Capo at 2nd fret, standard tuning
Intro: Am  E (3X), 4 beat break,
Am    C     G     E
Am    C     E     Am 
Am                            C
Ain't got time to shoot the breeze,
G                 E
Got no time to blow,
Am                F
Excuse me mister if you please,
E         Am
I gotta go
Am                               C
Born one morn on the day of the dead
G                   E
In a bombed out bungalow.
Am                             F
My momma kissed my cheek and said,
E         Am
I gotta go

Chorus:
F                    C
I gotta go somewhere,
G        Am
I gotta go
Am                     F                      
Wastin' time standing here
E         Am
I gotta go

Am                     C
They put me in an orphanage
G            E
West of Tupelo
Am                         F
I told em when I burnt that bridge,
E        Am
I gotta go
Am                  C
Stole a car; got a gun
G                 E
Robbed the Hidie Ho
Am                      F
I left Memphis on the run
E        Am
I gotta go

Chorus:
F                  C
I gotta go somewhere,
G        Am
I gotta go 
Am                     F
Wastin' time standing here
E        Am
I gotta go

Instrumental break

Am                     C
Five card stud, deuces wild
G                  E
Three kings in a row
Am                              F
I turned that diamond deuce and smiled
E       Am
I gotta go  
Am                         C
They tracked me down and took my take
G                     E
Brother don't you know
Am                         F
I told them boys there's some mistake
E          Am
I gotta go

Chorus
F                  C
I gotta go somewhere,
G         Am
I gotta go
Am                   F
Wasting time standing here,
E         Am
I gotta go

Am                        C
Cold Steel up against my head
G                         E
They turned the lights down low
Am                          F
In case you didn't hear I said
E     Am
I gotta go
Am                           C
These are your very last words, sir
G                  E
Say em nice and slow,
Am                              F
My last words on this planet were...

Chorus x2
F                  C
I gotta go somewhere,
G     Am
I gotta go
Am                   F
Wasting time standing here,
E    Am
I gotta go
Outro: Am  E (3X), Am