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
[A#7] home any-
[D#]-more
Cause something
[G#] happened to me, while I was
Driving home and I'm not the
[A#7] same any-
[D#]-more
CHORUS 1:
Oh, I was
[C#] only twenty-four hours from
[A#m] Tulsa,
Ah,
[C#] only one day away from your
[A#m] 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-
[A#7]-tel she was
[D#] there
And so I
[G#] walked up to her, asked where I could get
Something to eat, and
[A#7] she showed me
[D#] where
CHORUS 2:
Oh, I was
[C#] only twenty-four hours from
[A#m] Tulsa
Ah,
[C#] only one day away from your
[A#m] 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
[A#m] Tulsa
Ah,
[C#] only one day away from your
[A#m] 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
[A#7] I held her
[D#] charms
And I car-
[G#]-essed her kissed her, told her I'd die
Before I would let her
[A#7] out of my
[D#] arms
CHORUS 4:
Oh, I was
[C#] only twenty-four hours from
[A#m] Tulsa
Ah,
[C#] only one day away from your
[A#m] 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
