Tom: G5

Intro:      G5 // F5 Bb5 /// C5 /// G5 ///}

   G5
My mother came to Hazard when I was just seven
                                       Bb5
Even then then folks in town said with prejudiced eyes
     C5
That boy's not right
G5
Three years ago when I came to know Mary
                                        Bb5
First time that someone look beyond the rumours and the lies
    C5
And saw the man inside

{c:Chorus 1}
        Eb5                       Bb5
     We used to walk down by the river
         Eb5                        G5
     She loves to watch the sun go down
        Eb5                     Bb5     G5
     We used to walk along the ri.... ver
         F5         Eb5              G5
     And dream our way out of this town

{c:Play intro}
G5                         
No one understood what I felt for Mary
                                          Bb5
No one cared until the night she went out walking all alone
     C5
And never came home
G5
Man with the badge came knocking next morning
                                    Bb5
Here was I surrounded by a thousand fingers suddenly 
  C5
Pointing right at me

{c:Chorus 2}
       Eb5                      Bb5
     I swear I left her by the river
       Eb5                        G5
     I swear I left her safe and sound
       Eb5                     Bb5     G5
     I need to make it to the ri.... ver
          F5                          G5
     And leave this [Eb]old Nebraska town

{np}

{c:Bridge}
     F5                 Eb5
     Thinking about my life going by
     Bb5
     How it's done me wrong
     F5            Eb5
     There's no escape for me this time
     Bb5                   F5          G5
     All of my rescue are gone,      long gone

{c:Guitar Break}

{c:Chorus 2}

{c:(Fade to end...)}