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"Out Of The Valley" - by John Gorka 1994 (from the CD "Out Of The Valley")

Standard tuning  Capo on 3rd fret

Intro:  C  G  F  G (repeat)

VERSE 1
C                    G
They talk of getting out of the valley

F          G              C
Out of the valley here below

               G 
Maybe ride the river and run off
 
F              G                C   
'Cause there's no place left to go

             G                   F
They talk of taking the sunshine

             G             Am
Taking their bright eyes away

             G
Maybe make a move for the big time

F            G                C  G  F  G
Watch it get harder every day


VERSE 2
They're told by the same empty faces
Talk like dreams don't get you far
Maybe make it over the mountains
You'll never make it in that car

They talk of getting out of the valley
You're set to make yourself a name
Quit, come back and you'll marry
Part of your fortune to your shame


BRIDGE:
Am       G                       F     G
Ambition lights their cigarettes

Am          G                   F     G
If they get out they don't look back

Am          G                 F    G 
It's ten deserve and one who gets

B                              Am      G    F   G   F   G
So drink too much and dress in black,  oh 


VERSE 3
You listen in the bars and the alleys
You hear the fear under their voice
No one out there owes you a living
No one here gives you any choice

They talk of getting out of the valley
And for some it's not too late
You need a meanness to carry on
Cast the master of your fate


VERSE 4
Until long after it matters
You don't know if you're good enough
You can bet your dreams will be battered
So just go after what you love


BRIDGE
They talk of getting out of town
This little city made of steel
Take a giant step and don't look down
Because I do know how you feel


Repeat first four lines