Anywhere Else But Home Cifras

ANYWHERE ELSE BUT HOME
As recorded by Jim Cuddy
(From the 2024 Album ALL THE WORLD FADES AWAY)
 
 
Capo 2nd fret
 
 
[Intro]
C  Am  F  C
 
 
[Verse 1]
C
Last night was a scene
C
They spilled some gasoline
      F                    C
Lit a fire on the township line
C
Everybody drove their cars down there
F                      C
Hoping for a real good time
             G
We were just walking around
G
The burning ground
    F                      C
All covered in cinders and ash
           G
It was the highlight of the summer here
  F                  C
A midnight firelight bash
 
 
[Chorus]
C               F
So long now the time has finally come
C
No more waiting
F
Everything is said and done
                                             G
You wake up one day knowing that you don't belong
             F   C                          G
So when they ask you where you think you're going
N.C.                      C
You say anywhere else but home
 
 
[Verse 2]
C
People round here don't put on airs
     F                      C
They keep their feet on the ground
C
I was always a bit much
C
I never had to pay
         F                          C
Cause my cousin was the toughest in town
             G                                F                    C
I could just fill my mind with places I never went to when I was a kid
           G                                     F                     C
And as I watched my family work so hard I knew I didn't want what they did
 
 
[Chorus]
C               F
So long now the time has finally come
C
No more waiting
F
Everything is said and done
                                             G
You wake up one day knowing that you don't belong
             F   C                          G
So when they ask you where you think you're going
N.C.                      C
You say anywhere else but home
 
 
[Bridge]
G             F
They say wait fortunes change
    C                   F
But that's not how it feels
Em          Am
My feet are sinking in
   Dm                           G
If I don't get out now I never will
 
 
[Fiddle & Piano Solo]
C   F  C    F  C  G
F  C  G    F  C
 
 
[Verse 3]
C
Meet me in the parking lot
C
Down by the LC
F                C
 By the railroad track
 
You know I always loved this town
F                     C
But it never loved me back
        G
I can remember my first midnight kiss
       F                    C
In the graveyard behind the bar
              G
And I thought all my days would be like this
    F                       C
But that's not the way they are
 
 
[Chorus]
C               F
So long now the time has finally come
C
No more waiting
F
Everything is said and done
                                             G
You wake up one day knowing that you don't belong
             F   C                          G
So when they ask you where you think you're going
N.C.                      C
You say anywhere else but home
 
 
[Outro]
C     Am  F  C
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