Tom: Gm

Intro:      Gm // F Bb /// Cm /// Gm ///}

   Gm
My mother came to Hazard when I was just seven
                                       Bb
Even then then folks in town said with prejudiced eyes
     C
That boy's not right
Gm
Three years ago when I came to know Mary
                                        Bb
First time that someone look beyond the rumours and the lies
    C
And saw the man inside

{c:Chorus 1}
        Eb                       Bb
     We used to walk down by the river
         Eb                        Gm
     She loves to watch the sun go down
        Eb                     Bb     Gm
     We used to walk along the ri.... ver
         F         Eb              Gm
     And dream our way out of this town

{c:Play intro}
Gm                         
No one understood what I felt for Mary
                                          Bb
No one cared until the night she went out walking all alone
     C
And never came home
Gm
Man with the badge came knocking next morning
                                    Bb
Here was I surrounded by a thousand fingers suddenly 
  C
Pointing right at me

{c:Chorus 2}
       Eb                      Bb
     I swear I left her by the river
       Eb                        Gm
     I swear I left her safe and sound
       Eb                     Bb     Gm
     I need to make it to the ri.... ver
          F                          Gm
     And leave this [Eb]old Nebraska town

{np}

{c:Bridge}
     F                 Eb
     Thinking about my life going by
     Bb
     How it's done me wrong
     F            Eb
     There's no escape for me this time
     Bb                   F          Gm
     All of my rescue are gone,      long gone

{c:Guitar Break}

{c:Chorus 2}

{c:(Fade to end...)}