G5 E5 G5 E5 G5 E5 Buddy some Topeka night G5 E5 When it's just you and the road A5 C5 G5 Seen no tailights there for miles D5 A5 C5 D5 And nothin' much but static on the radio G5 E5 Wasn't lookin' to the left G5 E5 Wasn't lookin' to the right A5 C5 G5 D5 Just kept walking' like Virginia to the surf A5 C5 D5 Towards the far end of the night G5 D5 Time hangs like a noose F5 C5 Before me G5 D5 Time stills to a crawl F5 C5 Grinds so slowly G5 E5 G5 E5 Heard my own beloved cry G5 E5 I heard my one beloved moan A5 C5 G5 D5 What's the use in all the ache we must endure A5 C5 D5 I had no good reason why G5 D5 Time hangs like a noose F5 C5 Before me G5 D5 Time stills to a crawl F5 C5 Grinds so slowly SOLO G5 E5 G5 E5 G5 E5 Not a rail to grasp ahold G5 E5 Nor a savior there beside A5 C5 G5 D5 What's the use in all the ache we must endure A5 C5 D5 I had no good reason why G5 D5 Time hangs like a noose F5 C5 Before me G5 D5 Time stills to a crawl F5 C5 Grinds so slowly G5 D5 And time hangs like a noose F5 C5 Around me G5 E5 G5 E5 G5 E5 G5 E5