G5                          C5                         D5                
Ten years in jail was the sentence that they handed down

    G5                                C5         D5
I didn't like the odds that I would last that long

                   G5               C5         D5
They turned their backs and I was gone gone gone

 G5                       C5                       D5
Just turned 18 and I'm lookin at some real hard time

     G5                   C5            D5
Now I'm seeing things in my rearview mirror

          G5            D5          G5
Now it's just me and these white lines


CHORUS

  D5                        G5
Lord only knows where I'm goin

        D5                       C5
Can't remember the places I've been 

 D5                    C5       G5    D5                     G5
Tell 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 


 D5                                        G5
I can't believe how bright the stars are shinin'

      D5                              G5              C5
And I can't recall the last time I looked into the sky

         D5                            G5               C5
And it seems to me if I can make it cross the county line

   D5                         C5
Maybe my life will turn out fine

 G5                           C5                       D5
Ten years in jail was the sentence that they handed down