C5                  F5
Twenty miles left to the show
A5                  F5
Hello, my old country, hello
C5                       G5
Stars are just beginning to appear
                        D5
And I have never in my life before been here

C5                  F5
And it's my heart, not me, who cannot drive
A5                  F5
At which conclusion you arrived
C5                       G5
Watching me sit here bolt upright and cry
                        D5
For no good reason at the Eastering sky

                        C5                  
And the tilt of this strange nation
                        Bb5
And the will to remain for the duration
          A5
Waving the flag
         Bb5
Feeling it drag

                     C5
Like a bump on a bump on a log, baby
                        Bb5
Like I'm in a fist fight with a fog, baby
                      A5
Step-ball-change and a pirouette
      Bb5
And I regret, I regret

      G5
How I said to you, "honey, just open your heart"
      F5                           C5
When I've got trouble even opening a honey jar
                        Bb5
And that right there is where we are...

C5                  F5
And I been 'fessing double fast
A5                  F5
Addressing questions nobody asked
C5                      G5
I'll get this joy off of my chest at last
                       D5
And I will love you 'til the noise has long since passed

(same as just above)
And I did not mean to shout, just drive
Just get us out, dead or alive
A road too long to mention, lord, it's something to see!
Laid down by the good intentions paving company

                              C5
All the way to the thing we've been playing at, darlin'
                              Bb5
I can see that you're wearing your staying hat, darlin'
                   A5
For the time being all is well
                Bb5
Won't you love me a spell?

(same as just above)
This is blindness beyond all conceiving
Well, behind us the road is leaving, yeah, leaving
And falling back
Like a rope gone slack

      G5      
Well, I saw straight away that the lay was steep
      F5                              C5
But I fell for you, honey, as easy as falling asleep
                        Bb5
And that right there is the course I keep...

C5             D5
And no amount of talking
           F5            C5
Is going to soften the fall
                Bb5        F5
But, like after the rain, step out
      G5   A5
Of the overhang, that's all

It had a nice a ring to it
When the ol' opry house rang
So with a solemn auld lang
Signed, sealed, delivered, I sang

And there is hesitation
And it always remains
Concerning you, me,
And the rest of the gang

And in our quiet hour
I feel I see everything
And am in love with the hook
Upon which everyone hangs

And I know you meant to show the extent
To which you gave a goddang
You ranged real hot and real cold but I'm sold
I am home on that range

Bb5            F5
And I do hate to fold
            G5            A5
Right here at the top of my game
                        Bb5            F5
When I've been trying with my whole heart and soul
      G5                  A5
To stay right here in the right lane
                  Bb5            F5
But it can make you feel over and old
        G5            A5
Lord, you know it's a shame
                  Bb5                  F5
When I only want for you to pull over and hold me
            G5            A5
'Til I can't remember my own name