Dm C Bb F Dm C F
Dm C Bb F C
Bb F Dm Bb F
Bb F Dm C F

[Verse 1]
           Dm        C
Just for a day for a night
           Bb              F
If I could only set things right
    Dm    C      F
And leave out of town
     Dm            C
Part ways with the darkness
    Bb            F
And step into the light
         F              C
From the silence to the sound

[Chorus]
      Bb                             F               Dm
Of an old time mountain band playing all the songs I know
Bb                         F
Marching me to the gallows high
  Bb
I step up to the rope
      F                 Dm
Where both my hands are tied
         Dm                C
And I'll sing out before I die
     C                      F
Tell everyone I love that I tried

[Interlude]
Dm C Bb F Dm C F
Dm C Bb F C
Bb F Dm Bb F
Bb F Dm C F

[Verse 2]
  Dm           C          Bb      F
A breeze crept through my house today
      Dm        C      F
And I knew that it was you
   Dm         C       Bb        F
It came to my bed and so softly said
   F                C
Be kind and I'll be true

[Chorus]
      Bb                    F               Dm
But a bed of broken vows is all that I have now
      Bb      F
And I tend to lose
  Bb                        F                 Dm
I slip down to the river to get some peace of mind
            Dm                  C
But you are gone and the rivers dry
     C                      F
Tell everyone I love that I tried

[Outro]
Dm C Bb F Dm C F
Dm C Bb F C
Bb F Dm Bb F
Bb F Dm C F