Intro
D


Verse 1:
        D
 	 I remember waking in the morning
                                        A
 	 To the sound of the rooster's crow
    
 	 Mamma cooking in the kitchen
                                 D
 	 Arthur Godfrey on the radio


Verse 2:
        D 
 	 Me and Dad were just like strangers
                                A
 	 We never did see eye to eye
                
 	 Came to blows one Sunday morning
                                            D  F  C/G  D
 	 So i packed my bags and i said goodbye


Chorus:
         /                                        Em  
 	 When you leave that way you can never go back
      A                                  D  
 	 A train won't run on a torn up track
                                     G  D     Em
 	 Sometimes i wish i'd never roamed,oh no
      A                                                  D   
 	 'cause when you leave that way you can never go home


Verse 3:
         D 
 	 Then i met a girl in Knoxville
                               A
 	 Oh,we set our wedding day

 	 I left her standing at the alter
                            D 
 	 With a baby on the way


Chorus.


Bridge:
         G                A              D  
 	 Lord i'd love to see my mom and daddy
              G               A                Bm  
 	 And what i'd give to hold that boy of mine
             G               A                  D
 	 I'd get down on my knees and i say i'm sorry
          E                               A                      
 	 If i could only go back one more time


Verse 4:
         D
 	 But i killed a man in Houston
                                    A
 	 When he caught me with his wife
               
 	 And i told the preacher man to leave me alone
                                 D
 	 When he came to read my rights


Chorus bis:
         /                                                      Em  
 	 He said son,when you leave this way you can never come back
      A                                  D 	 
 	 A soul won't roll on a torn up track
                                     G   D Em
 	 All through eternity you'll roam alone
      A                                                    D 
 	 'cause when you leave this way you can never come home

                                     G   D Em   
 	 All through eternity you'll roam alone
      A                                                    Bm  
 	 'cause when you leave this way you can never come home