Capo 3 G5 G5 There's a town by a river E5 D5 C5 C5 A5 D5 And a dirt road that runs through the town, winding around G5 G5 And As a child I would daydream E5 D5 C5 C5 A5 G5 Where that road might take me when my time for leaving came down G5 G5 E5 C5 And each night I'd awaken from a dream I was taking G5 D5 G5 That old dirt road out of this town C5 D5 B5 E5 Sweet memories keep haunting me C5 G5 A5 D5 Calling me like an old friend G5 G5 And I pray that someday E5 C5 I'll ride this halfway G5 D5 G5 'Til it turns to that dirt road again G5 G5 Now I live in city E5 D5 C5 C5 A5 D5 With manmade mountains of steel to block out the sky G5 G5 And that river of traffic E5 D5 C5 C5 A5 D5 That runs by my window never seems to run dry G5 G5 E5 C5 And tonight before sleeping I pray God is keeping G5 D5 G5 That old place that I left behind Chorus C5 D5 In the city tonight B5 E5 When I turn out the light G5 D5 G5 I'll be riding that old dirt road again