Capo 3rd fret

Standard (EADGBE)

 Well I guess if my daddy hadn't brought me up

Down a long dirt road in a pickup truck

 I'd feel alright, 'neath the city lights

 Couldn't leave the city lights it just ain't right

 I was born out west of Cheyenne town

While my ma and pa was ramblin' 'round

 I'm a rambler too, but I'm country bound

 I'll travel till my country home is found

 And I will travel (Ooh)

 Yeah, I will travel (Ooh)

 I will travel 'till my country home is found

Interlude

 Well a country song on the radio

Country star but what do you know

 He's a city boy singin country tunes

 I'm a country boy with those city blues

 So I will travel

 Yeah I will travel

 I will travel 'till my country home is found

Interlude

Well Chestertown (lets go)

Charlestown (let's go)

Albany (lets go)

Neptune (lets go)

Pittsburgh (let's go)

Cleveland town (let's go)

 [Repeat 2x]

I've got the wheels to ride and the wheels to run,

Some say I got ramblin' in my blood

 No pretty girl can slow me down

 I'll travel 'till my country home is found

 So I will travel

 I will travel

 I will travel till my country home is found

 Yeah, I will travel

 I will travel

 I will travel 'till my country home is found

 So you want to be in love like the movies

 But in the movies they're not in love at all

 And with a twinkle in their eyes

They're just saying their lines

 So we can't be in love like the movies

 Now in the movies they make it look so perfect

 And in the background they're always playing the right song

 And in the ending there's always a resolution

 But real life is more than just two hours long

 So you want to be in love like the movies

 But in the movies they're not in love at all

 And with a twinkle in their eyes

They're just saying their lines

 So we can't be in love like the movies

 Well you can freeze frame any moment from a movie

 Or run the whole damn thing backwards from reel to reel

 But I don't see one single solitary light technician

 Or one single camera in this moonlit field

 I don't want to be in love like the movies

 Cause in the movies they're not in love at all

 With a twinkle in their eyes

They're just saying their lines

 So we can't be in love like the movies

Your mama doesn't like me

 She thinks I'm a sorry man

When she tells her friends about me

 She says I'm a sorry man

And she asks you each day

Why would you stay with a sorry man

Well I was doing my best

Just trying to impress, still a sorry man

And I've got news for your ma

 I'm the best she ever saw

No one could love your daughter like I do

Your mama told you father

She said I'm a sorry man

So he told me not to ever

Come back here again

So I told your dear old daddy

That he can't keep us apart

Because it's you and not your parents

Who can break my heart

And I've got news for your ma

I'm the best she ever saw

No one could love your daughter like I do

Well I tried to tell your mama

But I didn't want to fight

Well they'll be the same tomorrow

So we're leaving here tonight

Tomorrow they'll be waking

To a sad sorry dawn

And then they'll be sorry

When they see that we're gone

Cause I've got news for your ma

I'm the best she ever saw

No one could love your daughter like I do

 Well I know a preacher hes a real good man

 Speaks from the good book in his hand

 And helps all people when he can

 But me and God don't need a middle man

Now I found God in a soft woman's hair

A long days work and a good sittin chair

The ups and downs on the treble clef lines

And five miles to go on an interstate sign

My God my God and I

 Don't need a middle man

Now I found God in a soft woman's hair

A long days work and a good sittin chair

The ups and downs on the treble clef lines

And five miles to go on an interstate sign

Now I don't doubt that the Good Book is true

But what's right for me may not be right for you

So church on Sunday I stand beside

For all the hurtin people with the fear in their eyes

And I thank the Lord for the country land

And just like Paul I thank Him for my hands

But I don't know if my soul is saved

Cause sometimes I use curse words when I pray

Intro

[G/f#] /

/ x2

Who sold you this anger

I suspect it was your friends

Or was it a stranger

Convincing you that this was the end-nd-nd

[G/f#] /

REPEAT VERSE CHORDS

And I would like to thank you

For coming round and doing this

My nights have been pretty painful

Losing that pain was always the trick

[G/f#] /

You always said that I was lying

That I was just a selfish man

But I all ready gave it all away

So you can let go of my selfish hand

So bye bye bye bye bye

I ain't got time to watch you cry

Cause I've been drinking seven hours now

Sympathy is a waste of my high

And I would like to say it hurts me (but it don't)

That I don't know just what to do (but I do)

But it don't hurt when you're just killing time

I was killing time and I think that you knew

Do you love him? Do you love him? Do you love him, my dear?

Do you love him? Do you love him? Do you love him, my dear?

Does he hold you? Does he hug you? Does he keep you near?

 And as you lie together, does he whisper in your ear?

Do you love him? Do you love him? Do you love him, my dear?

In the evening, those tired evenings, at twilights first glare

Does he lay in your lap? Do you play with his hair?

 And when he falls asleep, Do you just stare?

Do you love him? Do you love him? Do you love him, my dear?

PLAY VERSE CHORDS

Late in the night when you fear the unknown

Does he warm up your mind? As you chill to the bone

I do love you, I do feel you, Each day and night

 But I can't tell right from wrong, or fear from insight

 But you always knew everything and that is what is clear

Do you love him? Do you love him? Do you love him, my dear? x3

Intro riff

Somebody get my shotgun

Somebody get my blade

Sally's been layin' with another man

 And he's sleeping in my place

Somebody get my shotgun

 Gonna shoot him sure as rain

 You can run as fast as you want to boy

 I'll kill you just the same

Somebody get my pocket blade

Gonna cut him don't you know

You can try to hide all you want to boy

There ain't nowhere to go

Somebody get my shotgun

Somebody get my blade

Sally's been layin' with another man

And he's sleeping in my place

Now Sally don't go thinkin'

That you got off so clean

I'd kill you too if I had the nerve

But I just ain't that mean

So I go and get my murder tools

I throw them in the lake

Gonna steal me an automobile

And drive so far away

Now I am a fugitive

I'm always on the run

Sally told the policeman

Exactly what I'd done

I went and got my shotgun

I went and got my blade

Killed poor Sally's lover

And I put him in the grave.

Now all you ramblin' fellas

You listen close to me

That woman gonna bring you pain

Your heart is gonna bleed

But it ain't worth the trouble

The sufferin' or the grief

A bleeding heart is better than the penitentiary

I killed Sally's lover

One dark and dreary day

Sally got another

And I got sent away

Somebody get my shotgun

Somebody get my blade

Sally's been laying with another man

And I set him in his grave

Intro

[G/f#] x2

[G/f#]

Careful, not to say that I don't care

 Or haven't, or can't, or will not again

[G/f#]

Winter didn't die, she was murdered

 And you are the culprit, I am the same

It's only right, it's only right

  [G/f#]

For you to fall in love with me

Give me a life, give me a life

Give me tonight, it's only right

REPEAT INTRO

[G/f#]

Thirty days alone with the savior

 An angel, a devil, rapture and smoke

[G/f#]

And Im careful, just not to say that I miss you

 Cause sometimes, I guess I still miss myself

It's only right, it's only right

  [G/f#]

For you to fall in love with me

Give me a life, give me a life

Give me tonight, it's only right

REPEAT INTRO OUT!

Oh tell me please that I don't have to read between the lines

Hey this is me and you don't have to keep something heavy on your mind

Did you sleep?

Not a wink

Well neither did I

(keep using the same chords as you play the next three stanzas)

I've never been too good at readin' in between the lines

So babe spell it out but you don't have to shout when you're talking to me

Do you care?

Are you there?

Well neither am I

Don't lock your door everyone is poor between the lines

And I could never steal the sadness you feel when your changing you mind

Oh my dear

Can you hear?

Well neither can I

I want to live and I want you to live happy and free

But I don't know how to seperate the now from what used to be

Will you sleep?

Not a wink

Well neither will I

Intro

 Ain't got no money

  'STOP'

But I've got time

 I don't care about the sunshine

 But I love to see you smile

 So you say you're lonesome

 Baby dry your eyes

 Well there's a road to your door step

 I'll be there by morning's light

But I don't have an answer

For when you ask me why

I know I love you baby like I know I never ever

Gonna let you ever say goodbye

Say goodbye, Say goodbye

 I've got an old Ford pickup truck

 I got a Cadillac

 And I don't care how I get there

 Transportation can't hold me back

But I don't have an answer

For when you ask me why

I know I love you baby like I know I never ever

Gonna let you ever say goodbye

Say goodbye, Say goodbye

NO PLAYING HERE!

Cause I've had bad lovers, yeah

That walked to my back door

I've wasted years walkin' for them gals

That's how I know you're worth walking for

 So you say you're so in love

 Well baby so am I

 And I don't care if I'm on the road

 I am always by your side

But I don't have an answer

For when you ask me why

I know I love you baby like I know I never ever

Gonna let you ever say goodbye

Say goodbye, Say goodbye

END!

Here is the order by which each riff/chords are played with the timing -

Chords 1 0:00

Chords 2 0:15 (Riff 1 Low under piano)

Chords 1 0:22

Chords 2 0:36

Chords 3 0:43

Chords 2 0:58

Riff 2 1:04

Riff 3 1:19

Riff 4 1:25

Riff 3 1:40

Chords 1 1:48

Chords 2 2:01

Chords 1:

Chords 2:

Chords 3:

Riff 2

Riff 3

x2

 Oh don't you look at me that way

 I would be honest but I don't know how to say

 I've been lazy with my love

 Can't you give me a chance to make it up to you

x2

 I'm always chasing some far off dream

 My lady I know it's not easy for you to see

 But I've lied to myself

 And your lovelyness no it doesn't help

 No your beautiful smile don't help

My dreams are lies

That I have tried to ignore

My dreams fly me

 To a place near Baltimore

x2

 And I love this moment we're in

 Though we might never see this moment again

 May you find all that you need

 An easy way to forget about me

 May you forget about me

My dreams are lies

That I have tried to ignore

My dreams fly me

 To a place near Baltimore

x2

 And if I don't make it to the spring

 May you catch the joy that a melody brings

 From my dear brothers ragged six string

Singing the songs we're embarrassed to sing

 May you never be embarrassed to sing

My dreams are lies

That I have tried to ignore

My dreams fly me

 To a place near Baltimore

x2

 You're not a girl, you're a town

 You're snow on the ground

 You're my first year in school

 You're the words in a song that Hoon sang to me

 And all around my memories, you dance

 You're not a girl, you're a car

 You're a red Trans Am

 You're 90 miles an hour

We never get caught cause there's no cops around

 And no roads like this, downtown

Why'd we have to change

 It all seems so fine

 We'll go our own ways

 We're both asking

Why'd we have to change

 It all seems so fine

 We'll go our own ways

 We're both asking, why

 You're not a girl, you're the night of the homecoming game

 You're the voice in my head

 Just begging me to stay

 You're the smoke in our lights as we sped away

 To catch the moonlight on the graves

Solo

PLAY VERSE CHORDS

 You're not a girl, you're a waltz

 You're a canopy bed

 You're June to August

 You're the back and forth sway of the hammock all day

 When I asked you what did you say?

Why'd we have to change

 It all seems so fine

 We'll go our own ways

 We're both asking

Why'd we have to change

 It all seems so fine

 We'll go our own ways

 We're both asking, why

Babe I'm lost

 Cause I don't know what to say

[G/f#]

Hmmm I love you

 Want to make you my wife someday

Don’t wanna steal you

 Of a young woman’s light

[G/f#]

To me it's perfect

 Just wanna do you right

And I've known others

 And I've loved others too

  [G/f#]

But I loved them cause they were stepping stones

 On a staircase to you

Sometimes I act foolish

 I don't know what to do

  [G/f#]

Please babe try not to judge me

 For my offering is true

And I dream of children

 We can call our own

  [G/f#]

Watch 'em run around in the front yard

 From the front porch of our home

15./Offering\

(Ommitted)