C                   Bb       F         Dm7       G        C    C/Bb C/A  C/G
If my spirits     start to sink      it comes as no surprize.    It's been a

F                   BbMaj7        F    Gm7                Eb        Bb
long   way from    anywhere        like heaven       to your town, this
town.

Bb  [extra bar]

There's a

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pasture    in the   countryside I    used to call my own.       There's a

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  natural  pillow   for my   head.   The grass there is overgrown.      I

C                   Bb       F         Dm7       G        C    C/Bb C/A  C/G
think of that place from time to time when I want to be alone.    I've come
A

F                   BbMaj7        F    Gm7                Eb        Bb
long way from anywhere            like heaven  to your town, this town.  Now

C                   Gm7      F         Dm                 Am7
 people, they live from day to day  but they do not count the time.

F                   Dm7      G         C         C/Bb     C/A       C/G
They don't see their days slipping by, and neither do I....        There's a



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place inside of    every man that's   lookin' to be free.           Yes, and

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everybody   tells me that it's as it's meant to be.

C                   Bb       F         Dm7       G        C    C/Bb C/A  C/G
Still I read their papers and I watch them on the T.V.       I've come a

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long way  from   anywhere,       like heaven to your town, this town.  Most

C                   Gm7      F         Dm                 Am7
people who live from day to day simply do not count the time, you know.

F                   Dm7      G         C         C/Bb     C/A       C/G
They don't see their days slipping by, and neither do I.          When I



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walk along your   city streets &      look into your eyes;       When I

F         Am        Dm       F7        BbMaj7    Gm7      Eb        Bb
see that simple    sadness that across your features lie - I see lies,

C                   Bb       F         Dm7       G        C    C/Bb C/A  C/G
    If my spirit starts to sink it comes as no surprize,        I've come a

F                   BbMaj7        F    Gm7                Eb        Bb
long way from  anywhere          like heaven   to your town, this town.

F
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