D Dsus4 D Dsus4 

[Verse 1]
D          Dsus4         D       Dsus4 D      Dsus4                  A    Asus4 A
 I remember waking in the morning,      to the sound of the rooster's crow
          Asus4      A       Asus4 A      Asus4            D   Dsus4 D
 Mamma cooking in the kitchen,      Arthur Godfrey on the radio
       Dsus4              D        Dsus4 D        Dsus4          A   Asus4 A
 Me and Dad were just like strangers,     we never did see eye to eye
        Asus4            A       Asus4 A                         Asus4    D   F G D
 Came to blows one Sunday morning,      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   Dsus4 D
 'cause when you leave that way you can never go home


[Verse 2]
                     D         Dsus4 D                       A    Asus4 A
 Then I met a girl in Knoxville,       oh, we set our wedding day
                           A     Asus4 A       Asus4       D   Dsus4 D
 I left her standing at the alter,       with a baby on the way


[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


[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 say I'm sorry
   E                             A     D                 
 If I could only go back one more time


[Verse 3]
      Dsus4           D       Dsus4 D        Dsus4              A    Asus4 A
 But I killed a man in Houston,       when he caught me with his wife
A              Asus4           A              Asus4 A       
 And I told the preacher man to leave me alone
        Asus4           D   Dsus4           D
 When he came to read my rights, He said son,


[Chorus]
                                           Em  
 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


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