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B D B
Go no farther: access denied
A E B A B
Down byways, freeways of the past
B D B
The superhighway tollhouse humbly
A E B A B
Begs your pause, so just hold fast
E Em
A word in ear, free marketeer
D A G A
Suggests you ponders, and takes your choice
B D B
For right of passage, freight or message
A E B A B
Change your horses, raise your voice
E Em
In protest at the pretty penny
D A D A
Taken for your mortal sins
G F#m
But dally now in sweet surrender
A E A B
Drown sorrows at the Turnpike Inn
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B D B
Beware the brigand, pistols drawn
A E BA B
Who offers life for modest fee
B D B
And ends his days like poor John Austin
A E BA B
Last man on the Tyburn Tree
E Em
The palest ale, the stoutest porter
D A D A
Fortify the heart, the breast
B D B
A weary head on eider pillow
A E B A B
Horse blanket over, down to rest
E Em
Though we too steal from honest wage
D A D A
Come lie with us, good kith and kin
G F#m
And dally now in sweet surrender
A E A B
Drown sorrows at the Turnpike Inn
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Drown sorrows at the Turnpike Inn
C F# F#/EF#
Drown your sorrows at the Turnpike Inn
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Drown sorrows at the Turnpike Inn
E Em
Though we too steal from honest wage
D A D A
Come lie with us, good kith and kin
G F#m
And dally now in sweet surrender
A E A B
Drown sorrows at the Turnpike Inn
A E A B
Drown sorrows at the Turnpike Inn
A B A F#m
Drown sorrows at the Turnpike Inn