C5 F5 Well a robin flew by my window C5 G5 I thought it just might be you C5 Judging from the colour of its breast F5 And the sound of its song C5 G5 C5 But I'm just thinking of you Cos you're in sunny California The fertile land John Steinbeck wrote, But when I came not a single fertile patch Could be spared for you and me F5 G5 C5 You see I wanted to love you baby C5 G5 But neither you nor I'd been loved before C5 F5 I thought I could change the world if I just held you high enough C5 G5 C5 The truth is I couldn't hold you up at all A5 G5 F5 I couldn't hold you up A5 G5 C5 I couldn't hold you up G5 C5 And I sure ain't gonna hold you down *Solo* C5 Well I'm leaving F5 Walking back home C5 G5 I don't care if it takes years or more C5 F5 But as I walk through the hills of Kentucky C5 G5 The leaves begin to turn red A5 G5 F5 And I think of you A5 G5 C5 Yes, I think of you G5 C5 The prettiest tree on the mountain.