Biography:
Leif Vollebekk is a Canadian singer-songwriter, based in Montreal. Since the beginning of his career, Leif has performed at the Newport Folk Festival and shared stages with Daniel Lanois, Beth Orton, Sinéad O’Connor, Patrick Watson, Coeur de Pirate, William Fitzsimmons and Sam Amidon. He released his break-through sophomore album ‘North Americana’ in 2013, while his 2010 debut ‘Inland’ was described as “beautiful, memorable and moving” by NPR and “timeless and monumental” by the Independent UK.
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Off The Main Drag - Leif Vollebekk
Capo 4, standard tuning
Intro: C F x 3
C G F
C G C... keep strumming into verse
F C F C
Old gas station hasn’t changed in decades
F C G F
Cashier checks the time around her
C G C
put my things on the counter
F C F C
Pull out my wallet like some pull down the shades
F C G F
My only brother lent me his only car
C G C
who knew I would drive it so far
F C F C
Sometimes you move out of some obligations
F C G F
It was gorgeous on the outside, inside it was just a machine
C G C
it was the fastest thing I’ve ever seen
F C F C
I first met Victoria at Victoria station
F C G F
We’d always talked about going for a beer
C G C
She said, “It’s strange now that you’re here.”
F C F C
We went back to her place, 57th we’d cross it
F C G F
She’s as poor as me but she looks twice as good
C G C
I told her that because it’s something I would
F C F C
She shrugged a little and she turned off the faucet
F C G F
And later on as we were crawling into bed
C G C
I was thinking on something my father had said
F C F C
He said, “You’re better off, off of the main drag.”
F C G F
with my well-worn body wrenched like a rag
C G C
There I was, straight off the main drag
Capo 4, standard tuning
Intro: C F x 3
C G F
C G C... keep strumming into verse
F C F C
Old gas station hasn’t changed in decades
F C G F
Cashier checks the time around her
C G C
put my things on the counter
F C F C
Pull out my wallet like some pull down the shades
F C G F
My only brother lent me his only car
C G C
who knew I would drive it so far
F C F C
Sometimes you move out of some obligations
F C G F
It was gorgeous on the outside, inside it was just a machine
C G C
it was the fastest thing I’ve ever seen
F C F C
I first met Victoria at Victoria station
F C G F
We’d always talked about going for a beer
C G C
She said, “It’s strange now that you’re here.”
F C F C
We went back to her place, 57th we’d cross it
F C G F
She’s as poor as me but she looks twice as good
C G C
I told her that because it’s something I would
F C F C
She shrugged a little and she turned off the faucet
F C G F
And later on as we were crawling into bed
C G C
I was thinking on something my father had said
F C F C
He said, “You’re better off, off of the main drag.”
F C G F
with my well-worn body wrenched like a rag
C G C
There I was, straight off the main drag
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