A          D         A 
I say how could this be 
A                 D 
Left her back in Tennessee 
A                   D 
There's a thousand miles between 
A          D         A 
I'm going out of my head 
       A                    D 
But I can't take back the words I said 
A                 D        A 
Just to fill her empty bed 
              D 
Said you can drag me back to Nashville 
            E                         A   D <--(x4) 
But you'll drag me back to Nashville dead 


     A              D           A    D 
She wanted nothing more in her life 
A                D 
Than to see her name in lights 
      A          D 
So I came along for the ride 
A              D       A    D 
But there was just no end 
A                D 
Smokey bars and unpaid rent 
A                  D           A  
Day job blues held by a thread 
            D 
Oh you can drag me back to Nashville 
            E                         A   D 
But you'll drag me back to Nashville dead 
        F#m 
North Dakota boy in Tennessee  
      D                               A       E 
That singin' town had got the best of me, oh yeah 
      F#m 
And I lost my love to the dream  
D                             E 
Looking back I lost a part of me, and so I said 
         D 
You can drag me back to Nashville 
            E                         A    D   A 
But you'll drag me back to Nashville dead  

Instrumental: 
F#m  D  A  E  F#m  D  E   
then... 
A  D (x4) 

A          D         A 
I say how could this be 

REPEAT Chorus 
            D 
Oh you can drag me back to Nashville 
            E                         A   D  A  D 
But you'll drag me back to Nashville dead 
        A            D        A   D 
North Dakota boy in Tennessee  
A          D         A   D 
I say how could this be 
        A            D        A   D 
North Dakota boy in Tennessee  


A  D  
(keep repeating til end) 


Chords: 
A   =   x02220 
D   =   xx0232 
E   =   022100 
F#m =   244222(bar chord)