Intro and the average way they play during the song:
D
e -------0h2-----2h3---3---------0h2-----2h3---3--------
B -----3-------3---------------3-------3----------------
G ---2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2---2------
D -0-----------------------0----------------------------
A ------------------------------------------------------
E ------------------------------------------------------
about the same thing for the A chord.
Verse 1:
D
I remember waking in the morning
A
To the sound of the rooster's crow
Mamma cooking in the kitchen
D
Arthur Godfrey on the radio
Verse 2:
D
Me and Dad were just like strangers
A
We never did see eye to eye
Came to blows one Sunday morning
DFC/GD
So i packed my bags and i said goodbye
Chorus:
/ Em
When you leave that way you can never go back
AD
A train won't run on a torn up track
GDEm
Sometimes i wish i'd never roamed,oh no
AD
'cause when you leave that way you can never go home
Verse 3:
D
Then i met a girl in Knoxville
A
Oh,we set our wedding day
I left her standing at the alter
D
With a baby on the way
Chorus.
Bridge:
GAD
Lord i'd love to see my mom and daddy
GABm
And what i'd give to hold that boy of mine
GAD
I'd get down on my knees and i say i'm sorry
EA
If i could only go back one more time
Verse 4:
D
But i killed a man in Houston
A
When he caught me with his wife
And i told the preacher man to leave me alone
D
When he came to read my rights
Chorus bis:
/ Em
He said son,when you leave this way you can never come back
AD
A soul won't roll on a torn up track
GDEm
All through eternity you'll roam alone
AD
'cause when you leave this way you can never come home
GDEm
All through eternity you'll roam alone
ABm
'cause when you leave this way you can never come home
Thanks to David M. Potter (dmp12@cornell.edu) for the lyrics.
Perret Charles-Amir : perret@math.univ-mlv.fr