Hometown Gypsy Chords & Lyrics - Red Hot Chili Peppers

Tuning: Standard

Intro: [Dm]

[Dm]Drivin' up the coast to find a version of the truth
Left the backdoor swinging like a dirty little sleuth

[C]The truth is I have never f[B]elt half this alive [Am]
[C]Now it's time to dance upon the grave called "45" [Dm]

[Dm]Jacked upon some Kerouac and surely bullet proof
The girl who taught me what to do was missing her front tooth

[C]Gentle as a storm [B]inside your mental health [Am]
[C]I wanna find the answer but I just can't find myself [Dm]

[Dm]I say so long to the way I p[C]layed
The way I played inside of yesterday [G]
[Dm]Hey let's run[C] around
The great escape from out of my hometown [G] [Dm]

[Dm]Later I would look for love inside a woman's dorm
A couch to keep me humble and her breath to keep me warm

[C]Ophelia was the girl tha[B]t I was feeling for [Am]
[C]Come to realize it was me who was the whore [Dm]

[Dm]A captain lost himself inside a 40 year old skull
The drink of choice was knowledge and we always wanted more

[C]Drunken sailors seeking th[B]eir Geronimo [Am]
[C]Instead they found the things that they really didn't wanna know [Dm]

[Dm]I say so long to the way I p[C]layed
The way I played inside of yesterday [G]
[Dm]Hey let's r[C]un around
The great escape from out of my hometown [G]
[Dm]Country roads would never let me stay [C]
The way I played inside of yesterday [G] [Gm]

Bridge: [Gm] , [A] , [Dm]

[Dm]A devil's growl and a cat's meow were blended into one
Termites called suburbanites were eating all the fun

[C]A juggernaut of comedy an[B]d blasphemy [Am]
[C]I wanna stop the madness but I think it has to be [Dm]

[Dm]I say so long to the way I [C]played
The way I played inside of yesterday [G]
[Dm]Hey let's r[C]un around
The great escape from out of my hometown [G]
[Dm]Country roads would never let me stay [C]
The way I played inside of yesterday [G]
[Dm]Hey let's r[C]un around
The great escape from out of my hometown [G] [Dm]

Outro: [Dm]
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