Kunci Gitar I've Been Everywhere

Stompin' Tom Connors Print

(Spoken)|This here next song is the story, about the fella that was hitchhikin'|away down in Southern Nevada, along came this big long truck|loaded down with potatoes. And the trucker put on the air brakes and|pulled over to the side, and said 'Jump in son, throw in your bag, an'|the one your carrin', an' he said 'where all ya been son?'|Well he said 'I've Been Everywhere Man'|and thats the name of this one.||I was hitchhiking down along, The dusty Winemaca road|When along came a transport truck with High and canvas covered load||If you're going to Winemaca Mack|With me you can ride|I climbed into the cab|And then I settled down inside||He asked me if I seen a road|With so much dust and sand|I said listen bud I've travelled|Every road in this here land.||I've been everywhere man|I've ben everywhere man|Cross the deserts bare man|I've breathed the mountain air man||Of travel I've had my share|Man I've been everywhere|Where ya been he says?||Oh let me see now, a couple of places||I've been to Reno, Chicago, Fargo Minnesota|Buffalo, Toronto, Winslow, South Dakota|Wichita, Tulsa, Ottawa, Oklahoma|Tampa. Panama, Mattawa, La Paloma|Durango, Baltimore, Salvador, Amarillo|Tocopilla, Barranquilla and Padilla I'm a killer||I've been everywhere man|I've ben everywhere man|Cross the deserts bare man|I've breathed the mountain air man|I've travelled, I've done my share man,|I've been everywhere||Is that right? he says after a long pause|And I says||Boston, Charleston, Dayton, Louisiana|Washington, Houston, Kingston, Texarkana|Monterey, Ferriday, Santa Fe, Tallapoosa|Glen Rock, Black Rock, Oskaloosa.|Tennessee, Hennessey, Chicopee, Spirit Lake|Grand Lake, Devil's Lake, Crater Lake, for Pete's sake.||I've been everywhere man|I've ben everywhere man|Cross the deserts bare man|I've breathed the mountain air man|I've travelled, I've done my share man,|I'vebeen everywhere||This truck driver turned around to me again|And said ' Look buddy, If you ain't Hank Snow, don't you ever shut up?'|And I says|Louisville, Nashville, Knoxville, Omaha|New York, New Port, Costa Rica, Utah|Montreal, Springfield, Bakersfield, Shreveport|Hackensack, Cadillac, Fond Du Lac, Davenport|Idaho, Mexico, Argentina, Diamontina|Pasadena, Catalina, see what I mean Jack!||I've been everywhere man|I've ben everywhere man|Cross the deserts bare man|I've breathed the mountain air man|I've travelled, I've done my share man,|I've been everywhere||Now this truck driver again turned around to me|And said 'Look it here buddy,

I'm kinda gettin' sick and tired|of you talkin' about all these United States cities and towns.|I'm a Canadian truck driver|and I want to hear a little bit of the North Country for a change.'||Well I said there's always North Bay and|headin' up to Northern Ontario|to places like|Temagami, New Liskeard, Haileybury, Cobalt, Timmins|Ansonville, Kirkland Lake, Cochrane, Kapuskasing|Hearst, Geraldton, Beardsmore and the Lake Head|And headin' from Nipigon down 17|into Schreiber, Marathon, White River, Wawa and Sault. St. Marie|Headin' east from the Sault on 17|To Thessalon, Blind River, Elliot Lake, Manitoulin Island|Espanola, Sudbury, Cache Bay, Sturgeon Falls|And Back to North Bay||Headin' down south now number 11|To Huntsville, Bracebridge, Gravenhurst, Orillia, Barrie|Aurora, Newmarket, and ever Stouffville|And even that other town we all know well called Toronto||Ohhh Haliburton, Colorado, Winnipeg|Ellensburg, Rexburg, Vicksburg, Eldorado|Larrimore, Atmore, Haverstraw, Vancouver|Chaska, Nebraska, Alaska, Opelika.||Baraboo, Waterloo, Kalamazoo, Kansas City|Cedar City, Dodge City, what a pity.||I've been everywhere man|I've ben everywhere man|Cross the deserts bare man|I've breathed the mountain air man|I've travelled, I've done my share man,|I've been everywhere||Well this truck driver looked at me again|And he said 'Don't you know nothin' about the Maritimes at all b'y?'|He had the audacity to ask me, 'course you Newfoundlanders|Wouldn't understand that word. That's a big word I learned in|Skinner's Pond school, Prince Edward Island|Didn't really mean that you know, but I had to say it anyhow|Yeah he says, 'Don't you know nothin' about the Maritimes?|I said 'Look b'y, I can tell buy the big spuds on the back of your rig|You must be a spud picker from Prince Edward Island|I can tell ya that much about the Maritimes.'|You must be friends with, them there Blue Nosers from Nova Scotia|And the New Brunswick Herring Chokers|Not to mention anything, of course about them Squid Jiggin' lads|From over Newfoundland.||An' the run of the towns in the Maritimes goes like this b'y,|There's Moncton, Chatham, Saint John, Camalton|Grand Falls, Sacland, New Castle, Fredricton|Charlottetown, Summerside, Glasby, Annapolis|Springhill, Sydney, New Glasgow, Antigonist|Windsor, Torrold, Gander, Bona Vista, Saint John's|Quartervast and Minster||I've been everywhere man|I've been everywhere man|Cross the deserts bare man|I've breathed the mountain air man|But there's just one place I haven't been|Tramp on the gas and roll'er man|Soon we're gonna be there man|Soon we're gonna be there||