G
Trying to make myself a man

[Verse]
                    Am           D
Left home when I was seventeen
                           G
Had my first love the next year
                      Am          D
But she proved to be unfaithful
                   G
So I have cried my tears

[Verse]
            Am          D
I can't understand why
                    G
I left my home that day
                    Am           D
I only know that I'm going back
                   G
But I can't pay my way

[Chorus]
                       Am       D
Now my feet, they're so weary
                          G
And my legs can't seem to stand
                           Am             D
I've been headed down this broad highway
                        G
Trying to make myself a man

[Instrumental]
G   Am   D   G  x2

[Verse]
              Am                          D
Ain't got the money for a cup of coffee
                         G
I ain't got money for no food
                Am                   D
Last town that I travelled through
                                G
The people there said I were no good

[Chorus]
                       Am          D
Now my feet, they're so weary, lord___
                          G
And my legs can't seem to stand
               Am                   D
Maybe the next town I'm headed for
                     G
They'll try and understand