Words and music Bob Dylan
Released on Nashville Skyline (1969) and Greatest Hits II (1971)
Tabbed by Eyolf Østrem (thanks to Matthew for correction. Won't happen again...)
G C G
Throw my ticket out the window,
G C G
Throw my suitcase out there, too,
C G/b C
Throw my troubles out the door,
C G/b Am
I don't need them any more
G C G
'Cause tonight I'll be staying here with you.
I should have left this town this morning
But it was more than I could do.
Oh, your love comes on so strong
And I've waited all day long
For tonight when I'll be staying here with you.
Cm G Is it really any wonder Cm G The love that a stranger might receive. Ab C You cast your spell and I went under, Am D C Bm Am I find it so difficult to leave.
I can hear that whistle blowin', I see that stationmaster, too, If there's a poor boy on the street, Then let him have my seat 'Cause tonight I'll be staying here with you.
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Throw my ticket out the window, Throw my suitcase out there, too, Throw my troubles out the door, I don't need them any more 'Cause tonight I'll be staying here with you.
from the Night of the Hurricane, Dec 8 1975
Throw my ticket in the wind
Throw my mattress out there too
Draw my letters in the sand,
but you got to understand
that tonight I'll be staying here with you
I could have left this town by noon
by the night I'd been to someplace new
but I was feeling a little bit scattered
and your love was all that mattered
so tonight I'll be staying here with you, get ready,
cause tonight I'll be staying here with you
Is it really any wonder
the changes that we run upon each other's heads
You came down on me like rolling thunder
I left my dreams on the riverbed
I can hear that lonesome whistle blowin'
I hear them engines rolling too
If there's a driver on the road
let him have my load
cause tonight I'll be staying here with you