• Song:

    Bus Fare To Kentucky

  • Artist:

    Skeeter Davis

  • Album:

    Skeeter Davis: RCA Coun...

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C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)      C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)      F (133211@1)      G (320003@1)      C (x32010@1)C (x32010@1)               G (320003@1)            C (x32010@1)              G (320003@1)               
I know I'm just a country girl I hadn't seen much of the world
F (133211@1)                 G (320003@1)        CToday (x32010@1)my bus pulled out of old Kentucky
C (x32010@1)               G (320003@1)             C (x32010@1)               GMy (320003@1)daddy waved and mama cried and I felt all choked up inside
      F (133211@1)           G (320003@1)           CCause (x32010@1)I was leavin' everyone that loved me.

G (320003@1)                          GThe (320003@1)first I saw of city ways went against how I was raised
     F (133211@1)                            CThis (x32010@1)country girl was really out of place
    G (320003@1)                           GAnd (320003@1)I was set to go back home but I was broke and all alone
    F (133211@1)                              CAnd (x32010@1)I couldn't find another friendly face.

E (022100@1)                               AmBut (x02210@1)I didn't have the bus fare to Kentucky
        G (320003@1)                              COr (x32010@1)this city would have seen the last of me
E (022100@1)                           AmI (x02210@1)didn't have the bus fare to Kentucky
         D (xx0232@1)                                GAnd (320003@1)that old Grey Dog won't let me ride for free.

C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)      C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)C (x32010@1)              G (320003@1)           C (x32010@1)        GI (320003@1)met a boy from Tennessee and I guess he reminded me
   F (133211@1)            G (320003@1)         C (x32010@1)         GOf (320003@1)someone that I knew in old Kentucky
C (x32010@1)            G (320003@1)               C (x32010@1)            GIt (320003@1)was good to have a friend and it was good to laugh with him
F (133211@1)                G (320003@1)             CAnd (x32010@1)it was good to hear him say he loved me.

G (320003@1)                               GI (320003@1)never thought he'd do me wrong so I gladly went along
  F (133211@1)                              CI (x32010@1)loved him more than any man I've known
    G (320003@1)                         GAnd (320003@1)after he had all his fun he told me that our love was done
    F (133211@1)                            CAnd (x32010@1)then he left this country girl alone.

E (022100@1)                               AmBut (x02210@1)I didn't have the bus fare to Kentucky
        G (320003@1)                              COr (x32010@1)this city would have seen the last of me
E (022100@1)                           AmI (x02210@1)didn't have the bus fare to Kentucky
         D (xx0232@1)                                GAnd (320003@1)that old Grey Dog won't let me ride for free.

GI (320003@1)can't afford to go first class so I'll make it the best I can
GAnything (320003@1)to get my feet on that good Kentucky land
GMy (320003@1)thumb is in the air and my suitcase by my side
GWon't (320003@1)somebody give this poor old country girl a ride.

C (x32010@1)                                             FKentucky (133211@1)I'm a comin' home I'll never leave you anymore
   G (320003@1)                           CKentucky (x32010@1)I don't know why I ever strayed
C (x32010@1)                                                      FKentucky (133211@1)your bluegrass bridges and your valleys call to me
   G (320003@1)                      CKentucky (x32010@1)I'm comin' home to stay
   C (x32010@1)                                             FKentucky (133211@1)I'm a comin' home I'll never leave you anymore...

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