C                  F
Twenty miles left to the show
Am                  F
Hello, my old country, hello
C                       G
Stars are just beginning to appear
                        D
And I have never in my life before been here

C                  F
And it's my heart, not me, who cannot drive
Am                  F
At which conclusion you arrived
C                       G
Watching me sit here bolt upright and cry
                        Dm
For no good reason at the Eastering sky

                        C                  
And the tilt of this strange nation
                        Bb
And the will to remain for the duration
          Am
Waving the flag
         Bb
Feeling it drag

                     C
Like a bump on a bump on a log, baby
                        Bb
Like I'm in a fist fight with a fog, baby
                      Am
Step-ball-change and a pirouette
      Bb
And I regret, I regret

      G
How I said to you, "honey, just open your heart"
      F                           C
When I've got trouble even opening a honey jar
                        Bb
And that right there is where we are...

C                  F
And I been 'fessing double fast
Am                  F
Addressing questions nobody asked
C                      G
I'll get this joy off of my chest at last
                       Dm
And I will love you 'til the noise has long since passed

(same as just above)
And I did not mean to shout, just drive
Just get us out, dead or alive
A road too long to mention, lord, it's something to see!
Laid down by the good intentions paving company

                              C
All the way to the thing we've been playing at, darlin'
                              Bb
I can see that you're wearing your staying hat, darlin'
                   Am
For the time being all is well
                Bb
Won't you love me a spell?

(same as just above)
This is blindness beyond all conceiving
Well, behind us the road is leaving, yeah, leaving
And falling back
Like a rope gone slack

      G      
Well, I saw straight away that the lay was steep
      F                              C
But I fell for you, honey, as easy as falling asleep
                        Bb
And that right there is the course I keep...

C             D
And no amount of talking
           F            C
Is going to soften the fall
                Bb        F
But, like after the rain, step out
      G   Am
Of the overhang, that's all

It had a nice a ring to it
When the ol' opry house rang
So with a solemn auld lang
Signed, sealed, delivered, I sang

And there is hesitation
And it always remains
Concerning you, me,
And the rest of the gang

And in our quiet hour
I feel I see everything
And am in love with the hook
Upon which everyone hangs

And I know you meant to show the extent
To which you gave a goddang
You ranged real hot and real cold but I'm sold
I am home on that range

Bb            F
And I do hate to fold
            G            Am
Right here at the top of my game
                        Bb            F
When I've been trying with my whole heart and soul
      G                  Am
To stay right here in the right lane
                  Bb            F
But it can make you feel over and old
        G            Am
Lord, you know it's a shame
                  Bb                  F
When I only want for you to pull over and hold me
            G            Am
'Til I can't remember my own name