Album version
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.
[instrumental break]
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.
Rolling Thunder Revue version
from the Night of the Hurricane, Dec 8 1975
Capo 2nd fret (sounding key A major)
G C G
Throw my ticket in the wind
G C G
Throw my mattress out there too
C G/b Am
Draw my letters in the sand,
C G/b Am
'cause you got to understand
G C G C/g G
that tonight I'll be staying here with you
I could have left this town by noon
by tonight 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
G Ab
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Is it . . .
Ab G Is it really any wonder Ab G the changes we put on each other's heads B7 C G/b You came down on me like rolling thunder Am D /c /b /a D(9) I left my dreams on the riverbed
I can hear that lonesome whistle blowin' I hear them semis rolling too If there's a driver on the road let him have my load cause tonight I'll be staying here with you
[instr. bridge]
I can hear that lonesome whistle blowin' I hear them semis rolling too If there's a driver on this road then let him have my load 'cause tonight I'll be staying here with you 'cause tonight I'll be staying here with you C G/b Am D C G/b Am D C