee
You were a prideful rebel yell among a million marching men.
And you've been a long time gone
Good to see you my old friend
Well you've been a long time gone
Good to see you my old friend.
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Readable chord sheet for 1968 by Turnpike Troubadours
[C] [D] [G] [D/F#] [Em] [C] [D] [G] There ain't a [C]thing in the world to [D]take me back Like a [G]dark-haired [D/F#]girl in a [Em]Cadillac On m[C]ain street of an [D]old forgotten [G]town The [C]sun light shines in [D]fine white lines On [G]weathered stores [D/F#]with open [Em]signs [C] They may as [D]well just close 'em [G]down. And you [C]look like 19[G]68 or [D]was it '6[G]9 When I [C]heard you caught a [G]bullet Well I [D]guess you're doing fine And you [C]speak of revo[G]lution Like it's s[D]ome place that you[G]'ve been Well you've been a [C]long time [G]gone Good too see [D]you my old friend. [C] [D] [G] [D/F#] [Em] Oh now [C]that sign is [D]gone away Repl[G]aced in[D/F#]stead by [Em]silver age and [C]moonlight falling [D]on the ave[G]nue Oh and I [C]could sleep if [D]you would drive I [G]just can't [D/F#]keep my [Em]mind alive And [C]you've got nothing [D]better else to [G]do And we've [C]all been looking [G]for you Like a [D]hobo you walk [G]in Well how the [C]mighty all have [G]fallen How the [D]holy all have sinned Is that the [C]clattering of [G]sabers Or the [D]cool September [G]winds Well you've been a [C]long time [G]gone Good to [D]see you my old friend. [C] [D] [G] [D/F#] [Em] And there's [C]just two times a [D]day like this You [G]find this [D/F#]kind of [Em]blissfulness The [C]sun it sets and [D]rises in the [G]morn And we're [C]shakin hands, I [D]rub my eyes [G]Free up [D/F#]all my [Em]alibis Just a [C]blinking like the [D]day I was [G]born And you [C]look like 19[G]68 or [D]was it '6[G]9 When I [C]heard you caught a [G]bullet Well I [D]guess you're doing fine And you [C]speak of revo[G]lution Like it's s[D]ome place that you[G]'ve been Well you've been a [C]long time [G]gone Good too see [D]you my old friend. And when the [C]rounds were fired that [G]April you were [D]on the [G]balcony When ten [C]thousand tear drops [G]hit the ground in [D]Memphis, Tennessee You were a [C]prideful rebel [G]yell among a [D]million marching [G]men. And you've been a [C]long time [G]gone Good to [D]see you my old [G]friend Well you've been a [C]long time [G]gone Good to [D]see you my old [G]friend.