G (320003@1)                        C (x32010@1)                       D (xx0232@1)              
Ten years in jail was the sentence that they handed down

G (320003@1)                              C (x32010@1)       DI (xx0232@1)didn't like the odds that I would last that long

G (320003@1)             C (x32010@1)       DThey (xx0232@1)turned their backs and I was gone gone gone

G (320003@1)                     C (x32010@1)                     DJust (xx0232@1)turned 18 and I'm lookin at some real hard time

G (320003@1)                 C (x32010@1)          DNow (xx0232@1)I'm seeing things in my rearview mirror

G (320003@1)          D (xx0232@1)        GNow (320003@1)it's just me and these white lines

CHORUS

D (xx0232@1)                      GLord (320003@1)only knows where I'm goin

D (xx0232@1)                     CCan't (x32010@1)remember the places I've been

D (xx0232@1)                  C (x32010@1)     G (320003@1)  D (xx0232@1)                   GTell (320003@1)me if I'll ever make it home again    whoa-o  home again

Apart from these troubles mother's all I leave behind
Says I remind her of my father but hell if I know
He left town when I was 3 years old
She did the best she could I can't help but feel I'm doin her wrong
She'll be much better off now that I'm gone
I don't much feel like hangin around

Chorus

D (xx0232@1)                                      GI (320003@1)can't believe how bright the stars are shinin'

D (xx0232@1)                            G (320003@1)            CAnd (x32010@1)I can't recall the last time I looked into the sky

D (xx0232@1)                          G (320003@1)             CAnd (x32010@1)it seems to me if I can make it cross the county line

D (xx0232@1)                       CMaybe (x32010@1)my life will turn out fine

G (320003@1)                         C (x32010@1)                     DTen (xx0232@1)years in jail was the sentence that they handed down