I wish I- __ was a slave to an age old trade,
Like ri-din' a-round _ on rail-cars and
work-in' __ long- days
Lord have mer-cy on- my rough and row-_ dy ways,
Lord have mer-cy on -_ my rough and row-_ dy ways
Call it one drink too ma-ny,
call it pride __ of a man __ __
But it don't make no dif- __frence __
if you sit or you __ stand,
'cause__ __they both_ _end in trou- ble and
start with a grin
yeah__ __they both_ _end in trou-ble and
start with a grin
we do it o-___ ver__ _and
o- ___ ver_ _and
o- ___ ver a- gain
we do it o-___ ver__ _and
o- ___ ver_ _and
o- ___ ver_ _a- gain
Oh, ___ ___
Oh, ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
Oh, ___ ___ ___
Oh, ___ ___ ___
Oh, ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
Oh, ___ ___ ___ ___
Oh, ___ ___ ___
Oh, ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
Oh, ___ ___ ___ ___
I know_ _there's- __
Ca-li-for-nia
O-kla-ho-ma
and_ _all of the_ _pla- __ ces
I ain't ev-er been __ to __ but
down in the_ _val-__ ley with
whis- key riv- ers
These are the_ _pla-___ ces you will
fi-nd me hi-___ ding
These_ _are_ the_ _pla-__ ces
I will al- ways go
These_ _are_ the_ _pla-__ ces
I will al- ways go
I am on my way,
I am on my way,
I am on my way
back to where I star-____ ted
One__ more_ for__ _the_ __stars
in the eyes of the walls.
I hail your face and then
I saw you stand-ing out, ___
I saw your face in the
crowd and you came out.
You saw me cross- ing the
val- ley and___ you_ __came in
Look at_ _the sign __ on_ _the _door ___
and_ _it reads __ to me.
Just like the grass
and the sign when you walked in
I am on my way
I am on my way
I am on my way back to where I star-__ ted
Ca-__ li-for-nia
O-kla-ho-ma
and_ _all of the_ _pla- __ ces
I ain't ev-er been __ to ___ but
down in the_ _val-__ ley with
whis- key_ _riv- ers
These are the_ _pla-__ ces you will
fi-nd me hi-___ ding
These_ _are_ the_ _pla-__ ces
I will al- __ways go
These_ _are_ the_ _pla-__ ces
I will al- __ways go __
So I wish__ I-__ was_ a slave
to an age old trade,
Lord have mer-cy on- my
rough__ and__ _row-_ dy __ways,
(make no dif- __ference ___
if you sit, stand)
(o-___ ver_ _and o- ___ ver_ _and
o- ___ ver_ _a- gain)
(o-___ ver_ _and o- ___ ver_ _and
o- ___ ver_ _a- gain)
(Oh, ___ ___ ___
Oh, ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
Oh, ___ ___ ___ ___)
all of the_ _pla- __ ces
I ain't ev-er been __ to __ but
down in the_ __val-__ ley with
whis- key riv- ers
These are the_ pla-___ ces you will
fi-nd me hi-__ ding
These_ _are_ the_ _pla-__ ces
I will al- ways go
These_ _are_ the_ _pla-__ ces
I will al- ways go
on my way,
on my way,
on my way
(Oh, __ __)
(Oh, __ __ __ __
Oh, __ __)
(Oh, __ __)
(Oh, __ __ __ __
Oh, __ __)
(Oh, __ __)
(Oh, __ ___ ___ __)
(Oh, __ __)
(Oh, __ __ __ __)
(Oh, __ __)
(Oh, __ __ __ __)
(Oh, __ __)
down__ in_ the_ __val-__ ley with
whis- key_ _riv- ers
These are the_ _pla-__ ces
These_ _are_ the_ _pla-__ ces
I will al- ways go
These_ _are_ the_ _pla-__ ces
I will al- ways go
on my way,
on my way,
on my way
(Oh, __ __)
(Oh, __ __ __ __
Oh, __ __)
(Oh, __ __)
(Oh, __ __ __ __
Oh, __ __)
(Oh, __ __)
(Oh, __ __ __ __)
(Oh, __ __)
(Oh, __ __ ___ __)
(Oh, __ __)
(Oh, __ __ __ __)
(Oh, __ __)
