Twenty-Four Hours From Tulsa

by Gene Pitney, Burt Bacharach · posted by WaltP

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TWENTY-FOUR HOURS FROM TULSA
W: Hal David
M: Burt Bacharach
Gene Pitney
Key: C

 -3  -4  -3  -4  -3 -4  -5   4
Dear-est dar-lin' I had to write 
-4 -3   3  -2*  2   -1  1*  -1 2  -1
to say that I won't be home an-y-more
   3    -3    3   -3   -4   -3 -4
'cause some-thing hap-pened to me 
  -3 -4 -5    4  -4   -3
while I was driv-in' home
 3  -2*  2  -1   1*  -1 2  -1
And I'm not the same an-y-more
3   3 -3  -4  4  -4  4    4   4 3    4  -5  6  
Oh, I was on-ly twen-ty four hours from Tul-sa
-5 5-4 4  -4   4 -4  4 3  4   -5  -5 6     
Ah, on-ly one day a-way from your arms
5 -6  6 -5   5   6   -5
I saw a wel-com-ing light 
 3     7    -6   6  -5   5    -5
and stopped to rest for the night

-4    4  -4  -3 -4 -3  -4
And that is when I saw her 
-3 -4  -5   5  -4   -3  3 -2*  2   -1  1* 
as I pulled in out-side of a small mo-tel 
-1   2    1* 
she was there
 3  3 -3   -3   -4 -3 -4
And so I walked up to her, 
  -3    -4 -5   4   -4   -3    3  -2*  2 
asked where I could get some-thing to eat
-1   1*   -1   2    -1
And she showed me where.

3   3 -3  -4  4  -4  4    4   4 3    4  -5  6  
Oh, I was on-ly twen-ty four hours from Tul-sa
-5 5-4 4  -4   4 -4  4 3  4   -5  -5 6     
Ah, on-ly one day a-way from your arms
 5   -6  6  -5  5  6  -5
She took me to the ca-fe, 
3   7   -6  6  -5    5    -5    6   -5   6 -5
I asked her if she would stay, she said "O-K"

3   3 -3  -4  4  -4  4    4   4 3    4  -5  6  
Oh, I was on-ly twen-ty four hours from Tul-sa
-5 5-4 4  -4   4 -4  4 3  4   -5  -5 6     
Ah, on-ly one day a-way from your arms
5  -6   6    -5  5  6   -6   3
A juke-box start-ed to play and 
  7    -6 6  -5  5 -5  
night turned in-to day 
-4 4   -4   -3  -4
as we were danc-in'
 -3   -4  -3  -4 -5 4  -4 -3   3  -2*   2 
Close-ly, all of a sud-den I lost con-trol 
-1 1* -1   2    -1
as I held her charms
 3  3 -3   -3   -4     -3   -4
And I ca-ressed her, kissed her, 
 -3  -4  -5   4
told her I'd die
-4  -3  3  -2*   2  -1   1* -1 2   -1
Be-fore I would let her out of my arms

3   3 -3  -4  4  -4  4    4   4 3    4  -5  6  
Oh, I was on-ly twen-ty four hours from Tul-sa
-5 5-4 4  -4   4 -4  4 3  4   -5  -5 6     
Ah, on-ly one day a-way from your arms
5  -6  6  -5  5   6  -5
I hate to do this to you 
 3  7  -6    6  -5  5 -5
but I love some-bod-y new, 
  6  -5  6 -5
what can I do?
 4  4 -4  -3  -4  -3  -4  -3  -4
And I can nev-er, nev-er, nev-er
-3   3 -2  2
go home a-gain

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