From the album: Beneath This Gruff Exterior

 
G (320003@1)                                   
I sit all day staring at a leaf.  

EmI (022000@1)know that my time here is brief.
        
Am (x02210@1)                                 
I'd like to get some details down.  

CBefore (x32010@1)I move on to another town.

G (320003@1)                             
I met a man he lost both arms.  

EmHe (022000@1)got 'em cought up in her charms.

Am (x02210@1)                                            
She took the kids and the color TV.  

         CHe (x32010@1)said "I wish she'd taken the rest of me." 


(CHORUS)

G (320003@1)                                        
This travelin' life well it aint no good.  

EmI'd (022000@1)quit it honey oh if I could.

Am (x02210@1)                             
A puzzle to me why I even care.  

CThe (x32010@1)missing pieces are everywhere.

G/Em

G (320003@1)                                    
He drove to dixie to hush his mouth.  

EmShe (022000@1)started talkin' like to wore him out.

Am (x02210@1)                                        
They found love beneath the southern stars.  

CAnd (x32010@1)some bruises and some scars.

G (320003@1)                                    
He sees her on that back porch swing.  

EmAnd (022000@1)I believe he would do anything.

Am (x02210@1)                                  
Stand all night in the pourin' rain.  

CTo (x32010@1)wash her memory from her brain.


REPEAT CHORUS

G (320003@1)                                  
A false move here, a stumble there.  

EmA (022000@1)box of letters and a lock of hair.

Am (x02210@1)                                              
That's all that's left when I turn out the light.  

CI (x32010@1)count the missing pieces every night.


CHORUS 2x