If You Ever Leave Atlanta - Jon Langston

If You Ever Leave Atlanta

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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: DCapotraste: Sem capotraste
As recorded by Jon Langston
(From the 2023 Album HEART ON ICE)
 
[Intro]
D Bm D Bm
 
[Verse 1]
D Bm D Bm
Headed north up 75 in a December Georgia rain that'll cut right through ya'
D Bm D Bm
I stopped off for a can of snuff and a cup of coffee outside of Chattanooga
D Bm
I'd turn this truck around, but my heart can't go back there
D G
Girl, I know you're gone for good, but you didn't go nowhere
 
[Chorus]
D G
As long as you're out Friday nights
D
Dancing in them Buckhead bars
G
Underneath them Peachtree lights
Bm
You won't find me where you are
G
I hate how that whole town is somewhere I can't go
Em7
Kinda wish I never had ya'
G D Bm
If you ever leave Atlanta, let me know
 
[Verse 2]
D Bm D Bm
I sure hate thinking about missing out on a Braves game with my dad
D Bm D Bm
If the Dawgs go back this year to Mercedes-Benz, I'm gonna wanna go real bad
D Bm
But there ain't a chance in hell that I'll make either one
D G
Close as I'll get to ATL is Milledgeville 441
 
[Chorus]
D G
As long as you're out Friday nights
D
Dancing in them Buckhead bars
G
Underneath them Peachtree lights
Bm
You won't find me where you are
G
I hate how that whole town is somewhere I can't go
Em7
Kinda wish I never had ya'
G D G
If you ever leave Atlanta, let me know, baby
 
[Guitar Solo]
D G
 
[Bridge]
Bm
I'd love to drink a beer or two
A
At Moon Dogs or The Attitude
G
That's something I can't do
Em7
'Cause I might run into you
 
[Chorus]
D G
As long as you're out Friday nights
D
Dancing in them Buckhead bars
G
Underneath them Peachtree lights
Bm
You won't find me where you are
G
I hate how that whole town is somewhere I can't go
Em7
Kinda wish I never had ya'
G D Bm
If you ever leave Atlanta, let me know
 
[Outro]
D
You gotta let me know
Bm
If you ever leave, if you ever leave
D Bm D
If you ever leave Atlanta, let me know

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