[Verso 1]
G D G
I left my home in the year of 21
C G
Blamed for the killin, a crime I had not done
D G
Ill live no more in Texas but the hills of Tennessee
D G
Goodbye wife and children, never more to see
Em D
[Verso 2]
G Em D G
On the banks of the river a shepherds wages paid
C G
Shelter food and clothing, honest work each day
Em D G
At night I hear their voices sayin where have you gone?
Em D G
Pa were cold and hungry, dont let us be alone.
[Refrão]
C G D G
But I cannot go back, Ill not return
C G D G
Theres a hangman waiting, a sheriffs warrant served
Em D G
And if I was a freeman in the state that I was born
D G
Id go home to Texas never more to roam
C G Em D
[Verso 3]
G Em D G
In the seventh season the fates came to me
C G
Sayin your love has remarried and you must let her be.
Em D G
The children they are taken care though never you will see.
Em D G
Damn the man who cursed that land, never Ill be free
[Refrão]
C G D G
But I cannot go back, Ill not return
C G D G
Theres a hangman waiting, a sheriffs warrant served
Em D G
And if I was a freeman in the state that I was born
D G
Id go home to Texas never more to roam
Em D G C G
Em D G
Em D G
[Verso 4]
G
Sunshine stirrin, youth but a memory
C G
A letter came to my door though I could not read
G
Said the man who done the killin, he has now confessed.
G D G
Truth came from a death bed, your case is now dismissed.
[Refrão]
C G D G
But I cannot go back, Ill not return
C G D G
Theres no one waiting, memories unearned
Em D G
And if I was a young man in the state that I was born
D G
Id go home to Texas never more to roam
D G
Id go home to Texas never more to roam
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