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Dm C Dm C Dm C Dm Dm C The road goes straight to the town I'm headin' for - Dm C Dm C Dm Pretty cold town that I've never seen before. Dm C Got trouble on my mind, hope the new town will be kind, Dm C Dm C Dm Another way of livin' is what I need to find. Gm Dm New town, new town, now don't you let me down. Gm A7 Traveled seven hundred miles to be where I am bound. Gm Dm New town, new town, I'd like a chance to stay. Gm C Dm C Dm Leave behind the old town - leave it far away.
My mind isn't easy as I hear the new town call,
"You're headin' for a future or you're ridin' for a fall."
And all through the day, I can hear the old town say,
"You can't beat your troubles if you run the other way."
New town, new town, now don't you let me down.
Traveled seven hundred miles to be where I am bound.
New town, new town, I'd like a chance to stay.
Leave behind the old town - leave it far away.
Time is a-draggin' as the road stretches on,
And as the wheels are turnin', my past is farther gone.
And as the trees are goin' by, I wonder what I'll do,
And why I left the old town to gamble with a new.
New town, new town, now don't you let me down.
Traveled seven hundred miles to be where I am bound.
New town, new town, I'd like a chance to stay.
Leave behind the old town - leave it far away.
(Words and music by Phil Ochs, 1963)
Notes: Written on a trip to Chicago with Bob Gibson on his 12-string guitar.
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