Intro: A5 D5 A5 E5 A5 Step out on the pourin rain D5 Left out on the evening train A5 I was just a little boy thinking bout the E5 Memories father that you to be A5 San Jose it?s a sun drenched town D5 You?re road struck with the windows rolled down A5 Jerry Jeff ridin high on the radio E5 I wanna know why you had to go B5 Took a plane to California D5 End of summer 1970?s A5 Tellin you that you?re the man E5 That taught me how to sing B5 Why did you D5 Go and leave me so A5 Young so young so E5 Young B5 Tell me things that I wanna Know E5 Now I?m a man with a family of my own A5 Why?d you go and leave in the cold B5 With the face in the mirror of the man I didn?t know B5 In the desert where the warm wind blows E5 Where?d you go when I was so alone A5 Those California nights can be so cold B5 I wanna know the man I didn?t know A5 Now I?m the one with the radio song D5 A wife and kid so tell me what?s wrong A5 I need the man in my life who made me who I am E5 I don?t wanna lose you again B5 Took a plane to California D5 End of summer 1970?s A5 Tellin you that you?re the man E5 That taught me how to sing B5 Why did you D5 Go and leave me so A5 Young so long so E5 Young B5 Tell me things that I wanna Know E5 Now I?m a man with a family of my own A5 Why?d you go and leave in the cold B5 With the face in the mirror of the man I didn?t know B5 In the desert where the warm wind blows E5 Where?d you go when I was so alone A5 Those California nights can be so cold B5 I wanna know the man I didn?t know Solo 2x: B5 D5 A5 E5 B5 Tell me things that I wanna Know E5 Now I?m a man with a family of my own A5 Why?d you go and leave in the cold B5 With the face in the mirror of the man I didn?t know B5 In the desert where the warm wind blows E5 Where?d you go when I was so alone A5 Those California nights can be so cold B5 I wanna know the man I didn?t know